Dan H
If they were wannabes, the chance they are on this list is even less than
1%.
Did you see any team jerseys? Anybody with a sponsors name on their back
should especially courteous.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brady Brady"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 10:35 PM
Subject: [OBRA Chat] Unsafe riders, we DON'T salute you.
>A note to all you racers out there:
>
> 99% of the OBRA folks I've run into over the years are conscientious,
> courteous and safety-oriented. All of you, kindly disregard and delete
> this message and the following vitriolic rant it contains-it is by no
> means intended for you.
>
> To the other 1%: I was overtaken in a most reckless manner by some of you,
> a bunch of racer wanna-bes, as we descended Thompson towards Cornell
> today. Why on earth your fearless leader felt the need to burst past me
> with nearly zero clearance and without audible warning, to the inside of
> the lane as oncoming vehicular traffic approached us, is quite beyond me.
> Since I caught him rather easily while still descending to inform him that
> I was inclined to put him into a ditch, he couldn't have been in THAT much
> of a hurry. I was looking back as I descended, and knew you all were
> around somewhere, but it is your responsibility to engineer a safe pass,
> which includes an audible warning and safe distance between our bikes,
> neither of which he gave. I've raced in packs before and have dealt with
> your type, so I wasn't freaked out... just pissed. Much to my dismay, I
> learned upon conversing with my wife that you passed her in a similarly
> unsafe manner a little before passing me. At le
> ast you gave her a "passing" call, but this hardly relieves you of the
> responsibility of actually doing so in a safe manner, which was apparently
> too much to ask.
>
> My wife has NOT raced in packs, was completely freaked out, and feared (at
> the time you passed her) for her safety if not life, all because you're
> trying to crown someone in your group the King of February. YOUR RIDING,
> and the riding of others like you, is the reason cyclists in general, and
> racers in particular, get a bad rap. I don't know who you are and I don't
> care-just stay away from me, my wife and all of other responsible
> riders/racers when you're on the road.
>
> I don't ever want to see any of you posers passing my wife the way you
> passed me today. It will upset me, and I am not known for thinking clearly
> when I'm upset.
>
> Out.
>
>
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