mads
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| posted on 21/2/09 at 03:58 PM |
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John, what road was this on and what time?
We gain knowledge faster than we do wisdom!
Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in
sideways, thoroughly used, totally worn out and loudly proclaiming... "f*ck, what a trip!"
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Steve Hignett
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| posted on 21/2/09 at 04:07 PM |
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The times when I was hit that I mentioned above were when I was riding invisibly/defensively as has been mentioned a couple times above. That's
why I think I stayed on instead of being knocked off. Also I think that if/when you ride bikes long enough, you get a bit of a sixth sense if
something silly is about to happen - I'm not advocating it, as a law of Invincibility in a sort of superman way, just that I have had
"that feeling" a couple of times...
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Edit: someone also made the point about riding as if you are invisible. Putting it another way, defensive riding, while appropriate SOME of the time,
doesn't protect you MOST of the time on a bike. It's not necessarily better to sit in a queue of traffic than to pass the car in front,
if passing means you can ride in your own road space by fecking off into the distance. If you sit in the queue, you could be run over from behind,
reversed into (not a joke - it's happened to me and the vehicle in front was not even a van...) or knocked off by a car changing lane.
Experience teaches that it's often best to use the bike's performance to decide where you want to be on the road.
[Edited on 21/2/09 by Steve Hignett]
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focijohn
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| posted on 23/2/09 at 07:05 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mads
John, what road was this on and what time?
A38 outside of tewkesbury sometime last week, cant remember the time slept since then.
The only reason i bought this up is that when some riders are that close to me on main roads particiually, im more focused on them than the road
ahead. Nice to know there are more level headed ones out there.
As said before its the minority....wish i could say the same for car drivers......
Anyone going slower than you is an idiot. Anyone going faster than you is a maniac.
Too many targets but too few bullets.
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