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Old 09-02-20, 12:50 PM
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Hello everyone

Hello, I’m new here to this forum but have been involved with multiple car/Jeep forums for many years. I have been wanting to get into cycling for years now but just always put it off. Well I just recently had to drive out of state to purchase a couple of Specialized Sirrus X3.0’s for my wife and I. Tomorrow I’m headed on a 8hr drive there and back to pick up another Sirrus X for my daughter.

The last couple of weeks have been a blast riding the bikes, so I’m looking forward to spending some time here learning as much as I can. I love to modify and customize my cars so the bikes will be no different as I enjoy this new adventure.
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Old 09-09-20, 03:39 PM
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Thanks guys/gals it’s been fun so far. I just wish the Nashville area was built more biker friendly.
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Old 09-09-20, 06:31 PM
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Welcome Zero, many cyclists would like their home area to be more bike friendly. I am fortunate to live in an area where I have a very short bike ride to get away from most of the traffic, and the roads are generally in good shape. I am in a beach resort area where summer and holiday weekends can get quite crazy with the amount of people and vehicles. I can go toward the beaches and deal with that, or, I can go the other direction and it is like that does not exist. Bicycles are a big part of my life.
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Old 09-11-20, 08:15 PM
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Old 09-12-20, 10:00 AM
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Thank you all for the warm welcome.

A few days ago I was riding early in the morning in this neighborhood that had a bike lane through it, as I was circling around at the end of the bike lane to start heading back towards the house, a car was over taking another car crossing a double line coming real close to me on the bike. I’m not sure he ever seen me as he passed by. The speed is 35mph through there but since this car was in a hurry he passed the slower car probably doing closer to 50-60mph. Once he passed the car his speed was to fast to make the sharp right turn coming up to a light to get on to the main road. He locked up his brakes and the car understeered right across the other lane jumping the curb and into a yard where he crashed into the porch of a house. The car he passed never stopped.

Instant Karma for the car he overtook doing the speed limit?

I turned around to check on him as he exited from the passenger side door. He said he was fine and authorities were being contacted. since the owner of the home was out there talking to him in his PJ’s I decided to leave. Pretty crazy to watch happen.



Don’t get me wrong from earlier, Nashville has some nice greenways and trails to ride, but if you want to commute at anytime there isn’t enough bike lanes to do so and feel safe.
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