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| Registered User Member Since: Mar 2003 Location: California
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| Is that a bicyclist ... I just saw go over the TJ Bridge northbound. What an idiot!
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| Registered User Member Since: Feb 2008 Location: Cal. Co. Huntingtown
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| May explain the traffic news i heard on the radio coming home about that time. Northbound TJ bridge traffic slow though no accidents on either side. Definite idiot if it was a bicycle rider for sure.
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| Registered User Member Since: Mar 2003 Location: California
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| The bridge was already slow. The sign advises against bikes. That is stupid. You want to risk your life to save a couple of bucks?
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| Registered User Member Since: Jun 2008
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| Sowwy...my car was in the shop.
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| I Come In Peace Member Since: Feb 2007 Location: Suthin' Merlin
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| That bridge bothers me going over it on a motorcycle; but on a bic...y...c..l...e, there, that's it......NFW!
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| Power with Control Member Since: Dec 2007
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| Bridge made me nervous the first couple times over on the V-strom, but after adding a fork brace and an adjustable bracket for my windshield, it's steady as a rock over the bridge. Set the windshield for max low, and no wind issues, the front end wobble went away due to the fork brace.
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| Registered User Member Since: Jul 2012 Location: Silver Spring, MD
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| Are we talking about the Thomas Johnson Bridge? As far as I know, cyclists are allowed on that bridge. I've taken a look on Google maps and it looks perfectly safe to me as long as the cyclist takes the full lane and doesn't ride in the gutter. Yeah, he's going to slow traffic down to 10mph, but it's not like there's any other option there - the next bridge over that body of water is nearly 35 miles away. If I had to go over there, I wouldn't think twice about it. It's not as if he's taking the William Preston Lane, Jr. Memorial Bridge - US 50/301 over Chesapeake Bay. Last edited by Beery; 07-16-2012 at 07:30 AM. |
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| Registered User Member Since: Mar 2006 Location: The Gym
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| Did they have their Lance Armstrong professional bicyclist outfit on? :sideswipe:
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| Registered User Member Since: Jul 2012 Location: Silver Spring, MD
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| I hope you're not advocating vehicular homicide, just because they have the temerity to use a bridge and wear a colorful shirt. Last edited by Beery; 07-16-2012 at 07:54 AM. |
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| Registered User Member Since: Dec 2009 Location: Hughesville, MD
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