Cobb and Paulding counties, GA, re-opened the Silver Comet Trail today. I’ll avoid talking about the wisdom of re-opening Georgia, but re-opening the Comet was definitely interesting.
I suddenly understand the comments about trails being crowded. Leah’s comment about “roving cattle” who “don’t understand bells” suddenly makes a LOT of sense. There were a LOT of new bikers out. People with new shiny bikes and no clue how to ride them - and that’s kind of OK because the more people that come out with bikes, even badly, the better chance of more bike trails. But… whew. On the other hand, Atlanta is so bike-unfriendly on the roads… my chances of getting hit by a car on the roads dropped from 50% to 49% during the shelter-in-place. I have some interesting new scars, and I’m glad the Comet is open again. So what I learned is that, in Atlanta, ride on the paths/sidewalks, not on the roads, and appreciate the trails. While the shelter-in-place was in effect, I’ve been building up a new bike with help from my LBS. This week they told me to do it myself because they were getting swamped with building new orders. This is a good thing, too, because If even a few percent stick with it, that, too, increases the user base. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/8ee38e09-d941-4c17-9fc3-dd5dc0cab316%40googlegroups.com.
