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Originally Posted by Number 10 GI
I don't know why you are lecturing me. I never said anything negative about bicyclists. I occasionally ride a bicycle and understand the problems. My statement was to the poster who said it should be safe for cyclists on the road. Yes, it should be safe for them but reality is there are aggressive and unobservant drivers and there isn't anything anyone can do about it. Ride defensively paying attention to your surroundings.
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Sorry if you thought I was lecturing you. I just replied to your post because it concerned your thought that it wasn’t safe for bicyclists to be on the roads with cars. I was just looking to reply to that concept and I picked your post at random. I should have just posted without a reply quote. I must say, though, that I feel safe riding out there. Like you say though, I do ride defensively and I try to be very aware of my surroundings. I have been riding on the roads since I was ten years old. My father used to ride his bike on the roads in the 1920’s. Many cyclists here in The Villages have also been riding for years and have ridden thousands of miles on roads throughout the United States and all over the world. We know we have to careful out there and that a collision with a car would be bad, but you must understand we love to ride. We can’t wait to get back on our bikes each day. It invigorates us and keeps us healthy. The Villages has been named one of the best bike places in America and I agree it is a wonderful area in which to ride.