Originally Posted by
Kratebiker
If you are unlucky enough to get a flat, stop dumping your empty air cartridges in our bike lanes!!!! I have been seeing quite a bit of this lately in Humboldt. Not only is it littering, but a real safety hazzard for the responsible cyclists. My wife struck one several years ago, and subsequently flew over the handlebars. She has not gotten on a bike since. If you cannot be a responsible cyclist, then stay out of our County.
::waves:: Hi! Finally, someone from my area! Yay!
I hear you about the cartridges; I commute on the safety corridor, and there are more cartridges than banana peels, and that's a lot! In fact, there are
so many that I suspect they are mostly leftovers from N2O huffing. No way can there be
that many littering cyclists. It's the glass holes that really drive me crazy. And the blown out semi tires. And the eucalyptus debris;
so much eucalyptus debris. I've had to stop five or six times to pull sticks, branches, and the occasional limb off the shoulder.
I'm very sorry about your wife; I hope she recovered completely. As someone else said, maybe she could try getting back on the bike. It would be hard at first, but so worth it. I'll bet she'd love the Waterfront Trail.