# I'll be on WHLD (1270 AM) this morning- 10 am **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [September 30, 2005, 6:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ill-be-on-whld-1270-am-this-morning-10-am/2895 "2005-09-30T06:58:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 9:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ill-be-on-whld-1270-am-this-morning-10-am/2895/21 "2005-09-30T09:15:40Z")
> [@JaysGreenLX](#): > > Quite right. But one look at the kid and I knew he didn’t have the money to cover the cost of repair let alone his lunch for that day. I just made sure he was ok, swallowed my little ball of anger and drove off in my injured car. props for being the bigger man. ---
**Author:** ![ly555is](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3bc359/32.png) [@ly555is](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ly555is)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 9:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ill-be-on-whld-1270-am-this-morning-10-am/2895/22 "2005-09-30T09:41:11Z")
bikes in the road are good with me as long as they friggin’ look where they’re going i have crumple zones, you ARE a crumple zone… ---
**Author:** ![Janny](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/janny/32/7594_2.png) [@Janny](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Janny)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 9:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ill-be-on-whld-1270-am-this-morning-10-am/2895/23 "2005-09-30T09:58:15Z")
> [@JaysGreenLX](#): > > Are you one of those asses who think they are a car and ride 10mph in the lane of a 45mph road? If so…its your own fault for almost getting hit. no I’m not one of those asses. I try to stay out of everyone’s way. I try to ride on the streets off to the side when I can… and when there’s no room or too much traffic and I think I might get hit, I go on the sidewalk. when I’m on the sidewalk, I make sure to give pedestrians the right of way because it’s not my domain…and if that means pulling over and waiting, saweeet. ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 11:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ill-be-on-whld-1270-am-this-morning-10-am/2895/24 "2005-09-30T11:06:59Z")
> [@Janny](#): > > no I’m not one of those asses. I try to stay out of everyone’s way. > I try to ride on the streets off to the side when I can… and when there’s no room or too much traffic and I think I might get hit, I go on the sidewalk. > when I’m on the sidewalk, I make sure to give pedestrians the right of way because it’s not my domain…and if that means pulling over and waiting, saweeet. Awesome. How was the radio gig? ---
**Author:** ![neurokinetik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/neurokinetik/32/7270_2.png) [@neurokinetik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/neurokinetik)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2005, 10:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ill-be-on-whld-1270-am-this-morning-10-am/2895/25 "2005-09-30T22:44:13Z")
> [@JaysGreenLX](#): > > [rant] I can’t stand those people. They say they have the same rights as cars to be on the road yet at the same time they don’t follow the rules of the road. Going through red lights, no turn signals, driving too slow. If you were in a car you would be ticketed.[/rant] This is why I ride on the sidewalk… 😛 I don’t consider a bike a motor vehicle. Just a faster pedestrian. > [@newman](#): > > i hate when people ride bikes on the sidewalk. TFB… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![EMX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ea924/32.png) [@EMX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/EMX)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 11:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ill-be-on-whld-1270-am-this-morning-10-am/2895/26 "2005-10-01T11:08:53Z")
i drive my jeep on the sidewalk all the time :gotme: no really i do ---
**Author:** ![PumiceT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@PumiceT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PumiceT)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 6:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ill-be-on-whld-1270-am-this-morning-10-am/2895/27 "2005-10-01T18:29:03Z")
> [@EMX](#): > > i drive my jeep on the sidewalk all the time :gotme: Penny pic or ban. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Janny](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/janny/32/7594_2.png) [@Janny](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Janny)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 6:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ill-be-on-whld-1270-am-this-morning-10-am/2895/28 "2005-10-01T18:49:25Z")
> [@JaysGreenLX](#): > > Awesome. How was the radio gig? The segment was good. I just read what I’d been working on for the past couple of weeks and they clapped at the end. I was nervous and messed up a few times… probably because now I know about how many people are listening. (The station has a reach of 4 million listeners… they estimate about 35,000 people tune in). I have high hopes for next week. I ended up going on the critical mass ride that evening which was just CRAZY. I’ll probably never do it again but it’ll be a good story. A lot can happen in a two-hour ride. Tune in next week… that’s what I’ll be talking about next Friday morning. Pictures of the better, second half of the ride: [![Imgur](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/0/7/079cdc9668617ef80b1abd1b93e9c3b9a27c3b30.jpeg "bike ride") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/jannygirl/48354164/) ---
**Author:** ![soopa7fly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@soopa7fly](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/soopa7fly)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 7:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ill-be-on-whld-1270-am-this-morning-10-am/2895/29 "2005-10-01T19:05:45Z")
> [@EMX](#): > > i drive my jeep on the sidewalk all the time :gotme: > > no really i do i recall a particular incident driving out of a particular mobil parking lot, driving on a particular sidewalk. ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 7:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ill-be-on-whld-1270-am-this-morning-10-am/2895/30 "2005-10-01T19:51:31Z")
![http://users.adelphia.net/~cdabable/skooby.PNG](http://users.adelphia.net/~cdabable/skooby.PNG) ---
**Author:** ![Janny](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/janny/32/7594_2.png) [@Janny](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Janny)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 7:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ill-be-on-whld-1270-am-this-morning-10-am/2895/31 "2005-10-01T19:53:03Z")
LADY!! Watch out!! there’s a blue car of DOOM behind you!! ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 8:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ill-be-on-whld-1270-am-this-morning-10-am/2895/32 "2005-10-01T20:03:28Z")
