On 02/29/2004 11:25 AM, in article
[email protected], "h
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[email protected]> wrote:
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> "Steven L. Sheffield" wrote:
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>> I've often heard it from cyclists who get ****** off at the bladers who feel it necessary to take
>> up the entire "multi-use" path (while wearing headphones so they don't know what's approaching
>> from behind).
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> i've been run off the trail by cyclists who think it's ok to ride 3 abreast with no hands on the
> bars, runners who run on the wrong side of the trail- never mind that oncoming bikes in their
> correct lane leave me no place to go except into the bushes, and inline skaters who go on skate
> dates so have to hold each others hands on narrow trails. i've been run of the trail while i've
> been both riding and skating.
Nice to know there are assholes in all walks of life.
> BUT the only people who have verbally and physically threatened me have been skateboarders..
> don't get me wrong, i have a board on my list of things to buy. it's the angry attitude that
> freaks me out.
Well ... In that sense, I'm definitely NOT a skateboarder.
The only verbal or physical confrontation I've ever had with another person while out recreating is
with an ass who let his dog off-leash to go charging across the park from the parking lot; across
the path, to the dog-run on the other side ... Nearly took down me and a woman riding in the other
direction with a toddler in a seat on the back of her bike.
> i'm sorry, for some reason i thought we were semi-friends. guess i was too full of myself to pay
> close enough attention. i know i sound pissy, but i actually am really sorry.
I was teasing when I originally used the "fruit-booter" term. I have far too much respect for your
accomplishments in STP (and for putting up with all of us jerk-offs in RBR) to lump you in with the
idiots who should know better ... And know that they are just a (minority, hopefully) subset of
bladers, just like the cyclists you described are not indicative of every cyclist on the
road/path/trail.
So, H2, please accept my humble apology ...
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