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Old 04-28-2010, 04:13 PM
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It depends on the biker, as GG said the ones she encountered were not serious bikers. They were out for a casual cruise it sounds like... I ride all the time. I ride to work, I ride on the weekends alot. We have a group that meets at the church on 466 and Morse every Thursday at 615pm and does a loop of the Villages. I can tell you that we stop for the stop signs and watch traffic. And yes there are those that dont. Just like cars.. There are those that dont stop and those that do.. I am kind of stuck on the remark of cars doing 45 MPH.... Unless on 466, 466a, I am thinking the car is speeding to begin with, thus not paying attention to us idoiots as caveman posted....

Cyclist for the most part will not use the tunnels, for one alot of the have the speed bumps like at 466 and cr-101. Hard on a expensive Bike, plus a gent in a CAR almost hit me as he was trying to use the tunnel under 466 and cr-101 mind you in his car.... said he didnt know it was a cart path???????????????? and he has a DL?????

As I have said on her before, this is a retirement community, why such a Hurry?? I ride the roads all the time, and only a few times have I had a run in with a car. And thankfully at that time there was a bright blue unmarked Sumter County Sherrifs car following the car that almost hit our group. The lady was the only car on Buena Vista between Stillwater and Baily Trail, came right up beside us within a foot and rolled the window down and called us everyname in the book, and we dont pay the road taxes and all that hoop la... then floored it and took off.. She should of been looking in her Mirror at them pretty blue lights flashing behnd her. We all stopped with the Deputy and told him what she had said. So she got a big ticket to pay our part of the "" ROAD TAX"".

what I am getting at is this, that is when it get dangerous out there, when people get that out of control.. Most cyclitst ride in groups or packs for visibility. It is one of them things we could argue this more or less, but we have to share the roads. You moved here to relax and enjoy the lifestyle.. Why such a hurry and all the hostility??

So nice to ride in The Villages. Most of us work to watch for cars and traffic flow.
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