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golfing eagles 04-29-2022 09:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Chellybean (Post 2090195)
Riding on the Multi use path are just as bad with Golf Cart AHOLES as well!!
Not to mention the cyclist AHOLES, the pedestrian AHOLES, the segway AHOLES, the tricycle AHOLES and the gator AHOLES. Your description, not mine.

ThirdOfFive 04-29-2022 11:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Number 10 GI (Post 2089775)
With all the impaired driving ability drivers on the streets in this area, riding a bicycle is the absolutely last activity I would consider doing. I used to own a motorcycle until I had an accident caused by inattentive driver. Luckily all I suffered is a broken collarbone and a bunch or bruises. As much as I would like to ride one again, a motorcycle and bicycle rider in this area is a body parts doner.
Bingo. Same story here. I had my motorcycle shipped here a couple of months after we arrived, rode it for about a month and sold it. I had more close calls in that month on roads in TV than I had in probably the previous ten years back in Minnesota.

lpruettusa 04-29-2022 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter (Post 2089867)
:what: a century is 100 years.:duck:
It is also a 100mile or 100kilometer (62mile) bike ride. Century rides are common cycling events, almost always to raise money for a charity.

lpruettusa 04-29-2022 03:07 PM
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Originally Posted by bowlingal (Post 2089995)
I find driving on Buena Vista by Seabreeze rec center in the morning, the bicyclists whether there be 2 or 10 ride right down the middle of the first lane blocking the whole first lane from cars and trucks. No wonder people get hit. What happened to single file 3 feet from the curb?
Cyclists take the whole lane, as entitled by law, for their life protection (and you pocketbook protection). There is generally not enough room in a single lane for a car to pass a cyclist by the legally required 3 feet between the car and the cyclist (even if the cyclist is hugging the gutter). If the cyclist takes an entire lane, the car must move to the adjoining lane, thereby ensuring that the car gives the cyclist the required 3 feet buffer.

vintageogauge 04-29-2022 03:45 PM
Up until 8 months ago when I had to give it up, I rode my bike every morning for about an hour. I stayed in my neighborhood, did not ride on any major roads unless I had to cross one, and never did a week go bye without me being in a close call with either a car, truck, or golf car not looking at the road at least once and some were very close calls that would have caused serious injures or even death. I learned to pay close attention to anything that could move including other bikes. It really is a danger riding even in the neighborhoods. In closing I gained 13 pounds since I had to quit riding.

Laker14 04-29-2022 04:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Pommom91 (Post 2090116)
Bicyclists take their life in their hands while riding on any street in The Villages.
Not so. Unfortunately they put their lives in the hands of strangers driving heavy vehicles. That's why I gave it up.
Too many bad drivers.
Too many drivers using cell phones while driving.
Too many ignorant drivers who think the bicyclist is supposed to stay in the right-most 3 feet, so it is invisible to people ahead on the right trying to turn onto the roadway, and so cars can try to squeeze between it and the lane boundary.
Too many people who think they have a right to have their dog run free and chase bicyclists.
Too many jerks who think the best place to throw a beer bottle is out the car window.
Too many impatient motorists.
Too many old people on meds that make them drowsy or lightheaded or faint.
Too many drunks.

thevillages2013 04-29-2022 06:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Toymeister (Post 2090052)
No 2013thevillages, the cyclist was not 'doing what they are supposed to do'. If the cyclist had taken the lane by riding down the middle, the truck with trailer would have exited the lane to the number two lane and passed. In so doing the truck would not shared the lane with the cyclist, Road Cycling: Why Do You Ride Like That? - CyclingSavvy

I'll make it easier for you here is a quote from that link: Keeping to the right can often hide a bicyclist from a turning motorist at the critical time and place. Most overtaking crashes involve a motorist who attempts to squeeze past (illegally) in a lane that is too narrow to share. Check out this animation to see all the hazards that make staying far right NOT practicable!

Because it is state law that motorist must give cyclists three feet of space and cyclists don't run precisely on the roads edge, the road is never wide enough to 'share the lane' with a cyclist, NEVER.
You telling me YOU would ride a bike in the middle of the right lane on BV? I understand the reasoning but that takes some cojones

Laker14 04-29-2022 07:08 PM
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Originally Posted by thevillages2013 (Post 2090410)
You telling me YOU would ride a bike in the middle of the right lane on BV? I understand the reasoning but that takes some cojones
It's safer than hugging the right edge.

Toymeister 04-29-2022 07:27 PM
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Originally Posted by thevillages2013 (Post 2090410)
You telling me YOU would ride a bike in the middle of the right lane on BV? I understand the reasoning but that takes some cojones
Absolutely, it's safer than the MMP, I'm not a random person commenting for the hell of it. Why do you ask?

ThehappypeopleLOL 04-29-2022 09:28 PM
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Originally Posted by bowlingal (Post 2089995)
I find driving on Buena Vista by Seabreeze rec center in the morning, the bicyclists whether there be 2 or 10 ride right down the middle of the first lane blocking the whole first lane from cars and trucks. No wonder people get hit. What happened to single file 3 feet from the curb?
Cyclists generally know the laws for legally riding bicycles on roads. Unfortunately it's the majority of people in automobiles who fail to know what to do when they encounter cycler(s). Please slow down and move over, far away to the other lane when it's safe.:pray: They're after all trying to stay in shape and enjoy safe cycling.

