Re: bmw-digest V9 #2385

[RFKoby@xxxxxxx]

I totally agree with you!!!!
The majority of the population has no
concept of REAL bicycles and riding.
They have no concept of what a $5,000 bicycle is,
and that there IS a difference you can fell.

If I catch up to those idiots that force me
off the road, I simple tell them that the
next time I see them, their wife, or kids
on the street, I will treat them the same way.

All I can say is keep the pedals spinning,
and be careful out there.  There are lots of
stupid people that are not bicycle friendly.

bob
95 M3
92 325i
92 325is
89 Colnago Super SL - Campy ($3,000 bike)
92 Look KG96 - Campy ($4,500 bike)
Custom MTB - Campy C-Record OR (very rare) ($3,000)
82 Specialize RockHopper Comp

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>Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 17:14:55 -0800
>From: jkerouac <jkerouac@domain.elided>
>Subject: Wanna trade your $50,000. for a mangled bicycle?
>
>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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