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  2. From: marcs@slc.com (Marc San Soucie)
  3. Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.soc
  4. Subject: Re: Bike paths (FROM Re: Cycling and Environmentalism)
  5. Message-ID: <1992Dec31.025801.9135@slc.com>
  6. Date: 31 Dec 92 02:58:01 GMT
  7. References: <19921221.071155.364@almaden.ibm.com> <1992Dec21.183806.1402@news.cs.brandeis.edu> <1992Dec27.035904.3655@eng.umd.edu>
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  9. Organization: Servio Corp, Beaverton Oregon, US
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  12. Gregory D. Surbeck (gsurbeck@eng.umd.edu) writes:
  13.  
  14. >     If you read carefully, you'll see that "pure" roadies, those
  15. > that train on roads, not paths, don't really disagree with the concept
  16. > of bikeways.  They just don't realistically work for competitive
  17. > cyclists.
  18.  
  19. It isn't the "competitive" cyclist for which paths fail, but the
  20. "practical" cyclist. Bike paths just can't get you everywhere you may need 
  21. to go, safety issues notwithstanding.
  22.  
  23.     Marc San Soucie
  24.     Portland, Oregon
  25.     marcs@slc.com
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