FlyingLaZBoy
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'16 ICE SprintX fs, '16 Rocket, '12 KHS Mocha
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Some of you have seen this on my FB page, but I thought I'd share it here, as well... SquareCorners and I saw a cyclist almost get killed (or at least seriously injured) yesterday morning... Daniel and I were riding on Merrell Dr in a residential section, almost finished with the GDB Airport Ride, and we had moved over to allow a car to pass, and I saw another cyclist coming from the other direction... the car/SUV swung wide to pass us (at an appropriate speed for the street), and I saw that the driver was looking at our "weird bikes" as he passed. Meanwhile, the other cyclist, probably tired from his morning ride, had his head down, not watching ahead of him, just rolling along on his side of the street.. and the car driver had apparently not noticed him, before. At the last second (after he had barely passed us, fortunately), with a loud screech of tires, the car and cyclist both swerved, barely missing each other... Daniel and I (and the other rider) said a few "holy crap"s... and the car continued on. We recumbent riders get a LOT of looks from car drivers, and I usually get a kick out of it... but this is the first time it's almost killed somebody... Keep your head up and eyes forward... cyclists AND drivers...
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