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periodista-masajista · Joined: 13 Jun 2005 Posts: 54 Location: Texas, USA

Don't buy a Mexican bicycle. Thought I was getting a good buy when I bought a new bike for 1000 pesos in September...but since then, seems like I go to the taller only slightly less than the lavanderia. Crowning point was last week when my brakes failed at a very inopportune time...almost bit the big salchicha when I went sailing into the side of a truck. Esaped with only minor scrapes and a tacoed front wheel, gracias a Dios.

So if youre bike shopping, spend the extra 600 pesos and get an Italian ride!

M@tt · Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 473 Location: here and there

If you are on a skateboard and you are planning to cross at a corner where approaching cars would normally be required to stop and wait for a break in traffic before merging into the main avenida, don't push your luck. i actually got hit by a police car last week and he didn't even brake when i bent his side mirror, just kept on rollin'. wasn't even chasing anyone!

Guy Courchesne · Joined: 10 Mar 2003 Posts: 9650 Location: Mexico City

It's hard enough for pedestrians in this city...I can't imagine being on a skateboard.

I kind of say a prayer and boldly stroll out into traffic when crossing the street. It may be my right-of-way by law, but few drivers know that.

MO39 · Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 4:12 am Post subject:

The other day I was crossing the street (on foot) in my (relatively) quiet neighborhood when I was suddenly confronted by one of those minibuses turning the corner with no thought of pedestrians it might encounter in the crosswalk. Being nimble of foot and a practiced defensive pedestrian, I lived to write this message. I did holler a few choice words at him in English bur refrained from giving the driver the finger, something I learned to do while living in New York City for 13 years.