James M
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And tyres and brake pads are cheap then
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Originally posted by Dr_Pepper
I cycle a lot, not to work or anything but on trips with mates. Yes you see some stupid cyclists but a.not many and b. I think car drivers should take into account their machiene weighs about 1-2 tons and bikes do not.
There are never any cycle paths where you need them - especially as we do long distance road cycling on country lanes etc. One experience we had has changed our view on things forever... there was four of us in a line down a normal two lane road, quite a narrow one too. We were all within a couple of yards of each other and a car came up behind and didn't leave enough room to get passed as a car came the other way, obviously he was in the wrong lane so he just swung in on my mate, who was right in front of me and at the head of the line. My friend literally had no alternative (we were doing easily 20mph, which is a lot on a bike) but to leave the road and piled into a ditch. The car didn't touch him but pulled in so violently if my mate hadn't gone off the road he would have been hurt, I'm certain.
As it was the motorist probably didn't even see what he'd done, fortunately my mate was Ok but the bike was wrecked - £100 worth of damage. Now if there is a road not wide enough for two cars and a bike we ride side by side, which pisses off sensible motorists but they have to wait till there's nothing coming to pass. In general car drivers need to be a lot moer careful it seems to me.
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Originally posted by dave
Why don't you just leave a bigger space between each bike?