QUOTE=Takara;5188804]Good story! I love the reaction, too. There are alleged bike tourists on this forum who, terrified even of their stationary exercise bicycles, will never leave their sofas lest their fragile lives ever be menaced by threats just half as terrifying as you have described.[/qoute]
not saying those idyllic parks dont exist, just saying they are the exception, not the rule.
and for the record i average about 5,000 to 8000kms a year touring around the country..........HARDLY a "paranoid armchair cyclist"