Originally Posted by
DaveLeeNC
Originally Posted by
DaveLeeNC
I can think of one set of "sustainable riding rules" that I could have used. I do a good bit more riding around town than I 'need to'. I often do errands on my bike (rather than in my car) and take a certain pride in the fact that I consistently put more miles on my bike than I do on my car. And I do NOT need to do this so I am no longer going to run around town mailing letters, picking up a pound of ground beef at the grocery store, etc (when I got hit I was running an errand coming back from the local guitar shop). It is 0.6 miles for me to 'get out of town', and other than those 0.6 miles there will be no more riding in town.
If riding around town was unavoidable for me I guess I would continue to ride. But I am lucky that it is avoidable in my case. Yeah - I'll probably get hit by some kid in a pickup truck on Rummage Pack House Rd :-) And yes, there is a Rummage Pack House Rd. where I ride. It is near Pappy Rabb Road.
That sound like pretty short rides in town.
Most of my rides in town to the grocery store, perhaps the bike co-op or a few thrift stores, and I can end up with 40 miles RT.
The exception is riding to the post office which I prefer the small town country post office, so about 10 miles RT.
Simply riding from my house (out of town) to Mom's house (out of town) comes to 16 miles or so, but that involves cutting through the middle of town. To avoid town, would mean a 100+ mile ride each way, 20+ miles of gravel, a questionable "private road", and a few roads and intersections that would be far more dangerous than simply riding through town.
Anyway your photo of the accident location looks like a very quiet small town street, and wouldn't phase me a bit (other than the narrow road shoulders).
Just use some caution, pick up the pieces, and keep riding. No need to drive 1/2 mile to the post office
That sidewalk, if it was 1 or 2 feet wider could be a MUP???