Action Lad
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Re: Did you ride today?
Reply #65 - Aug 21st, 2011, 10:44pm
Summer's over for me, (sniff, sniff!). Still no car. No problem. McKinney -- Irving Express pressed into service: 43.37 miles at 2:16 a.m. with a (for here) balmy 87 degrees was just a slice of Heaven I didn't want to end. On the way back, 107 deg., on Dallas and Richardson peanut brittle concrete which flatted me three times, and exhausted my fixit supply. Called for a SAG. 2,000 summer miles and no flats. Today's commute to Inwood and NW Hwy was like a vacation in comparison....er...except for the motoron Southbound at Spring Valley and Central. He's behind me as the light turns green. Everyone else is gone. He stays behind, I wave him on, he won't come around, so I come to full halt. He jams to a screeching halt to intimidate, so I got out of the trike and pulled out the pistol. He gets out, "What am I supposed to do with you in the middle of the road?!" >>"Go around me. You don't just hang in back of a bike." >>"Oh, I have something in the trunk that's more powerful than that, I guarantee you that!" While I look for the iPhone, he takes off. That's why I record my rides. Didn't happen to have it on then, but I did report the guy to police down the street. He said the guy will get a visit from them, and gave me an incident # to find out how it went. One day, motorists won't have the upper hand at the incident. However that works out, I truly believe that.
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