Civilized discussion on Recumbent Bikes on the street
I came back to SLS this morning from 466A and along the way picked up a stretched out group of cyclists using various types of bikes.
There were recumbent bikes, one bike very long and very close to the ground, one where the rider sits quite far off the ground and pedals with his legs quite high, two tandem recumbents and one double, side by side, recumbent bike. The traffic was light and I had the time to really notice this mode of riding. I could not help thinking that they would be so much safer on the cart path.
This is in no way meant to be a derogatory post, I know and understand fully that we are supposed to share the roads, but I cannot help feeling that these bikes on a Village main road are tempting fate. They are so low to the ground that they are difficult to see and it would only take a driver who maybe has poor sight, or who is not paying attention, to cause a dreadful accident.
What say you?
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