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Rod,
First of all, I'm glad that you survived this relatively unscathed - you are very lucky!
You forgot to include the cost of a new rear wheel and transferring the components to the new frame in the tally (unless you are going to do it yourself). I would also carefully check the bottom bracket and pedals, the one showing looks like it's damaged.
You wrote: "this reinforces my suspicions that bike lanes are not a good idea - car drivers tend to give cyclists much more room if there is not a white line between them and the bike."
Maybe this is true where you live, but it is absolutely untrue in my experience cycling in the Chicago area. Illinois recently passed a "three feet of clearance when passing a bike" law, but most drivers are unaware of this and it seems that some frequently come close enough to me to touch - and I limit my cycling to daylight at non-busy times, mostly on weekends. One of my friends was not so lucky with an old lady driving a big SUV. Having an extra foot (center of a two-foot lane) of built-in distance seems like an excellent idea to me and others - my town has just finished painting bike lane markings on many of the main roads I previously would not have even considered for cycling (and I guess that's the point).
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Posts in this Thread:
- Narrow escape yesterday morning, Rod
, Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:07:54- Sorry to hear about the Road Rash.., Railhead
, Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:52:18 - Glad you're OK. Bikes are replaceable . . ., Mike in Anchorage, Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:25:16
- Yikes! Glad you're okay!, Noel, Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:17:37
- Re: Narrow escape yesterday morning, Bill Homer
, Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:44:39 <-- Viewing This Message - Been there....., Herb H, Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:40:47
- Bicycles are too dangerous....., Mike Lynch
, Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:34:00- Only in places where the motorists aren't used to them, AdamB
, Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:59:05 - I must also disagree.Also Rod is entitled to"no fault", Chaz, Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:15:52
- Yes and no, Ari
, Wed, 14 Nov 2007 13:24:50 - disagree.., AlS, Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:20:35
- Re: Narrow escape yesterday morning, Erik919kt, Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:14:12
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