Bear/Pepper Spray? Sunglasses? Street Scowl? Adventure? You know what I think? I think this thread is a thinly veiled attempt to get "sketchy" parts of town and "homeboys" into the discussion once again. I mean... it doesn't sound like the o.p. is just passing through this 'not so nice' part of town, it sounds like s/he supposedly works there. Who better to know the lay of the land and know whether this is a sensible plan or not. I saw this post when it had 12 responses. I've held my fire even though there has been just one inane response after the other. Typical for this kind of common sense topic. One poster observed that in the worst neighborhoods there are mostly good people just going about the business of life. I'm not sure what the gender of the o.p. is supposed to elicit. Concern? Why? Is **** of commuter cyclists a common phenomenon? There is plenty to discuss about commuting without having to drag the underprivileged into the discussion.

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