![http://users.adelphia.net/~cdabable/skooby1.PNG](http://users.adelphia.net/~cdabable/skooby1.PNG) ---
**Author:** ![Locutus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/locutus/32/7574_2.png) [@Locutus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Locutus)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 8:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ill-be-on-whld-1270-am-this-morning-10-am/2895/33 "2005-10-01T20:34:29Z")
lolssss ---
**Author:** ![catalyst](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/catalyst/32/7279_2.png) [@catalyst](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/catalyst)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2005, 5:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ill-be-on-whld-1270-am-this-morning-10-am/2895/34 "2005-10-02T05:24:12Z")
> [@Janny](#): > > I ended up going on the critical mass ride that evening which was just CRAZY. I’ll probably never do it again but it’ll be a good story. A lot can happen in a two-hour ride. > > Tune in next week… that’s what I’ll be talking about next Friday morning. > > Pictures of the better, second half of the ride: > [bike ride | Critical Mass turned not so critical when we bro… | Flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/jannygirl/48354164/) How about a story now? ---
**Author:** ![Janny](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/janny/32/7594_2.png) [@Janny](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Janny)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2005, 6:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ill-be-on-whld-1270-am-this-morning-10-am/2895/35 "2005-10-02T06:44:02Z")
okay. I got to City Hall around 5:45 and met a few people… stood around for a bit. Then everyone rang their bells and we started off. I knew one of the guys from Buff State, Nathan…and rode with another guy who works at Rick Cycle Shop named Jason who was super cool… told me about what typically happens on a critical mass ride, told me to hang in the back just in case we needed to break off from the extreme people. I’d say we had around 40-50 people. maybe 60… which really is a lot of people to have on bikes. Some little kids joined in in the beginning of the trip. the front crowd was very bold and would block cars at intersections so the whole group could get through. We saw a city bus almost run about 6-8 people over… and a PT cruiser with chrome everything plow right through. The lady in the passenger’s seat asked, “ Are you riding for any purpose?” and Jason replied, “ Just to be a-holes.” She laughed. We were in a big bunch in the beginning and then about half way in, over on the west side somewhere, the back group stopped and let the front group continue on. I didn’t want to continue with them because I didn’t want to be associated with that complete ridiculousness any longer. The point of critical mass is not to kick cars, get run over and disturb traffic… it’s to say “Hey, we’re here too. Respect the traffic laws and don’t hit us.” So the good group was left sitting there…we decided to have our own well-behaved critical mass. It was about 1/4 critical mass at that point. It was a pleasant ride after that… no beeps or disturbances. No angry people yelling at us. That was when I actually felt like we had a right to the road. The beginning was a giant evil mess and the end is what I thought it should be like… a nice ride, following the rules of the road…2 hours of mostly fun. I must’ve ridden 20 miles total that day… it was interesting but I’ll probably never do it again. I’m really not an anarchist or a weird deviant trying to prove a point like most of them were. It’s kind of sad that critical mass can’t be a more organized behaved event… if it were, it would be more accepted and I bet more people would show up. ---
**Author:** ![nitroinsane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@nitroinsane](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nitroinsane)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2005, 6:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ill-be-on-whld-1270-am-this-morning-10-am/2895/36 "2005-10-02T06:54:45Z")
> [@JaysGreenLX](#): > > Quite right. But one look at the kid and I knew he didn’t have the money to cover the cost of repair let alone his lunch for that day. I just made sure he was ok, swallowed my little ball of anger and drove off in my injured car. he may not have money but mommy and daddy might or they may have home owners insurance which would in a situation like this ---
**Author:** ![Janny](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/janny/32/7594_2.png) [@Janny](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Janny)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2005, 4:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ill-be-on-whld-1270-am-this-morning-10-am/2895/37 "2005-10-07T04:52:16Z")
I’m on again this morning, everyone. we have a guest on for the second half of the show, but I’ll be talking about my experience at Critical Mass last friday at some point during the first part… 10-11 a.m. so yeah, 1270 AM. tune in, it might be interesting. ---
**Author:** ![JaysGreenLX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jaysgreenlx/32/7321_2.png) [@JaysGreenLX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JaysGreenLX)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2005, 5:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ill-be-on-whld-1270-am-this-morning-10-am/2895/38 "2005-10-07T05:19:01Z")
> [@nitroinsane](#): > > he may not have money but mommy and daddy might or they may have home owners insurance which would in a situation like this Would that really fall under home owners though?? ---
**Author:** ![TrueBlue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/trueblue/32/7245_2.png) [@TrueBlue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TrueBlue)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2005, 5:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ill-be-on-whld-1270-am-this-morning-10-am/2895/39 "2005-10-07T05:57:39Z")
> [@Janny](#): > > I’m on again this morning, everyone. > > we have a guest on for the second half of the show, but I’ll be talking about my experience at Critical Mass last friday at some point during the first part… 10-11 a.m. > > so yeah, 1270 AM. tune in, it might be interesting. I’m trying to get this POS radio tuned in. if so, you could give a shout out to nyspeed, advertising cars for bikers :biglaugh: good luck, kick some ass. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![King](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/king/32/7329_2.png) [@King](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/King)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2005, 6:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ill-be-on-whld-1270-am-this-morning-10-am/2895/40 "2005-10-07T06:04:39Z")
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