Almost there...a few more parts and done...there will be no yellow...in person the bike blows the image away...can not wait to get her out there on some trails and put some miles on it...I think it will serve me well on the Trinity..being steel perhaps one the hard core racers from a group of riders out there in there red/white/blue race kits will feel it when they hit me head on like they almost have the last three weekends on the section that starts in Benbrook...you know the section that says 15 miles an hour..the section where there are people walking..slower riders obeying the rules..the twisty sections that when you carry speed and cut corners you end up almost hitting the people coming from the opposite direction..we racer types refer to this type of riding as a pace line...to be efficient and carry speed...I usually do not point things out like this as it is what it is...but when you have new people riding bikes and they look up and see a freight train going well over 20mph heading at you on your side of the trail said new riders tend to over react as they are not sure what they should do...but today was the real exception as I was heading out...said freight train with red/blue/white jerseys where heading towards me behind a couple who was walking....I knew we would meet where the couple was walking but had no idea the said freight train would go to pass the couple instead of slowing down to allow me to continue as I had the right of way on my side of the trail...head straight at me almost hitting the couple and forcing me off the paved trail onto the dirt on my road bike...said group seems to be out there all the time and apparently have no regard for other walkers/riders rights or safety..we experienced riders know how to read and handle these situations but lesser experienced riders have no clue and it causes confusion and puts their safety in jeopardy as well as others around them..
When I raced road bikes we trained on the road...where there where no people walking their dogs or out for a leisure ride with their family...maybe the times have changed...maybe not...I raced the road.and met some of the most elitist egotistical people I have been around....but there are people like that in everything..I just go exposed to the other side of the sport that I personally thought sucked...
I can see why people walking have a disdain for people on bikes...the action of a few reflect on all of us as riders...there are more cool people out there than negative people...but one little group is a stand out..I thought it was just me..but after my ride I was in the parking lot with about 10-15 other riders where this conversation came up....seems all most all of them had or has had a similar experience with the group of red/blue/white jerseys with the black asphalt road on the back of the jersey....
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