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Old 10-11-06 | 06:00 AM
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vtjim
Belt drive!
 
Joined: Sep 2004
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From: Burlington, Vermont

Bikes: 2011 Trek Soho DLX

Not bad. Evil headwind, but I plowed through it. 50F. 5 miles of MUP, and I only saw 1 pedestrian and 2 cyclists. All 3 are "trail regulars."

Had one brain-dead cager incident. I guess my 13W halogen and high-viz neon green jacket just weren't quite enough to be seen through tinted SUV windows (because what's an SUV without tinted windows?). The driver backed out of a driveway right in front of me. Idyllic residential street with no other traffic around. I had plenty of warning because of the vehicle's back-up lights and the fact that it didn't seem to be slowing as it rolled toward the street. I didn't skip a beat. I just smoothly steered left around it. The driver decided to brake at that point, but I was already around it.

In hindsight, I should have gone up on their lawn and skidded to a stop.

Yesterday, a young woman was trying to take off her jacket as she was riding. She was all over the place. I stayed behind her for a while, expecting her to crash at any minute. She finally gave up with one sleeve off, and then noticed me back there. She apologized and I said, "No problem. Don't crash!" She laughed and said she was trying to take off her jacket. I just said, "Yep...", and dropped her.
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