MUP Dairies.....
08-06-14, 10:10 AM
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I wore my freaking bell out yesterday on a MUP, I felt like Hector Salamanca. This MUP actually has lanes painted in some sections but that did not stop a few runners with ipods from running on the center line and with the volume up so loud that they cannot hear the bell or my voice. For two of them I slowed to their running pace and crept up and rode next to them while ringing my bell furiously until they jumped out of their skin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...&v=PqypF9qkVzY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...&v=PqypF9qkVzY
08-06-14, 10:54 AM
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You were on a MUP, on a bike. It's on you to yield to slower traffic. You. What's the difference between coming around a corner and seeing a kid moving at 2 mph vs 0 mph? Nothing - that they were stopped is irrelevant, they were the same obstacle either way and it's something that comes with the territory; you need to expect this sort of thing. That you were traveling at an unsafe speed, putting yourself and others in danger, is on you. That in mind, why does the father owe you any courtesy? If MY stupidity causes me to run off the path, I don't need or expect courtesy from anyone, especially if my stupidity also put them in danger.
08-06-14, 11:04 AM
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08-06-14, 11:12 AM
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You gonna eat that?
08-06-14, 11:17 AM
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You gonna eat that?
Stupid guy out with FOUR kids aged 6 or under.
Two girls blocking their side of the road (bike horizontal to the path), one kid right in the middle, one couldn't ride and was on my side of the path being helped by his stupid dad.
I turn the corner and just froze, had no time to react, went in the grass... it pissed me off.
But the worst part of this whole situation was that he didn't even ask if I was okay, the little girl asked. I was furious and wanted to let this guy know how big of an idiot he was, but didn't..
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The rest of my MUP diaries include a bunch of people walking, me ringing my bike bell, and they scrambling in all directions like they're trying to run from a bear... -___-
Two girls blocking their side of the road (bike horizontal to the path), one kid right in the middle, one couldn't ride and was on my side of the path being helped by his stupid dad.
I turn the corner and just froze, had no time to react, went in the grass... it pissed me off.
But the worst part of this whole situation was that he didn't even ask if I was okay, the little girl asked. I was furious and wanted to let this guy know how big of an idiot he was, but didn't..
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The rest of my MUP diaries include a bunch of people walking, me ringing my bike bell, and they scrambling in all directions like they're trying to run from a bear... -___-
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08-06-14, 11:19 AM
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You gonna eat that?
08-06-14, 11:24 AM
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You gonna eat that?
08-06-14, 11:26 AM
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You gonna eat that?
I think having dairies along the MUP are a good idea, so the Cat 6 roadies can buy some cheez for their whine. 
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08-06-14, 11:34 AM
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coasting would definitely fall over. #platformpedals
08-06-14, 12:13 PM
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Skip to 1:30 mark for whoever requires a visual aid to understand why you should stay on your side of the road at a curve.
Imagine that guy going the other way, that is what happened. So, no it wasn't my fault, that dumbass dad was stupid.
08-06-14, 12:16 PM
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Not enough obstacles. Goal is to develop bike handling skills and best way is to bob and weave around unpredictable people walking, dogs, small children etc. Also, many will respond favorably to being mowed down on a MUP. Most once they recover will go out and buy a bike so it won't happen again which is good for the sport.
08-06-14, 12:18 PM
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08-06-14, 12:19 PM
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In less rural areas roads have traffic lights and stop signs which get in the way of workouts. IIRC I counted 10 stop signs and 24 traffic lights (only one of which was a right turn) over the 12 miles between my office and old home. MUPs can go under roads and run alongside bodies of water without traffic lights.
08-06-14, 12:21 PM
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My local MUP is a good place to do flat intervals----in the winter. 
In summer, it's a good place for swapping out for flat pedals and looking at eye candy. Fit babes roller blading in skimpy bikinis.
Wait---does that count as "dairy"?
In summer, it's a good place for swapping out for flat pedals and looking at eye candy. Fit babes roller blading in skimpy bikinis.
Wait---does that count as "dairy"?
08-06-14, 12:24 PM
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h-v0fG2Pvp0
Skip to 1:30 mark for whoever requires a visual aid to understand why you should stay on your side of the road at a curve.
Imagine that guy going the other way, that is what happened. So, no it wasn't my fault, that dumbass dad was stupid.
Skip to 1:30 mark for whoever requires a visual aid to understand why you should stay on your side of the road at a curve.
Imagine that guy going the other way, that is what happened. So, no it wasn't my fault, that dumbass dad was stupid.
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I stop for people / whose right of way I honor / but not for no one.
Originally Posted by bragi "However, it's never a good idea to overgeneralize."
I stop for people / whose right of way I honor / but not for no one.
Originally Posted by bragi "However, it's never a good idea to overgeneralize."
08-06-14, 12:29 PM
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Interesting. In the area where I live there are a ton of MUPs that run alongside roads (i.e. one side of the street will have a MUP instead of a sidewalk), but my experience has been that they are far more dangerous to ride at anything above weaving-recreational-cyclist pace because at the intersections cars around here are simply not used to looking at the MUP for bicycle traffic. I cannot tell you how many times I was nearly right-hooked or left-hooked crossing through intersections on the MUP around here when I first started cycling.
08-06-14, 12:36 PM
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Where do the other two miles come from?
You can't stay on a bike at 2 mph? I am at 2 mph a lot. I can't climb hills and I have nothing but up and down hills on the road with 0 flat. I'm on a hybrid with a 26/34 ring/cog combination that I am always in while climbing a lot of my hills.
Last edited by mrodgers; 08-06-14 at 12:54 PM.