On 08/19/2016 05:21 AM, ascpgh wrote:
You really don't want to be riding an open-wheeled bike in the
rain on rural roads in the Amish country...
Or, just as accurately, follow an open-wheeled bicycle in Amish country.
There may come a time when you find yourself riding behind an Amish
buggy, not able to go fast enough to get around it and pass. In that
circumstance, you will feel a strong impulse to line yourself up between
the wheels, in line with the buggy's back window. Do not do this! When
you are lined up between the buggy's wheels, you are also directly
behind the horse and anything that drops from the back end of that
horse. Fenders or no, you don't want your front wheel to ride through a
puddle of wet, slippery horse exhaust -- and you definitely don't want
your front wheel to skid out and go down into it. So if you do have to
ride behind a buggy, line up with one of the buggy's wheels.
Incidentally, in Lancaster County PA the Amish don't ride bicycles. They
ride large-wheeled scooters like this:
If you see people dressed like this riding bicycles in Lancaster County
(and on the Covered Bridge Metric you indeed will) they will be
Mennonites rather than Amish.
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