I have great admiration for all of you who can ride in those kinds of conditions. But, I do feel that safety has to always be an over riding consideration. best, JimP > Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 05:13:26 -0800 > Subject: [RBW] Re: Brave, Foolish, or maybe necessary? > From: joelmatth...@mac.com > To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > > I do not have a car, so am often tempted to ride the bike when and > where conditions are less than optimal. Over the years I have had > enough close calls that when things get really bad I either take mass > transit, a taxi, walk or stay put. > > I want to enjoy cycling, not endure. > > On Dec 10, 7:00 am, MichaelH <mhech...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I live in northern Vt, one ride below the 45th parallel. I'm 6 miles > > down the road to the nearest shops and services. Sunset, this time of > > year is around 4:30 and until the big lakes freeze over, the weather > > tends to be cloudy and snowy. With the moon in its last quarter its > > very dark, very early. > > > > It has snowed slowly and steadily through the week, leaving about 15" > > of snow cover and the road shoulders with an inch or two of packed and > > loose snow. The skies started to clear a bit yesterday and the temps > > dropped , +14 at sundown and -10 by sunrise this morning. > > > > I headed into town at 5:00, in my car and drove down an unlit country > > road, passing a nearly steady stream of commuters headed home up the > > road. Suddenly I saw a very bright bicycle light coming up the road. > > As I passed him (her?) I saw that the tail light was just avg. > > > > My first thought was, wow that takes some guts, but my second thought > > was that's more risk than I would ever want to take on a bicycle, and > > my third thought was I don't mind riding in the dark; I don't mind > > riding in the cold; and I don't mind riding in the wet. But that much > > cold, dark, wet and risk all at the same time is something I wouldn't > > choose to do, unless it was absolutely necessary. > > > > What do you think? > > > > Michael > > on a gloriously beautiful morning > > -- > 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. >
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