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I suppose that really isn't a startling revelation to people who live in the five other New England states, but here in Ye Olde Bay Colony itself, I think we tend to reserve the term for offensive drivers.
But, according to this Boston Globe article about a sharp increase in police calls to resolve disputes on the bike path in Arlington, it's apparent that a motorized vehicle is not necessary. Any wheeled conveyance will suffice.
From personal experience as a pedestrian and as someone who has actually ridden a bicycle on the path (Don't get too excited, I haven't ridden my bike in about 10 years), I agree with the person at the end of the story who takes the rollerblading crowd to task. They slalom back and forth along the path and create an extra-wide target when they have their arms waving about at their sides. The walkers, bicyclists, skateboarders and other users of the path all pretty much stay in their limited space, but not the rollerbladers.
My other big peeve from my experience trying to ride a bike was always with the lunch-hour walkers who see fit to walk four, five, even six abreast down the path, forming a human wall that no one can get past and who seem totally oblivious to bike riders shouting "On your left!" at the top of their lungs because they're deeply engrossed in office gossip. That was VERY common out on the Lexington-Bedford portion of the path, which was my usual route in those days.
My favorite of late is heading through Newton some mornings around 7;00 AM and encountering a bike riding brigade, in full regalia, riding 4 abreast to carry on a conversation and never, never moving to let a vehicle pass. I guess they thought we should all be pleased with the speed they were keeping up as an obvious trial run to the Pan mass or some other bike race.
I dared to beep after 1 mile and was given a lovely gesture.
Posted by jo [URL] at 07/ 2/07
I have one of these:
http : // www.deltacycle.com/product.php?g=1
It works really, really well.
Posted by flerdle [URL] at 07/ 2/07
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