"JD" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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I'm wondering where his local trails are. If they are paved, I see
no
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problem with reflectors on the bike. However, mountain bike trails have obstacles that tend to rip extraneous BS off of a bike at the
most
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inopportune moments.
There are parallel paved and offroad trails; one on each side of a
bayou. I
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ride the offroad one when it isn't too wet.
I don't see where reflective clothing and/or the clip-on lights would not work effectively in those venues. I do see that if you are riding on a trail, there is a good chance you will lose a reflector on it, thus littering.
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Maybe our pal's myopia causes him to throw lit cigarettes out of
car
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windows too. "Everyone else does..."
Lets see... a list of everything I throw out my car window: - pistachio shells - cherry stems - cherry pits
You may wish to check and see what is legal and what is not legal to throw out of your vehicle in the state where you reside. Some "greenies" may have a problem with your cherry pits choking the life out of an endangered strain of albino Nutria that resides only in your parish. That said, I have no desire to throw any chicken feathers (nor anything else) out of my vehicle in CA, though it is legal.
"JD" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
>Tell us all this, do you stop every time you happen to break a >reflector off to pick it up? My guess would be no because I've
picked
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>up hundreds that were left on the trail in the past 19 years.
Ever
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>think of wearing reflective clothing for your ride to or from the >trailhead? There is all kinds of reflective gear out there, which >eliminates the need for extraneous reflectors *on* your bicycle.
OK, you're starting to sound like the <snip spammer name> of
reflectors. If I have
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lost any reflectors on trails, and it's possible I've lost a couple
of the
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small pedal reflectors, obviously I didn't pick them up because I
didn't
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notice until hours, days, or weeks later that they were gone.
However, if
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you will, look at the situation in the grand scheme of things.
Through
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organized and unorganized (just me) beach, bayou, and trail
cleanups,
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I've
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picked up absolutely massive amounts of litter. And yes, I've even
picked
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up more reflectors than I possibly could have lost!
Try and spin it however you want to. The fact is that you admit a possibility of losing reflectors and not picking them up. How does
a
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missing reflector on your bike qualify as "possibly"? Either you
have
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come up missing reflectors, or you have not. Which is it? Leaving reflector garbage on the trail still makes you a litterbug, whether you've picked up the garbage of others, or not. Having wheel and
pedal
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reflectors on your bicycle while riding mountain bike trails in the dirt is *inviting* litter. There are other solutions to being seen while riding on the street at night to and from a trailhead. Get
it
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yet? Then again, your "grand scheme" will probably remain myopic.
JD
Don't forget the plastic chain protectors between the cassette and
the
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spokes. I've found hundreds of those on the trail. First time I noticed them I wondered why people were dumping CD's on the trail.
-- o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o www.schnauzers.ws
Funny how barneys have to leave those on, just because they don't know how to keep the chain off of the big cog when descending. Again, another "problem" cured with singlespeeds though...
"JD" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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Try and spin it however you want to. The fact is that you admit a possibility of losing reflectors and not picking them up. How does a missing reflector on your bike qualify as "possibly"? Either you have come up missing reflectors, or you have not. Which is it?
Yes, I have had a few missing reflectors. This means they are in one of the following places: - a trail - a parking lot - my garage
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Leaving reflector garbage on the trail still makes you a litterbug, whether you've picked up the garbage of others, or not. Having wheel and pedal reflectors on your bicycle while riding mountain bike trails in the dirt is *inviting* litter. There are other solutions to being seen while riding on the street at night to and from a trailhead. Get it yet? Then again, your "grand scheme" will probably remain myopic.
"JD" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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Try and spin it however you want to. The fact is that you admit a possibility of losing reflectors and not picking them up. How does
a
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missing reflector on your bike qualify as "possibly"? Either you
have
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come up missing reflectors, or you have not. Which is it?
Yes, I have had a few missing reflectors. This means they are in one
of the
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following places: - a trail - a parking lot - my garage
Is your garage one of those "reflector eating" garages? I've heard about those. Parking lot = litter, trail = litter, no matter how you slice it.
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Leaving reflector garbage on the trail still makes you a litterbug, whether you've picked up the garbage of others, or not. Having wheel and
pedal
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reflectors on your bicycle while riding mountain bike trails in the dirt is *inviting* litter. There are other solutions to being seen while riding on the street at night to and from a trailhead. Get
it
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yet? Then again, your "grand scheme" will probably remain myopic.
I get it. I'm wrong. You're right. Good day!
No, you obviously don't. It's about myopia making your grand scheme so ironic.
A good day to you seems to involve fire and/or explosions. With videos like this on your website, http://www.scehardt.com/videos/thermite.wmv please don't come to SoCal to ride, ever. There are more than enough stupid people playing with fire out here to start wildfires already.
"JD" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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A good day to you seems to involve fire and/or explosions. With videos like this on your website, http://www.scehardt.com/videos/thermite.wmv please don't come to SoCal to ride, ever. There are more than enough stupid people playing with fire out here to start wildfires already.
I wouldn't dream of making a fire in your tinderbox :-)
please don't come to SoCal to ride, ever. There are more than
enough
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stupid people playing with fire out here to start wildfires
already.
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I wouldn't dream of making a fire in your tinderbox :-)
In Houston, forest fires aren't a big concern. However, waking up
with two
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feet of water in your house...
Wanna hear something funny? The first piece of garbage I picked up off of the fireroad climb I was on yesterday was a pedal reflector. Funny how I didn't find any barney garbage on the singletrack descent I chose to ride. Then again, the review for that descent in mtbidiots shows that a lot of barneys are scared of good trails like that.
