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Cycling is Too Dangerous. I知 giving it up/cutting back to be safe

Old 01-04-19, 12:41 PM
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Originally Posted by livedarklions
But yeah, if I was going from home on a relatively short hop to a Magazine Street destination (which was often) I wouldn't go out of my way to avoid it.
Yeah, that's sensible. You knew it could be sketch, so you avoided those times. Not everyone has that part of their brain in working order. They just go wherever, whenever, and without a thought.
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Old 01-04-19, 06:31 PM
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Originally Posted by livedarklions
It was not a fashionable part of town back in those days, and there wasn't a lot of traffic at night.
I took a stroll down Magazine on streetview and was amazed at how much it has changed. A lot of somewhat seedy areas seem pretty trendy now.
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Old 01-06-19, 06:46 PM
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Originally Posted by jon c.
Abandoning hope as they enter?
Not really, as not too too many people have read or even remember reading Dante's Inferno.
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Originally Posted by JoeyBike
Don't feel alone.

I was cycling home from work during some minor flooding. Cutting across an empty college parking lot I hit an underwater concrete parking lot wheel-stop. Ate sheet bad, water didn't break my fall much, landed on another concrete wheel-stop. Didn't break anything but I hurt for a week.

Always nice to get filthy flood water in fresh abrasions as well.
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