Re:Why every cyclist needs a pool noodle
by jjeaff on Saturday May 18, 2019 @03:08AM
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Do you live in the US? Because if so, having travelled and lived all over the US, I call BS.
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Re:Why every cyclist needs a pool noodle
by blacksmith_tb on Saturday May 18, 2019 @10:59AM
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I do, in Portland OR. And I have a dashcam on my bars, so I film plenty of bikes and cars blowing through stops. But I may be a little overly sensitive, I was run over by an inattentive commercial trucker who blew through stop without braking, plowing into an SUV and then rolling over me head-on - when I was stopped at the stop sign at the opposite corner, foot on the ground and everything. I was in a wheelchair for months, and I have quite a collection of Ti implants to show for it all. But I still ride to work every day, and I stop at stop signs, even though that hasn't always worked out so well for me.