Wanna trade your $50,000. for a mangled bicycle?

[jkerouac <jkerouac@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Wanna trade your $50,000 BMW for a mangled bicycle?

To participants of this past Sunday's rally on the SF Peninsula:

     Did you notice those bikers pedaling their 1/2 horsepower finely 
developed human powered engines and 30 speed carbon fiber and titanium 
Italian powertrains up the 5 miles and 18% grades of West Alpine Road 
when the rally cruised by downhill on Sunday?
     This posting is for those rallyists who were busy rather than to 
pay attention to the road they were driving on.
     We encountered several rude BMWs being driven arrogantly as if 
bicycles were fleas to flick off the road so BMW drivers can yahoo it 
offline through mountain turns hogging both sides of the pavement when 
they misread the line of a curve.  Would you have driven like that if 
you knew you were driving by bicyclists who might personally  know you?
     One of those cars with Allison BMW plates is particularly suspect.
     When I got back to my //M3 after the ride at the parking lot, I was 
almost embarrassed to be seen driving a BMW.
      If those few rotten apples who give a bad name to all the rest of 
us respectful, safety minded BMW driving enthusiasts, please remember 
one thing:
       If you run me or any of my friends down off our bicycles, next 
time it will be us driving the new BMWs, and you riding the bicycle. 
 But in your case, the bicycle will not be by choice, but because after 
we sue your ignorance for every penny your got, a cheap bike will be all 
you'll have any money left to afford.
     I apologize to the majority of you who were not the rotten apples 
on Sunday's rally.  Sadly the actions of a few assholes make a bad name 
for everyone else.  The San Mateo County sheriff's office is very 
sympathetic to bicyclists and has agressively persued charges and 
prosecution against agressive motorists who endanger bicyclists' safety. 
 If any of you would like to be next, I'll be glad to give them your 
license plate numbers.
     Having once been run down by a car off my bicycle, I assure you 
that this is true.
Because only a few months after I was run down is when I got my then new 
//M3.

     Like the one bumper sticker on my car says, "Watch for Bicyclists".
After all, it may be your own legal as you save, too.
Thank You.

'jk

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