RE: [ST] Wheelie bikes

["Sankey, Luke" <sank@xxxxxxx>]

I like wheelies, but in traffic it is obviously not smart.  It's not because
you might loop it and hurt yourself, but because you have a significant
delay before you can react to anthing.  You can't swerve, you can't stop,
you can't accelerate, you're riding a fine line to begin with - so when a
guy doesn't see your headlight (because it's pointing in the trees) and
pulls into your lane, don't get all upset - you had it comin.

I used to live next to I-5 in Seattle by the bridge, and guys would do stand
up wheelies on the lower deck all the way across ALL the time.

Once I was coming West across SR 520 in rush hour and there was about 16
bikes kinda blocking traffic comin East, with the front 3 or 5 guys doing
stand up wheelies across the lake.  A bit safer maybe, but even LESS
legal...

I'm kindof a showoff myself, so I have mixed feelings, even though I
shouldn't  ;-)

Luke Sankey
sank@xxxxxxx
99 Buell S3 <-- torque/wheelie monster

- -----Original Message-----
From: Just Daetrin [mailto:daytrip90@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 9:06 AM
To: ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ST] Wheelie bikes 


You know I'm all for fun on a bike, but what I saw yesterday morning 
surpised the heck out of me.  On my way to work - so this is I-405 in 
Seattle in morning rush hour - coming at me in the opposing carpool lane I 
saw some guy on a red Honda (not sure which kind) pop his bike into a 
wheelie.  Not just for a quick second, but sustained past the point he got 
out of my range of vision.

What kind of nutter does a wheelie in morning rush hour traffic at 70mph?  I

have no problem with people taking their lives into their hands, e.g. doing 
this when no one else is around, but it makes me angry and sad that some 
people can have no concern for others' safety.

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