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Old 09-08-06 | 08:50 PM
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From: Los Angeles

Bikes: 02 Specialized Allez, Cannondale M700

Regardless of how you decide to approach this, I don't think barriers that only hurt bicyclists should not be part of public roads. If you looked at today's pictures they show no affect to any 4 wheel vehicle that decides to cross them. I tried it and driving across it is not even noticeable, yet attempt to cross on a bike and you'll be on your ass. A bicycle has light weight, small size and maneuverability in it's favor and these type of barriers take all that away while not restricting the 3000 lb + vehicles in the slightest. A billion share the road posters won't make up for that and any city that incorporates this type of device is Bike Hostile no matter what drivel city stooges offer up.

Until this damn thing went up I had safely ridden this area hundreds of times. Maybe as an outlaw for not respecting the gore but undamaged and causing no one else any harm. Guess who ever placed this there decided I deserved to die for my transgression.

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