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Default Bike Riders: PLEASE wear a shirt on the **PUBLIC PATHS**

YES, you have great abs and a great tan.
YES, I ADMIT I AM JEALOUS!

But as you speed down the PUBLIC MULTI-MODAL paths likely at close to 15-20mph (because you are on the tail of golf carts) PLEASE WEAR A SHIRT. It's gross enough with your sweat flying off behind you when there is no pandemic but please have a little courtesy for others particularly those of us who are walking. NOT saying you are going to give me Covid. Likely not. But why take a chance? If you want to go shirtless and spray your bodily fluids behind you please do it in the street where I can turn on my wipers.

NOTE: This is mostly the "speed bikers" not the casual folks out for a ride.
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Not good for them (road rash) if they come off, so why some riders choose not to wear a shirt...?
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Not good for them (road rash) if they come off, so why some riders choose not to wear a shirt...?
Pretty sure clothing does not prevent road rash

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Ouch! That looks pretty bad :-(
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Pretty sure clothing does not prevent road rash

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At least he's wearing a shirt.
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Ouch! That looks pretty bad :-(
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It's a reasonable request. Just do it!
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YES, you have great abs and a great tan.
YES, I ADMIT I AM JEALOUS!

But as you speed down the PUBLIC MULTI-MODAL paths likely at close to 15-20mph (because you are on the tail of golf carts) PLEASE WEAR A SHIRT. It's gross enough with your sweat flying off behind you when there is no pandemic but please have a little courtesy for others particularly those of us who are walking. NOT saying you are going to give me Covid. Likely not. But why take a chance? If you want to go shirtless and spray your bodily fluids behind you please do it in the street where I can turn on my wipers.

NOTE: This is mostly the "speed bikers" not the casual folks out for a ride.
As a walker, I understand your comment, but have never had the experience of having a shirtless biker ride pass spraying body fluids. Don't even recall a shirtless biker. This is perhaps an irritating sight that provokes an image but not a likely COVID issue.
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Pretty sure clothing does not prevent road rash

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I can see it now a Villager going 60 MPH on a golf cart path to receive a road rash as you pictured...
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As a walker, I understand your comment, but have never had the experience of having a shirtless biker ride pass spraying body fluids. Don't even recall a shirtless biker. This is perhaps an irritating sight that provokes an image but not a likely COVID issue.
Guess you weren't on Morse MMP around 8:45 by Mallory GC northbound and around 9:20 this morning Southbound from Stillwater. Guy was about 10' behind a golf cart up the path so anywhere between 15-20mph sweating like the proverbial pig as it was near 85 & humid as he passed about 4 feet from us. We have seen a couple as we walk 6 days from Amelia to LSL in the mornings. I'm sure my wife was thinking she wished I looked like him but that wasn't the point although it was probably his point. No helmet either.
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Would you complain if it were women bikers?
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Would you complain if it were women bikers?
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Sorry, I won't touch that!
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YES, you have great abs and a great tan.
YES, I ADMIT I AM JEALOUS!

But as you speed down the PUBLIC MULTI-MODAL paths likely at close to 15-20mph (because you are on the tail of golf carts) PLEASE WEAR A SHIRT. It's gross enough with your sweat flying off behind you when there is no pandemic but please have a little courtesy for others particularly those of us who are walking. NOT saying you are going to give me Covid. Likely not. But why take a chance? If you want to go shirtless and spray your bodily fluids behind you please do it in the street where I can turn on my wipers.

NOTE: This is mostly the "speed bikers" not the casual folks out for a ride.
The virus is not spread through sweat. It’s spread through respiratory droplets. A shirt will not help unless you want him to wear it on his face.
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