Not trying to start a fight, either.
Originally Posted by
drmweaver2
Um, you're delusional. You've never DELIBERATELY turned sideways to squeeze through a narrow gap?
I did, but I (usually) instinctively know whether I must turn sideways or not. It's the same on the bike: I can naturally figure it out.
If you did, then you were THINKING about your physical body - more or less at some conscious level. Ever hit your hand on a doorjam, post, fence or chair as you walked by? Ooops. You weren't REALLY aware of your body then, were you?
Heh, this is going to the extreme. I also found my saggy clothes dirty from rubbing on obstacles.
But, again, you're going too far; this is what I meant: I instinctively know whether I'll fit through a gap or not and where the wheels will roll over. Not so before, with my arms spread wide AND still more handlebar to stick out.
The delusion continues and deepens. How YOU think about your relation to your bike has little or no effect on how others perceive you - and I know I damn sure am aware of someone "squeezing by" me in a crowd on a bike..
No. I've really done that and noone noticed, nor was bothered. You can SEE these things.
been there and curse them out for doing so.
You should relax. Unless they're doing extreme slaloms or come close to hitting people, I can't figure out why the ones cycling near people are such an annoyance.
I'd expect a curse from a grumpy, bitter, old man, but not from a sane person. (don't take it as an insult)
Physicists would dispute that.
I am riding the bike, not some physicists.
Okay.. there it is. It's a EGO thing.
I chose to be completely honest and "let it all out". I did it for the gaps. You can either believe me or think stereotypically and talk cliches.
((I repeat, this was not meant to start a fight or to be insulting. It's an honest reaction to what was written, not an evaluation of you as a person.))
Me too; no anger or grudge on my part.