# Another Bike Accident

**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-bike-accident/246053
**Category:** Shift518 Automotive
**Created:** [August 11, 2009, 3:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-bike-accident/246053 "2009-08-11T15:31:31Z")
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### Author: ![Gendy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gendy/32/6456_2.png) [@Gendy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gendy)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2009, 8:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/another-bike-accident/246053/23 "2009-08-12T08:37:56Z")

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> [@Does anyone here make music?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/does-anyone-here-make-music/21539/9):
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> When I ride, some consider me a fucktard… I know people I pass or see me, think I am a jackass, figure they will see me on the ground a head, or maybe even worse thoughts. Those are usually the people who A: don’t ride, B: don’t pay attention and are a risk to me, C: don’t know me and my skill/awareness level personally, or D: 100% correct at that moment. 🙂 I know my bike, my skill, and I am completely aware of the things going on around me, as much as I can be. Risk VS Reward.
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> These people are who fuck up the image for the rest of us. I don’t ever follow, or sit next to anyone on the road if I have the conditions to do so. If those conditions can be met by me dropping a gear and blowing by, or weaving between a few car to get ahead and be on the road “by my self” I will do it. It may look like a risky move, to some people, but I know how long my bike is, and I have excellent instinct from my racing mindset. I get the fuck away from other people, one way or another.
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> I rode central ave for 2 years from amsterdam to crossgates/155 every day of the week. Heavy traffic I call grid lock, where nobody is going anywhere. Your idea of heavy traffic is probably when each lane has maybe 2-3 car lengths ahead/behind each other. That is heavy for a car, but for a bike it is nothing. You watch people, my eyes are glued to the rear/side views of the car I am passing, I watch the movement of the car, and anticipate what they are going to do. once I commit to passing them, I am only interacting with that car for 1-2 seconds, and I keep my “get away zone” on the road open at all times. Some call it splitting lanes, reckless driving… i call it survival.

U should start a school for beginner riders

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