I feel fortunate that I have shoulders or lightly drive streets for most of my 7.5 mile commute to work.
My work is on a heavily traveled multi-lane road with no shoulder, so I ride in the grass along the side the road. It's quite bumpy and such, but a bit of off road riding on the commute is not such a bad thing. Fortunately I haven't had too many problems with cars and I've tried to adopt the Buddhist philosophy that they are providing me with an opportunity to practice my patience. Based on past results...I need more practice :-) Angus On Apr 14, 1:02 am, charlie <charles_v...@hotmail.com> wrote: > If you don't have a good route, commuting on a bicycle is no fun. I > guess this is why we read so much about Grant and the gang riding in > the hills so much. I am fortunate to start my route on rural country > roads with a decent shoulder and I have a bike lane that borders the > shoulder of a four lane Avenue leading to decent side streets near a > local college that is near my work. Its 20 miles one way so it makes a > fine commute although a little long. I haven't had any drivers do > anything in the last year when riding near my home but the commute > just started for me on Monday and I will only ride it twice per week > for now. We'll see how it goes with auto drivers. I know what you > mean when someone puts your life/health in danger. Try not to let it > affect you too much since the negative stress from getting angry isn't > good for you and will shorten your life. > > On Apr 13, 8:50 am, Joe Bartoe <jbar...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > This morning, my commute to work was a bit scary. As I headed down the PCH > > from the Leucadia area, I was passed a bit too close by a white Toyota > > pickup with a pipe tied to its passenger side (along the top of the bed and > > over the side mirror) like a lance protruding from the front. This was > > close to the Panickin Coffee place for those who are locals. Then, as I was > > riding through Encinitas, some guy in a white Lexus SC430 (CA plates > > containing "FORE") decides to buzz me. Then, before I knew it the same > > white pickup truck with the pipe came along and buzzed me again. Now, I was > > yelling and gesturing at this guy when he decided to slam on his brakes. I > > was mad enough to take this guy on, but mostly I just wanted to report him > > so I whipped out my phone. He must have seen this and he took off. The rest > > of my commute all I could think about was finding one of these two vehicles > > parked along my route so I could report them. Unfortunately, I was unable > > to see the plate of the truck and I only got the "FORE" on the Lexus. I > > hate it when my commute is ruined by people whose idea of fun is crap like > > this. > > > Anyway, stay safe out there. And remember, sometimes your best defense may > > be your phone (and maybe a frame pump...could you imagine trying to beat > > someone with a CO2 cannister?) > > > Joe > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your > > inbox.http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTA... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
