Originally Posted by
CrankyOne
We've got a few folks around here that look quite silly. Lots of hi-viz, often with a giant '<<<<< 3 Feet' on it, noodles or something sticking out, a gob of blinky lights, flags, flashy things in their spokes, camera's on their helmets, 2 or 3 or more mirrors sticking out... I wonder how many people see these folks and think that they want to be a bike rider just like them?
I'll stick with my protected bikeways, regular clothes, and simpler bike thank you. :-)
It doesn't get much better for cycling infrastructure than Portland and since being here I have probably been on protected bikeway or greenway for .0001% of my riding. If I really needed to have protected infrastructure to accomplish my commute, shopping or other riding, I would be up a creek without a paddle. Cyclists who cannot abide traffic, limit themselves to only going where the MUP's or Greenways take them. May as well be a fair weather, recreation only cyclist at that point. And that's fine, but that doesn't speak to the thrust of this sub-forum in general or this thread in particular.