I'm thinking this would be a good route for sept's CM? Also do some of
this you keep this up into fall/winter? I'm new to this and my first
ride was this past one.<br>
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Derek<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/29/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">. nevele</b> <<a href="mailto:symboliceon@hotmail.com">symboliceon@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
"No one in their right mind would ride a bicycle on Memorial Drive. Hundreds<br>of bicyclists use the sidewalk along the Charles River daily."<br><br>Eh, biking on Memorial Drive isn't that big of a deal. I did it once..
<br>granted, I was using my highest gear and pretty much going faster than I'd<br>ever gone on my bike. May not have been the safest way to get downtown for<br>me, but it's a helluva lot faster than the root-riddled sidewalk on which
<br>the majority of the traffic consists of recreational cyclists, joggers,<br>walkers, et cetera.<br><br>Anyway, back to being on vacation. Have fun in the rain! ;D<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>>From: "Lee Peters" <
<a href="mailto:lfpeters@gis.net">lfpeters@gis.net</a>><br>>Reply-To: Boston Critical Mass <<a href="mailto:list@bostoncriticalmass.org">list@bostoncriticalmass.org</a>><br>>To: "Boston Critical Mass" <
<a href="mailto:list@bostoncriticalmass.org">list@bostoncriticalmass.org</a>><br>>Subject: [*BCM*] (no subject)<br>>Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 10:06:20 -0400<br>><br>>Did anyone hear the interview with the Mass Bike commander in chief on
<br>>WBUR?<br>><br>><br>>Or read this?<br>><a href="http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/letters/articles/2006/08/26/bicyclists_scourge_of_the_roads/">http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/letters/articles/2006/08/26/bicyclists_scourge_of_the_roads/
</a><br>><br>>If they begin charging excise tax to bikers for the roads, we can really<br>>get militant.<br>><br>>On last week's ride, we made an illegal left turn at Beacon and Harvard. A<br>>pedestrian admonished us for ruining it for all bikers. Is that statement
<br>>a gross acknowledgement of stereotyping?<br><br><br>>_______________________________________________<br>>Boston Critical Mass mailing list<br>><a href="mailto:list@bostoncriticalmass.org">list@bostoncriticalmass.org
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