Michael Richardson

Now I'm curious. How did this neighbor who doesn't like bikes know it was a 49-year-old Cat 3 rider??

Mike

> On Jun 8, 2017, at 6:22 PM, Paul Kanz via OBRA wrote:
>
> Michael-
>
> I don't know you, I'm not a witness of said events, I'm not calling you out by name. Your description has similar elements to the encounter that my neighbour had with two "racer dudes". You are correct, it does appear there are two sides to every story.
>
> My main point to the OBRA community that participate in the Wednesday night races - there are a few in my neighbourhood that are not big fans of the races and/or bikes in general in the park (a misguided perception problem??). I wouldn't put it past a few of them calling the City and raising a stink (we the cycling community should not "encourage" them). I don't want to see OBRA or the cycling community lose access to riding in the park.
>
> -Paul
>
>> On Thu, 8 Jun 2017, Michael Medina wrote:
>>
>> What's interesting to me here is that it looks like I'm likely being the one called out here and I wasn't involved beyond being a witness, leave me out of it
>> Paul, I didn't do anything.
>> On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 10:07 AM LORI BRAULT wrote:
>> In the women's field last night at the bottom of the reservoir there were laps where people were walking in the middle of the road....and the last
>> lap a dude was skateboarding on the right side to middle of the road...kind of nerve racking when the field has to pass him going pretty fast around
>> the corner & not sure what he is gonna do....��������? Lots of interactions that could have gone wrong. Seems everyone wants to cross on that path &
>> aren't aware that people come around that corner fast on the lower section?
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> On Jun 8, 2017, at 8:56 AM, Michael Medina via OBRA wrote:
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>> Hmm. I may have been a witness to this incident and what I saw was a pedestrian stopped at a corner who suddenly became a runner right when
>> the cyclist reached the intersection. Essentially jumping out in front of the cyclist giving them no recourse but to cut close to them or
>> likely crash into the curb across the street. Then they threw out a bunch of self-righteous attitude. I wonder if this guy was related to the
>> pedestrian who was very purposefully walking up the yellow line in the middle of the race, the pedestrian walking in the middle of the lane
>> with his chest puffed out last week, or the pedestrian who walked out into the middle of the pack with an unleashed dog who very nearly took
>> out half the race and didn't seem to care about anything but her phone conversation? I don't disagree with what's been said about being an
>> ambassador, but every story has at least two sides.
>> On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 08:20 Eric Aldinger via OBRA wrote:
>> Amen.
>> On Jun 7, 2017 10:12 PM, "paul kanz via OBRA" wrote:
>> As cyclists, we should be ambassadors for the sport and lead by example. As a cyclists wearing a team kit, you are an ambassador
>> for your sponsors. As a cyclists wearing an OBRA number, you are an ambassador for the OBRA community.
>>
>> Wearing a team kit with your race number on (and being a 49 year old cat 3 rider), and not being mindful of the residents of the
>> Mt.Tabor neighborhood (or any location for that matter), is not being a good ambassador. Maybe you had a bad race tonight, maybe
>> a bad day, but that���s not what the local saw. What they saw was a snarky cyclist that failed to yield to a pedestrian in the
>> roadway who was crossing at a corner. Kudos to you ���ambassador��� (slow clap).
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Michael Medina

Hmm. I may have been a witness to this incident and what I saw was a
pedestrian stopped at a corner who suddenly became a runner right when the
cyclist reached the intersection. Essentially jumping out in front of the
cyclist giving them no recourse but to cut close to them or likely crash
into the curb across the street. Then they threw out a bunch of
self-righteous attitude. I wonder if this guy was related to the pedestrian
who was very purposefully walking up the yellow line in the middle of the
race, the pedestrian walking in the middle of the lane with his chest
puffed out last week, or the pedestrian who walked out into the middle of
the pack with an unleashed dog who very nearly took out half the race and
didn't seem to care about anything but her phone conversation? I don't
disagree with what's been said about being an ambassador, but every story
has at least two sides.
On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 08:20 Eric Aldinger via OBRA
wrote:

> Amen.
>
> On Jun 7, 2017 10:12 PM, "paul kanz via OBRA" wrote:
>
>> As cyclists, we should be ambassadors for the sport and lead by example.
>> As a cyclists wearing a team kit, you are an ambassador for your sponsors.
>> As a cyclists wearing an OBRA number, you are an ambassador for the OBRA
>> community.
>>
>> Wearing a team kit with your race number on (and being a 49 year old cat
>> 3 rider), and not being mindful of the residents of the Mt.Tabor
>> neighborhood (or any location for that matter), is not being a good
>> ambassador. Maybe you had a bad race tonight, maybe a bad day, but that’s
>> not what the local saw. What they saw was a snarky cyclist that failed to
>> yield to a pedestrian in the roadway who was crossing at a corner. Kudos
>> to you “ambassador” (slow clap).
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Eric Aldinger

Amen.

On Jun 7, 2017 10:12 PM, "paul kanz via OBRA" wrote:

> As cyclists, we should be ambassadors for the sport and lead by example.
> As a cyclists wearing a team kit, you are an ambassador for your sponsors.
> As a cyclists wearing an OBRA number, you are an ambassador for the OBRA
> community.
>
> Wearing a team kit with your race number on (and being a 49 year old cat 3
> rider), and not being mindful of the residents of the Mt.Tabor neighborhood
> (or any location for that matter), is not being a good ambassador. Maybe
> you had a bad race tonight, maybe a bad day, but that’s not what the local
> saw. What they saw was a snarky cyclist that failed to yield to a
> pedestrian in the roadway who was crossing at a corner. Kudos to you
> “ambassador” (slow clap).
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paul kanz

As cyclists, we should be ambassadors for the sport and lead by example. As a cyclists wearing a team kit, you are an ambassador for your sponsors. As a cyclists wearing an OBRA number, you are an ambassador for the OBRA community.

Wearing a team kit with your race number on (and being a 49 year old cat 3 rider), and not being mindful of the residents of the Mt.Tabor neighborhood (or any location for that matter), is not being a good ambassador. Maybe you had a bad race tonight, maybe a bad day, but that���s not what the local saw. What they saw was a snarky cyclist that failed to yield to a pedestrian in the roadway who was crossing at a corner. Kudos to you ���ambassador��� (slow clap).