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Do you think, me riding alone, on known routes, moderately, fully provisioned and equipped, keeping well to myself(which is SOP anyway), not stopping and then returning to an empty house that I am really going to be a factor here?
Maybe your energies should be directed more usefully.
All I'm saying is that if a small percentage of cyclists continue to go on rides that aren't in close proximity to their homes I believe that recreational cycling will become restricted further. The conversations about this have already begun.
So it doesn't matter if you are a risk to anybody or anything. It's not about that. It's about the fact that a small number of people, rightly or wrongly, are creating an issue that might lead to withdrawal of a privilege.
Sometimes the perception of a non existent problem can be just as damaging as a real problem.
I don't think anybody going for a long bike ride is causing a problem. And you don't think that either. But it's not you or I calling the shots.
Don't worry about my energy, it takes very few calories to post in this thread once or twice a day.
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withdrawal of a privilege.
I understand where you are coming from, but basic freedoms aren't 'privileges' and shouldn't be described as such. We are all having basic freedoms curtailed, most of which is necessary, but framing the debate in terms of 'privileges' really is the first step on the road to serfdom.
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Guess it is only rational then to push as much against the envelope now when I have a chance as no matter what I do restrictions will increase.
I was limiting rides to once every two days, now there seems no point.
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Maybe they should have specified times and distances so we wouldn't have to disagree. All of my exercise recently has been reasonable and local, not like I have ridden to Deal overnight or gone ahead with Drag Sprints.
Seriously though, on a personal level.
Do you think, me riding alone, on known routes, moderately, fully provisioned and equipped, keeping well to myself(which is SOP anyway), not stopping and then returning to an empty house that I am really going to be a factor here?
Maybe your energies should be directed more usefully.