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« on: June 07, 2021, 08:22:16 PM »
I now live in a great area for bicycling and am thinking about taking it up out in rural areas where my presence won’t trigger anyone. I don’t know a damn thing about them and I know there are some aficionados here. I’m basically just going to be road riding and on some trails in the state park and wildlife area nearby.
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Re: Cycling
« Reply #1 on: June 07, 2021, 08:28:40 PM »
Three prepositions in a row.

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« Reply #2 on: June 07, 2021, 08:30:16 PM »
Sometimes I use voice dictation and don’t proofread. As long as it gets the point across I usually don’t bother fixing it.
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« Reply #3 on: June 07, 2021, 08:54:06 PM »
Did it, though?

The pronoun-antecedent disagreement compounds your readability problems.

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Re: Cycling
« Reply #4 on: June 07, 2021, 09:05:51 PM »
I now live in a great area for bicycling and am thinking about taking it up out in rural areas where my presence won’t trigger anyone. I don’t know a damn thing about them and I know there are some aficionados here. I’m basically just going to be road riding and on some trails in the state park and wildlife area nearby.

I suggest you start with riding on multi-use trails to gain hands-on experience.  Then look for low-volume roads that have wide shoulders. 

The local bike club may have a map of preferred bike routes in the area.  These maps are typically available online or at local bike shops.  You can also look at the routes that local riders in your area are taking via the ride logging website Strava.com.

The League of American Bicyclists has a good series of “smart cycling” videos on how to ride safely and effectively with traffic.   
https://bikeleague.org/ridesmartvideos

Finally, make sure you keep your tires properly inflated, take a water bottle and energy bar on the ride and bring an extra tube and tire levers to fix a flat.  YouTube has multiple videos on how to change a flat tire.   



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Re: Cycling
« Reply #5 on: June 07, 2021, 09:11:12 PM »
Good stuff thanks. I practically lived on a bike til I was in middle school, looking forward to getting back into it. Want to pick up a kayak too as there’s lots of water close by.
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Re: Cycling
« Reply #6 on: June 07, 2021, 09:12:51 PM »
The key, as I understand it, is to treat stop signs like yield signs, but then fail to yield.

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« Reply #7 on: June 07, 2021, 09:19:31 PM »
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Re: Cycling
« Reply #8 on: June 07, 2021, 09:19:51 PM »
It's also fun to see how many errands you can accomplish without internal combustion.

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« Reply #9 on: June 07, 2021, 09:34:44 PM »
Probably gonna have to work up to that, the campus town dumpsters are a 20 minute car ride from the house
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Re: Cycling
« Reply #10 on: June 07, 2021, 09:45:21 PM »
DeKalb?

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« Reply #11 on: June 07, 2021, 09:56:11 PM »
Oh hell naw
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« Reply #12 on: June 07, 2021, 09:57:52 PM »
Normal?

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Re: Cycling
« Reply #13 on: June 07, 2021, 11:10:35 PM »
I now live in a great area for bicycling and am thinking about taking it up out in rural areas where my presence won’t trigger anyone. I don’t know a damn thing about them and I know there are some aficionados here. I’m basically just going to be road riding and on some trails in the state park and wildlife area nearby.

I don't think there's a larger contingent of insufferable people sans a vegan convention than cyclists
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« Reply #14 on: June 07, 2021, 11:13:18 PM »
Plenty of insufferable people go their entire lives without vegan conventions.