[GMONEY]

Had to sit and think about this for a few minutes before typing. Road Maint tax?? Are you flippin serious?? I have a DL, Class A with all the endorsements possible. So your telling me I need to pay more than you??? That is excatlly what is wrong with this world, thoughts like that!!! Enough even trying to figure out what they were thinking when posting something like that..

There are two types of cyclist. The ones like most of you on here are saying you are. Take it easy ride alittle look around stop and sit on the bench and chat with friends or feed the animals. Then there are those that are cycling for a workout and love cycling who would be called the serious cycling fanatic as myself. In doing this you dont want to have to stop every 100 yards for people walking in front of you, golf carts or walkers. You maintain a very even pace. I used the paths one time, and will never do it again. Crossing Morse Bridge on cartpath got ran off the path by a oncoming cart trying to pass another Golf Cart. As luck would have it, I was paying attention and they were not. I was able to stop my Bike in the wrong lane as the cart swiped me. And oh yea, dont think I didnt run him down. He thought he could out run my Bike, not happening. I called the sheriffs office and they came to LSL and had a talk with the Gent and lady in the cart. I had the cart they passed on the bridge with me. Their deal was the cart in front of them was going to slow across the bridge so they passed them. Needless to say they got a big chewing.
SO I use the roads all the time. I hear the same thing when I rode motorcycle, cars cant see you...... then open you eyes...

Of all things, this is a retirement community, your suppose to sit back and relax. Most seriouse cyclist which you see on the roads can just about maintain the speed limit for cars on all roads with some exceptions. On Buena Vista and Morse alittle harder for most, but some of us do just that. As another post stated cyclist have right to the road also. Sure it is of danger, but so is riding on the cart paths around here.

I know I drifted some here, but that is the jist of it. If your a recreational cyclist you stay on the paths. If your a serious cyclist and can maintain good pace you ride on the roads . And it always better to ride in a pack. Makes better visibility and allows the pack to maintain a faster pace.

As for the working in the ER remark and wieght of a car, it dont matter what your in. when it is your time to go, its your time!!! I wonder if SABRMnLgs is the one that was yelling at me the other day about riding my bike on the road and ran the stop sign and almost plowed another car. They were to busy crying about a bike in the cart path on Morse North of 466 and ran the lite at San Marino. things that make you wonder?????????