Comments on: The Olympics Ride – July 20th http://www.sjbikeparty.org/archives/4872 Building community through bicycling Sat, 25 May 2013 08:52:05 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Melissa http://www.sjbikeparty.org/archives/4872/comment-page-2#comment-8577 Melissa Sat, 21 Jul 2012 15:31:09 +0000 http://www.sjbikeparty.org/?p=4872#comment-8577 To clarrify most of the time only one lane was occupied, but at times it was both To clarrify most of the time only one lane was occupied, but at times it was both

]]> By: Melissa http://www.sjbikeparty.org/archives/4872/comment-page-2#comment-8576 Melissa Sat, 21 Jul 2012 15:25:50 +0000 http://www.sjbikeparty.org/?p=4872#comment-8576 Saw you all on Homestead last night and I can't wait to join in next month! However, I would like to raise a concern that this was quite disruptive to motor vehicle traffic and seemed dangerous for many of the bikers. I literally felt like I was playing chicken with 4 or 5 cars and 4or 5 bikers all at the same time, just so I could get off of Homestead...I live right there and saw bikes going by for a solid hour, taking up both lanes of traffic, at dusk...please ride safe! Saw you all on Homestead last night and I can’t wait to join in next month! However, I would like to raise a concern that this was quite disruptive to motor vehicle traffic and seemed dangerous for many of the bikers. I literally felt like I was playing chicken with 4 or 5 cars and 4or 5 bikers all at the same time, just so I could get off of Homestead…I live right there and saw bikes going by for a solid hour, taking up both lanes of traffic, at dusk…please ride safe!

]]> By: Sven http://www.sjbikeparty.org/archives/4872/comment-page-1#comment-8566 Sven Sat, 21 Jul 2012 07:35:14 +0000 http://www.sjbikeparty.org/?p=4872#comment-8566 I loved watching all the bikes going down Grant Rd. in Mountain View. Reminds me of home in Sweden where many cyclists ride as normal mode of transportation. Ignore the NIMBYS above who most likely out of shape and use a car to drive a mile to store. Get a life and don't worry so much about petty things like people enjoying a nice bike ride. I loved watching all the bikes going down Grant Rd. in Mountain View. Reminds me of home in Sweden where many cyclists ride as normal mode of transportation. Ignore the NIMBYS above who most likely out of shape and use a car to drive a mile to store. Get a life and don’t worry so much about petty things like people enjoying a nice bike ride.

]]> By: Bitter http://www.sjbikeparty.org/archives/4872/comment-page-1#comment-8563 Bitter Sat, 21 Jul 2012 07:01:16 +0000 http://www.sjbikeparty.org/?p=4872#comment-8563 Agree with the previous poster...this is a good idea gone wrong. I almost hit several bikers on Grant tha were not wearing helmets and were not even staying on the right side of the road. I hope the organizers don't wait until someone gets killed to fix this. Agree with the previous poster…this is a good idea gone wrong. I almost hit several bikers on Grant tha were not wearing helmets and were not even staying on the right side of the road. I hope the organizers don’t wait until someone gets killed to fix this.

]]> By: Karl http://www.sjbikeparty.org/archives/4872/comment-page-1#comment-8561 Karl Sat, 21 Jul 2012 05:59:17 +0000 http://www.sjbikeparty.org/?p=4872#comment-8561 OK folks, you are not going to find much of bigger bike advocate than I, and I have to tell that my encounter with your mob on Grant Road a few minutes ago was frightening. I stopped my car in the middle of Grant Road and turned on my emergency flashers because there were bikes all over the place, many riding well outside the bike lane and many without lights. Attempting to turn right off of Grant Road in order to get to our home seemed like it would surely cause a collision. One biker started yelling at me, "Don't hesitate... just turn!!" which may have seemed like a simple idea to the person doing the yelling, but I was not going to make a right turn into a swarm of bikes, so I held my ground until I was certain that I could turn without hitting any of the cyclists. The net result of this is that you are giving car drivers more reasons to think that cyclists are nuts, and more reasons not to support bike-related initiatives. I strongly encourage the organizers of these events to rethink their motives, and work to create activities that will actually benefit cyclists. OK folks, you are not going to find much of bigger bike advocate than I, and I have to tell that my encounter with your mob on Grant Road a few minutes ago was frightening. I stopped my car in the middle of Grant Road and turned on my emergency flashers because there were bikes all over the place, many riding well outside the bike lane and many without lights. Attempting to turn right off of Grant Road in order to get to our home seemed like it would surely cause a collision. One biker started yelling at me, “Don’t hesitate… just turn!!” which may have seemed like a simple idea to the person doing the yelling, but I was not going to make a right turn into a swarm of bikes, so I held my ground until I was certain that I could turn without hitting any of the cyclists.
The net result of this is that you are giving car drivers more reasons to think that cyclists are nuts, and more reasons not to support bike-related initiatives. I strongly encourage the organizers of these events to rethink their motives, and work to create activities that will actually benefit cyclists.

]]> By: Bob http://www.sjbikeparty.org/archives/4872/comment-page-1#comment-8558 Bob Sat, 21 Jul 2012 04:11:14 +0000 http://www.sjbikeparty.org/?p=4872#comment-8558 TURN DOWN THE MUSIC! This is not cool. Your riders are totally ignoring this, Please remember to turn down the volume when riding through residential areas late at night ’cause waking babies isn’t an Olympic sport! Along with their boom boxes blaring, they are running stop lights, too. No helmets. Not good for the biking community. This is happening on Homestead Rd. TURN DOWN THE MUSIC! This is not cool. Your riders are totally ignoring this,

Please remember to turn down the volume when riding through residential areas late at night ’cause waking babies isn’t an Olympic sport!

Along with their boom boxes blaring, they are running stop lights, too. No helmets. Not good for the biking community. This is happening on Homestead Rd.

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