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Two-Wide Trail
April 28, 2006Now that I've gotten full-steam back into cycling...another new and intresting development has started to chap my backside.
No...not the spandex.
People on the bike trail from Weeks Park to Lake Wichita.
Usually..I enjoy seeing fellow bikers or people using the trail. Maybe it's the big-city kid in me that understands the un-written rules that nobody here apparently gets.
So....here are some guidelines that follow to protect myself and others:
1. Don't ride bikes 2-wide on the freaking trail. I don't care how intersting your conversation is.
2. If you HAVE to ride 2-wide...don't do in on a blind curve (i.e. the stretch from the Lake Wichita dam to the park
3. Don't walk 4-wide on the trail...ever.
4. Don't let your kids ride on the left side of the trail. They can't get out of the way fast enough.
5. "PASS LEFT" means I'm going to pass you on the left...just like driving. It doesn't mean look backwards or move left.
Those 5 simple guidelines will probably save your life. Me crashing into you at 20 mph is going to hurt.
Posted by Jason Palmer at 11:44 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)
