Curious if anybody is following the Tour De Lance

riptides · Jul 23, 2004

Viva la de LANCE.

Dedication, spirit, determination, grit, attitude.
Just what we need right now. Go for 6, get 7.

-Mike Z. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Egon · Jul 23, 2004

Chim; have you ever considered that taxes paid by those road hogs may just help build the road you are driving on. The damage your vehicle will cause to a road is very much greater that what a cylist can do.

Don't ever think your plate fee covers the cost of the road.

Egon

Junkman · Jul 23, 2004

Never knew that bicycles had to pay road tax or be registered. Must be the back woods hick town I live in that still hasn't started to charge these fees. The only taxes that I though cyclist paid were income taxes just like all the rest of us working people. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

frank_f15 · Jul 23, 2004

RAT ; have to admit i am not a cycling fan, but every year i read all i can about the tour de france, just amazing how he can dominate that race. wish him all the best, and hope he wins 6 more.

Bird · Jul 23, 2004

( The downside to Americans getting involved in the tour is we now have a bunch of Lance wannabes in our area. These yoyos INSIST on riding in groups and taking up at least 1/2 of the width of the 2-lane rural roads, and act insulted that the road tax-paying motor vehicle operator would have the audacity to use THEIR road.....................chim )

Chim, when we lived down in the country, a couple of times a year, we had really big groups have some kind of rally or something and they would be strung out over 10-15 miles on the farm to market roads, and always tried to space themselves so that no car could pass them. It wasn't unusual to have to follow a bunch of them 5 to 10 miles before there was an opportunity to get safely around them.

Henro · Jul 23, 2004

The only taxes that I though cyclist paid were income taxes just like all the rest of us working people. 

Yep...and school taxes...sales taxes...property taxes...just thinking of all the taxes is taxing... /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

Kind of amazing that the land of cheap energy and fuel guzzeling vehicles could produce a superior bycyclist... /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

Richard · Jul 24, 2004

( just thinking of all the taxes is taxing )

Is that a HIDDEN tax? /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

Go Lance!

/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

chim · Jul 24, 2004

Looks like taxes aren't the real issue. Courtesy is. If it were a few times a year, who would care? In our area, there are fairly large groups of Lance wannabes that just don't give a rip how many motorists are behind them while they ride two or three abreast and take up the entire lane of traffic. I frequently encounter a single rider who is out in the lane of travel - although there's a nice approx. 8' wide paved shoulder.

It would be neat to rig up something on my truck that upon hitting a button on the dash, would inject some foul-smelling (OK, but sky-friendly /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif) smoky chemical into the hot exhaust just as I pass them....................chim

Betcha can't tell this may just be a pet peeve of mine

TWINKLE_TOES · Jul 24, 2004

Betcha can't tell this may just be a pet peeve of mine

I would never have guessed it /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif, but I share it. This doesn't appear to be one bad apple kind of deal. Seems a high percentage of bicycle riders could give a rat's behind about anyone other than themselves.

Junkman · Jul 24, 2004

Try my method..... a blast or two of the air horn usually gets their attention. In the old days, I used the siren, but those days are over since I have retired. Both will get their attention, but only one will always move them over. I am certain that you know which one. Bird..... did you ever do it my way???? /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif