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Old 05-26-12 | 06:06 PM
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Sprayman
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From: Santa Fe, NM

Bikes: Trek tandem, Specialized road bike, Specialized cyclocross, Schwinn Varsity, Schwinn Jaguar, Schwinn Frankenbike Commuter,Fixie of unknown origin

Get a load of this.

Today my 9-year-old daughter and I were riding our bikes in downtown Santa Fe. We were in slow-moving traffic going through 4-way stops. I could hear that there was a big vehicle behind us, but I made no effort to move over because it would not have done that driver any good (he just would have gotten to the stop sign a few seconds faster if we had), and we weren't breaking any laws. Eventually we moved into a right-turn lane at a stop sign. The truck pulls up next to us. Turns out it was a fire engine. A firefighter sticks his head out the window and says, "You really should ride on the side of the road and you should move over for us." I just gave him a "thumbs up," but my thumb was not the finger I felt like raising.
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