Comments on: Tuesday Bike Night recap, sprint series announced https://bikedenton.wordpress.com/2011/05/23/tuesday-bike-night-recap-sprint-series-announced/ Wed, 25 May 2011 04:03:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Texas Bicycling Blog and News Roundup for May 24th « Texbiker.net https://bikedenton.wordpress.com/2011/05/23/tuesday-bike-night-recap-sprint-series-announced/#comment-810 Wed, 25 May 2011 04:03:10 +0000 http://bikedenton.wordpress.com/?p=3015#comment-810 […] […]

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By: Tuesday Bike Night https://bikedenton.wordpress.com/2011/05/23/tuesday-bike-night-recap-sprint-series-announced/#comment-808 Tue, 24 May 2011 17:48:16 +0000 http://bikedenton.wordpress.com/?p=3015#comment-808 In reply to Daniel.

I’d like to know who the guy was. Don’t hold the ride accountable for the actions of one person who may or may not be involved with running the ride. We are an open ride; anyone can attend. We can’t stop someone from yelling, especially if the group is large and spread out. We may not be around to hear or know of an incident, and if you have a concern find Drew or I and bring it up to us. We’ll try to figure out the situation.

I can’t remember any situation under my watch where someone has yelled at a pedestrian except to encourage them to get a bike and join the ride. As for yelling at other vehicles, that is only acceptable when the vehicle has threatened a rider directly or violated traffic laws and placed a cyclist in danger. If that happens under my watch I WILL yell at that vehicle. Respect is a two-way street, if a car puts myself or someone on the ride in danger they will hear me vocalize it. Run-ins with cars are infrequent on the ride. I can only remember a handful over the past several years, so there’s a lot less yelling on the TNR that my normal commute where I get yelled at for riding in the road, riding a bike, being a faggot, etc.
-Owen

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By: Daniel https://bikedenton.wordpress.com/2011/05/23/tuesday-bike-night-recap-sprint-series-announced/#comment-807 Tue, 24 May 2011 16:32:09 +0000 http://bikedenton.wordpress.com/?p=3015#comment-807 In reply to bikedenton.

Yeah, it was about (scratches head) three weeks ago? Maybe four. Granted, that was only one ride out of all the rides I went on from September to now.

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By: bikedenton https://bikedenton.wordpress.com/2011/05/23/tuesday-bike-night-recap-sprint-series-announced/#comment-806 Tue, 24 May 2011 14:50:17 +0000 http://bikedenton.wordpress.com/?p=3015#comment-806 Daniel, when was that? I was turned off by a similar experience a couple years ago, but not last week with Owen and Drew curating the ride.

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By: Daniel https://bikedenton.wordpress.com/2011/05/23/tuesday-bike-night-recap-sprint-series-announced/#comment-805 Tue, 24 May 2011 14:48:32 +0000 http://bikedenton.wordpress.com/?p=3015#comment-805 I attended Tuesday night rides until some guy rode with us shouting obscenities at pedestrians, people in their houses, other vehicles, etc. I love the group ride, but people are never going to accept/respect cyclists if they think cyclists are disrespectful. Just sayin’…

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