[MeekOneGOP]

He logged enough miles to more than circumnavigate the Earth last year. An average of over 71 miles per day. Wow !

[MeekOneGOP]

Rest in Peace , Larry.

[biblewonk]

As a fellow biker I notice that busses are the worse about passing bikes and other cars. They drive by their mirrors and just assume that nothing will happen and that the law of superior tonnage will always be on their side. I hope this bus driver spend a long time in jail.

[olivia3boys]

I got hit by a car when I was on a bike in high school. The driver of the car was only going about 5 mph (exiting a parking lot and didn't see me) and WHAM I was on the ground HARD and lost consciousness. Woke up in the ambulance and went to the ER with a concussion.

I can only imagine what more than 5 mph would do.

[Saundra Duffy]

This is really sad. God bless his family.

[Saundra Duffy]

At first, I saw God as my observer, my judge, keeping track of the things I did wrong, so as to know whether I merited heaven or hell when I die. He was out there sort of like a president. I recognized His picture when I saw it, but I really didn't know Him.

But later on when I met Christ, it seemed as though life were rather like a bike ride, but it was a tandem bike, and I noticed that Christ was in the back helping me pedal. I don't know just when it was that He suggested we change places, but life has not been the same since.

When I had control, I knew the way. It was rather boring, but predictable it was the shortest distance between two points. But when He took the lead, He knew delightful long cuts, up mountains, and through rocky places at breakneck speeds. It was all I could do to hang on!

Even though it looked like madness, He said, "Pedal!" I worried and was anxious and asked, "Where are you taking me?" He laughed and didn't answer, and I started to learn to trust. I forgot my boring life and entered into the adventure, and when I'd say, "I'm scared," He'd lean back and touch my hand.

I gained love, peace, acceptance and joy; gifts to take on my journey, My Lord's and mine. And we were off again.
He said, "Give the gifts away. They're extra baggage, too much weight." So I did, to the people we met, and I found that in giving I received, and still our burden was light.
I did not trust Him, at first, in control of my life. I thought He'd wreck it; but he knows bike secrets, knows how to make it bend to take sharp corners, knows how to jump to clear high rocks, knows how to fly to shorten scary passages.

And I am learning to shut up and pedal in the strangest places, and I'm beginning to enjoy the view and the cool breeze on my face with my delightful constant companion, Jesus Christ. And when I'm sure I just can't do it anymore, He just smiles and says... "Pedal."

[fella]

These guys have a bad habit of rideing out on our 2 lane Farm to Market roads in the middle of the lane. You top a hill at 55 to 70 (depends on the counties speed limit)and there they are, if someone's comeing the other way, what do you do?

[SamAdams76]

I must say that I was discouraged from cycling years ago because of too many close calls on the road. Even on country back roads, speeding vehicles have missed me by inches. Sometimes they do it on purpose and some jerks will lean on the horn as they approach just to see what you do and laugh about it. I tried going off-road with a mountain bike but it's just not practical because I liked using a bike to go from place to place to get errands done and such. So now I just walk four miles a day (on the sidewalks) and leave the bike at home.

[HIDEK6]

A well-known North Texas cyclist died Sunday, three days after he was hit by a school bus in Collin County.

H'mm, protected classes on both sides of this incident.

How will they blame us evil white guys?

[null and void]

sad ping

[Aquinasfan]

Mr. Schwartz pedaled approximately 26,000 miles last year

On public roads, I guess. I wonder what the fatality rate/bicycle mile is? He was probably due.

OTOH, I had to get hit 3 times before I gave it up. I guess I was blessed.