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Originally Posted by John_W
When I see a recumbent bike in the golf cart lane on St. Charles, Pinellas or Hillborough, I think of the Springsteen song, it's a suicide machine, a death trap.
So you want ride low next to the ground in bicycle with no protection other than a plastic helment on your head with an 85 year driver moving along at least 30mph at maybe 3' or 4' feet away you you going at two or three times your speed. If you do decide that's what you want, get some flags on a tall stick at the very least.
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I don’t think it matters which bike you’re riding for that to be true. Flags, lights, bright clothing, use whatever you can to make yourself seen. And riders should not assume they can be seen. Don’t be obstinate about your rights to the path space. Yes, you have those rights, but if a driver doesn’t see you and hits you what difference did they make?