mike wilson wrote: >> From: Adam Maas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: 2007/02/02 Fri PM 02:49:59 GMT >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: Cycle couriers >> >> mike wilson wrote: >>>> From: "David Savage" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> Date: 2007/02/02 Fri AM 11:11:36 GMT >>>> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >>>> Subject: Re: Cycle couriers >>>> >>>> On 2/2/07, mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>>> From: "David Savage" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>>> Date: 2007/02/02 Fri AM 10:33:45 GMT >>>>>> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >>>>>> Subject: Re: Cycle couriers >>>>>> >>>>>> I thought it was great :-) >>>>>> >>>>>> If one gets wiped out bad luck. They know the risk they're taking. >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>> >>>>>> Dave >>>>> And if they hit your osteoporitic mother because she jumped the wrong >>>>> way, well, that was _her_ fault? >>>> Mike, try and channel your inner hoodlum. That's where I am today & >>>> that's why I enjoyed the video :-) >>>> >>>> BTW, my mother was hit by a car in Montreal crossing the road on the >>>> walk signal (nothing too serious, just a badly bruised leg). >>>> >>>> These cyclist's may be reckless, but they are no more dangerous than >>>> most drivers. >>> I'll have to (quite) respectfully disagree with that. >>> 8-) >>> >> Me too, I've never been hit by a car walking through a construction >> tunnel on a sidewalk. >> > I've taken to playing chicken with aggresive cyclists on pavements. The ones > who are courteous and careful I have no problems with; I realise that it's my > judgement as to who is c&c. But it's just so much fun watching their faces > as they realise just how big I am and I'm _not_ getting out of the way..... >
I do the same these days. It helps that I've usually got 100lbs on them and the bike combined (I'm 6'3" and 290lbs). Where I work is a one way street and the couriers like to use the sidewalk to go the other way instead of going north to the street that runs the other way. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
