your closest call while riding...
01-29-16, 05:41 PM
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Yeah, I could have went right, but the gravel was loose and not ideal. I just stopped pedaling and squeezed my body in...you can actually hear my hub start coasting at the pucker moment in the video.
The thing that upset me the most, this is a low travel road out to a local lake. The guy was literally a quarter mile from the stop sign, passing the guy with the camper probably saved him a total of 30 seconds travel time.
The thing that upset me the most, this is a low travel road out to a local lake. The guy was literally a quarter mile from the stop sign, passing the guy with the camper probably saved him a total of 30 seconds travel time.
01-29-16, 06:17 PM
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I hear you -- when there's all the time in the world for someone to time a pass so there's no issue, they act like you're literally not there -- I see this shti in rural areas myself from time to time. I doubt the guy saved any time. Even if he had eased up for a few seconds to do a safer pass, he probably would have gone that much faster afterwards.
Everyone's in a rush to go nowhere these days.
01-29-16, 06:30 PM
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your closest call while riding...
My wife and I were out for a ride one day. She was behind me and flatted. About a quarter of a mile up the road my phone started ringing. She wanted help. I think that is my closest call while riding.
