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Jeff Grippe
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"NYC XYZ" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> Hey, trikes do look like lotsa fun! More expensive, hmm. Anyone in
> NYC (or some other metro area) do trikes? Besides poor Jeff Grippe
> (hope all is well).
>
poor Jeff Grippe is planning a comeback and is getting better slowly.
Seriously, I have ridden my Tricruiser (the very same one that got hit) up
the West Side Bike Trail and it was a blast. I encountered many other
recumbents but no other trikes on that day. I don't imagine that MetroNorth
would allow me to take a trike on the train and lugging it in and out of the
subway would be a real pain. But why would you need the subway if you have
the trike? I was able to get into Westchester and the Bronx by going over
the Broadway Bridge. You can get to Queens over the 59th Street Bridge and
Brooklyn over the Brooklyn Bridge.
I have always felt safer on a trike because I'm so much bigger and tend to
get more attention from drivers. On the other hand, based upon my
experiences I wouldn't use my feelings about the matter as a guide.
Obviously I was mistaken. I would feel safe in Manhattan only when sticking
to bike paths that are physically separated from automobile traffic.
On the day I came home from the hospital, my TA (Transportations
Alternatives) members welcome kit was waiting for me with other unopened
mail. The cover article of my first issue of the magazine was about the
rising number of bicyclists that were killed by automobiles. Wasn't that a
coincidence?
For the future, I plan on riding a Leitra and taking only less traveled
roads (which interestingly enough will keep me off the official bike route
completely). The Leitra will be lit up like a Christmas tree when I ride at
night (which will be rare I hope).
Jeff
news:[email protected]...
>
> Hey, trikes do look like lotsa fun! More expensive, hmm. Anyone in
> NYC (or some other metro area) do trikes? Besides poor Jeff Grippe
> (hope all is well).
>
poor Jeff Grippe is planning a comeback and is getting better slowly.
Seriously, I have ridden my Tricruiser (the very same one that got hit) up
the West Side Bike Trail and it was a blast. I encountered many other
recumbents but no other trikes on that day. I don't imagine that MetroNorth
would allow me to take a trike on the train and lugging it in and out of the
subway would be a real pain. But why would you need the subway if you have
the trike? I was able to get into Westchester and the Bronx by going over
the Broadway Bridge. You can get to Queens over the 59th Street Bridge and
Brooklyn over the Brooklyn Bridge.
I have always felt safer on a trike because I'm so much bigger and tend to
get more attention from drivers. On the other hand, based upon my
experiences I wouldn't use my feelings about the matter as a guide.
Obviously I was mistaken. I would feel safe in Manhattan only when sticking
to bike paths that are physically separated from automobile traffic.
On the day I came home from the hospital, my TA (Transportations
Alternatives) members welcome kit was waiting for me with other unopened
mail. The cover article of my first issue of the magazine was about the
rising number of bicyclists that were killed by automobiles. Wasn't that a
coincidence?
For the future, I plan on riding a Leitra and taking only less traveled
roads (which interestingly enough will keep me off the official bike route
completely). The Leitra will be lit up like a Christmas tree when I ride at
night (which will be rare I hope).
Jeff