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fratnoodle
Joined: 28 Feb 2011
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 Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 9:07 am Post subject: |
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| Weigookin74 wrote: |
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| Man, I ran some kids down on a bike path once. Don't feel bad. Far too many Koreans exist in a world of oblivion. You can't go around worrying about the stupid gits who don't know a thing about Darwin. A bike path is for bikes and people should look before they cross it just as they should look before they cross the street...any Korean cyclist would tell you this (as I've seen more than a few angry Korean bikers). |
Well, spoken, good sir!! Let me add this: there are many dimwits around here. I'm not in Seoul, but I bike on bike paths or wide sidewalks with a section for bikers. I ding my bell for idiots to get out of the way and they just stand there. I'm literally right behind them having slowed down, I keep dinging my bell and the stupid dipshits still don't move. It's usally older people. Some kind of adjossi power, I guess. Usually younger Koreans will turn around and move or make way. But some of these older folks (not seniors) need a boot up you know where. Anyhew, that's my rant!!! |
Riding your bike on the sidewalk is plain wrong. You say that you "ring your bell and the dipshits do not move." Where do you want the dipshits (pedestrians) to move? The street? Why should a pedestrian have to yield to a cyclist on a sidewalk? Aren't sidewalks the only safe place for a pedestrian to walk? Don't ring your bell at me on the sidewalk, I may just knock you out. |
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soulofseoul
Joined: 23 Mar 2010
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 9:13 am Post subject: |
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the poster is talking about people walking on the sidewalks that also have a bike path on it. Havent you seen thise yet???
If i was biking on it and you were in front of me then id run you over before you could knock me out |
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Zyzyfer
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: who, what, where, when, why, how?
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| Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 12:27 pm Post subject: |
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| fratnoodle wrote: |
| Riding your bike on the sidewalk is plain wrong. You say that you "ring your bell and the dipshits do not move." Where do you want the dipshits (pedestrians) to move? The street? Why should a pedestrian have to yield to a cyclist on a sidewalk? Aren't sidewalks the only safe place for a pedestrian to walk? Don't ring your bell at me on the sidewalk, I may just knock you out. |
DING DING, DING DING DING!!!!!1 |
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Daantaat
Joined: 07 Oct 2010
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2011 11:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Savant wrote: |
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| Bike paths anywhere can be a tough go if you're trying to ride at speed. You can get stuck behind roller bladers, kids on bikes, people riding with their dog on a leash, etc. If you ride seriously, you should try and find an alternative or find bike paths that see little traffic. |
The bike paths in Seoul are not that bad; it is just when it comes to going through the Han River Parks that it becomes really terrible.
I would ride on the road but my Korean girlfriend does not believe that it would be a safe place for me so I don't go there. |
My husband (he's Korean) just loves to ride on the roads and highways and it used to scare the crap out of me but I'm used to it now. We have some great rides along the Han, but we veer off into the more rural areas where possible. Since it opened last month, we usually take the train to Paldang on the weekends and ride the new bike trail to Yangpyeong, then take the road to Yongmun. It's a nice ride because it's usually fast-paced and not too many little kids with training wheels.
One of the worst things about the Han river trails, though, are the drunk old men on bikes. They ride the line down the middle of the path and impede traffic in both directions and ride with their knees sticking out at 90 degree angles. My husband is not above yelling at them. He's also scolded kids who are riding like jerks. Also, what is with people riding at night with no lights and without any kind of reflective clothes? It's just dangerous and I find it really stressful. |
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