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Old 11-19-10 | 01:23 PM
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From: Fort Worth, Texas Church of Hopeful Uncertainty

Bikes: 1966 Raleigh DL-1 Tourist, 1973 Schwinn Varsity, 1983 Raleigh Marathon, 1994 Nishiki Sport XRS

I try not to be the nanny out on the road, as tempting as it is sometimes. In my experience, no good comes of it.

I used to ride down a freeway access road as part of my commute (kind of a pain right now due to construction). Anyway, just about every morning, a middle-aged woman would be ninja-salmoning up as I came down the road. The first few times it was really unnerving. I wanted to say something but literally didn't see her until the last minute. Finally it got to the point where I pretty much knew when to expect her and would just wave and smile.

There are so many carless immigrants around here, and they seem to most often ride their X-Mart BSOs on the sidewalk on the left side of the street. I'm not gonna change them. I just go with it.
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Originally Posted by bragi "However, it's never a good idea to overgeneralize."
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