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Subject: Re: {BL} Re: Shifters
From: David Chase <dr2ch...@gmail.com>
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On 2012-10-27, at 7:28 PM, dwlucas62...@aol.com wrote:
> As a side note, we now have a whole new bunch of riders who can't get =
off their cell phone while riding.  Of course, they hold their expensive =
new toy in their dominant hand while "controlling" their bike =
tentatively with their non dominant arm/hand.  So, not only is their =
physical control of the bike diminished for significant periods, but =
their mental concentration is on their phone conversation and not on the =
road or the riders around them.  They scare the heck out of me =
particularly on multi-use trails.

Ride no hands, problem solved.

David