Re: Calfee Saves Little Girl: News at 11:00!: Bikefanclub.com

Agreed on the road the intersection is the most dangerous place. Agreed during the work week the road is more dangerous.

In Pittsburgh we have a 2 1/2 mile trail nicknamed the Jail Trail. (It passes the jail.) To tell you the truth on a gorgeous sunny Sunday in the summer it is dangerous on it. Parents teach children no manners, parents have no manners, bladers skate 3 across, cyclists blow by with not a peep..you name the rude, inconsiderate, thoughtless, and sometimes unattentive behavior and you can see it. I only take it because the stretch of road it replaces is not a favorite of mine even on a Sunday. A friend was hit on it and since the trail cars seem to think you shouldn't be on it at all.

Not everybody acts that way but enough do however I view it as just a microcosm of the world at least in these parts. My wife is a teacher and can tell you some "chilling" tales of parents.

Dave I hate to tell you but you are wrong as well. I guess Spokane is a gentler and nicer world than Philadelphia. They have a trail there along the river and you take your life in your hands when the wannabees come flying down the trail 20 to 25 mph in a pace line all in their team kits. It is not a trail for racers by any means. If it hasn't happened already somebody is going to get killed and unfortunately it will probably be a little one. You could have fun though...when it is a single rider that purposely comes close to me without a word I love to either ride their butt in...pass in the proper fashion...or even point out that I didn't even have to get out of breath to catch and in turn pass them.

Trails are as different as the area in which they reside. Some are friendlier and others are not. I believe that is why the divergence of responses.

I've been on some as friendly as Dave's trails all the way to the will I get off alive trail.

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