VApeople 04-29-2022 09:54 PM
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Originally Posted by bowlingal (Post 2089995)
What happened to single file 3 feet from the curb?
I'm a proud Florida Cracker and I have no idea what you are talking about.

Maybe another country or a different state has laws like that.

jswirs 04-30-2022 04:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Madelaine Amee (Post 2089847)
I can comment on IMPAIRED DRIVERS. I chose to give up my license due to Macular. I had lost vision in the center of one eye and was 70/20. When I went to give up my license I was told "Oh you can get a license in Florida at 70/20", I told her "Believe me, you do not want me on the road", but legally I could be out there driving. I no longer drive a car or a golf cart, if I had an accident Dan Newlin could get everything I own.:super:

THE STATE OF FLORIDA DOES NOT WANT TO UPSET ITS ELDERLY POPULATION.

One of my neighbors lost sight in one eye and was driving from PA every year with just one eye!, and that too is legal in Florida. To take it even further, what about all the early dementia patients here!
So the best one can do here in Fl. is exercise a good amount of due diligence when on the road. I love bicycling and I refuse to give up something I love because of what MAY happen.

MX rider 04-30-2022 09:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Mrodmh (Post 2090094)
I agree! The likelihood of getting hit on these streets is too great for me.
100% correct. Besides impaired drivers there are also too many bad and distracted drivers.

Thats why we mountain bike. Only other riders and trees to worry about. lol

Chellybean 04-30-2022 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by JMintzer (Post 2090648)
You do realize he was mocking you calling people AHOLES, don't you?
Yes and I was as well. I think he falls under the same category as a golfer that doesn't respect private property on a golf course .

Chellybean 04-30-2022 01:07 PM
Too many people in the villages think that everything revolves around golfers or drive golf carts.
That's why they call them multi use paths.

JMintzer 04-30-2022 01:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Chellybean (Post 2090659)
Too many people in the villages think that everything revolves around golfers or drive golf carts.
That's why they call them multi use paths.
Why would anyone think golf carts are important?

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Laker14 04-30-2022 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by JMintzer (Post 2090667)
Why would anyone think golf carts are important?

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That sign is north of 466. Doesn't count anymore.

JMintzer 04-30-2022 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Laker14 (Post 2090668)
That sign is north of 466. Doesn't count anymore.
:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

golfing eagles 04-30-2022 02:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Chellybean (Post 2090561)
Sounds like you are part of the problem?
Not at all----just responding to the post that called cart drivers, and only cart drivers "Aholes"

golfing eagles 04-30-2022 02:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Chellybean (Post 2090654)
Yes and I was as well. I think he falls under the same category as a golfer that doesn't respect private property on a golf course .
You must be right. Oh, wait, I live on a golf course. So yes, when I play the hole I live on, I even drive my cart up on my lawn to get a drink from my refrigerator. Yep---no respect for private property:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

golfing eagles 04-30-2022 02:56 PM
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Originally Posted by ThehappypeopleLOL (Post 2090445)
Cyclists generally know the laws for legally riding bicycles on roads. Unfortunately it's the majority of people in automobiles who fail to know what to do when they encounter cycler(s). Please slow down and move over, far away to the other lane when it's safe.:pray: They're after all trying to stay in shape and enjoy safe cycling.
Yes, I agree. They know the laws for cycling, and they are experts at knowing how the law applies to the interaction of automobiles and cyclists. Then, they go about violating the very laws that they spent so much time learning, since they must believe they only apply to "the other guy":1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

thevillages2013 04-30-2022 03:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Toymeister (Post 2090420)
Absolutely, it's safer than the MMP, I'm not a random person commenting for the hell of it. Why do you ask?
I’m not stupid enough to ride on a four lane divided street with roundabouts so there’s that. One common sense reason to stay right is people changing lanes that don’t see the rider. The closer you are to that left lane the more likely you are to get hit

Calisport 04-30-2022 07:20 PM
I was on my way to golf on buena vista when the fire dept was attending to the guy. It was up on the way to Nancy Lopez. I didn't know he was hit. He was turning around in circles holding the bike and the firemen were trying to stop him and ask him his name, etc. From 2-3 people that passed the situation the guy looked like he was homeless/on drugs/metally ill. Spinning around your bike doesn't sound like your typical accident situation.

fdpaq0580 04-30-2022 08:51 PM
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Originally Posted by MartinSE (Post 2089876)
In bicycling terms, it's a 100 mile ride.
.
Not a large percentage of the population know this.
😏

tophcfa 04-30-2022 10:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Chellybean (Post 2090659)
Too many people in the villages think that everything revolves around golfers.
: ) it’s great to be revolved around : )

ureout 05-01-2022 05:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Calisport (Post 2090775)
I was on my way to golf on buena vista when the fire dept was attending to the guy. It was up on the way to Nancy Lopez. I didn't know he was hit. He was turning around in circles holding the bike and the firemen were trying to stop him and ask him his name, etc. From 2-3 people that passed the situation the guy looked like he was homeless/on drugs/metally ill. Spinning around your bike doesn't sound like your typical accident situation.

I didn't actually see him get hit... when I passed by he was lying on his stomach in the grass and he wasn't moving, there were people tending to him , the bike was on side of the road


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