Cycling and shooting

[DFW1911]

I'm a roadie, but I can see how CCW would be a wise choice in some remote areas.

As a fellow roadie I CCW simply because of the "stuff" we have to put up with from motorists, from the honking, the yelling, the projectiles, etc.

There's no telling how any of this stuff will turn out and it's nice to have the CCW. On a side note, an Anti I know converted specifically for this reason: too much trouble while on the road.

 

[Antipasta]

I envy your ability to legally do so (CCW)

I'll be retiring in a few more years and then this roadie hits the road.

 

[dm1333]

DFW1911,

I wonder if the number of people commuting by bike these days is going to have an effect on the courtesy shown to riders?

 

[markmc753]

I live near a State Park with miles of awesome Mt Biking single track AND a shooting range

 

[Cosmoline]

According to police, Wang was bicycling eastbound on Main Street when he began to pass a parked pickup truck. The driver of the truck opened the door and Wang struck the door. The force of the impact with the door knocked Wang off his bicycle and into the street.

This is one reason I make a point of owning my lane. If I ride in the street, I take up the lane. I don't skirt the right hand side and I never try to squeeze between cars. I act like a car. I also stay clear of the door radius whenever possible. Plus if I hit one I'm taking it clean off its hinges. I just ran the numbers and when I'm at full speed I hit with 16,753.07 ft. lbs of force! I believe that puts me in .50 BMG range, so maybe I don't even need a sidearm. I can disable vehicles by running into them.

 

[Tom609]

I can disable vehicles by running into them.

Cosmoline, you make a good point. We're very visible out there in traffic and our body language speaks volumes. I try not to look tentative and I too act like I own my part of the road; while acting respectful of others and obeying the rules of the road, of course.

 

[OldCowHand]

I'm still trying to figure out why that guy in the picture is off the bike. I hope never to be in a gunfight, but some folks who have been in a few have explained the preferred sequence of events to me as follows:

• Move off the line of attack, preferably to cover
• Hit the target
• Assess the situation
• Move off the line of attack, preferably to cover
• Reload
• Check 360 degrees horizontal, 180 degrees vertical

I think I'd stay on the bike: I can move a whole lot faster and further that way than lying on my back next to it!

 

[AStone]

Two good reasons to live in the Pacific NW north of CA

Too bad I live in California, I can't combine the two since I can't carry.

In Washington and Oregon I used to hunt quail and grouse from a bike.
Hopefully next year I'll be back in either one of those states. Michigan is just too dang flat!

 

[Cosmoline]

I'm still trying to figure out why that guy in the picture is off the bike.

I believe it's to simulate getting attacked on the flank and knocked down.

 

[moooose102]

well, my cycling is a little different than yours, its a 1968 Triumph Bonneville, but i do ccw while doing that also.

 

[moooose102]

as for the steven wang story, this is very sad. as a motorcyclist, i have learned, from many, to live for today. only god knows if you are going to make it to retirement. and to plan your whole life around it is proposterous. i cant tell you how many people i know who saved and saved, planing to retire, and when they died, their kids blew all the money in less than a year. maybe the kids learned something the parents did not. there is no gauanteed tomorrow! if i am around 20 years from now, god, and myself will figure out a wat to survive. it wont be in luxury sweets in some fancy hotel, but somehow, i'll get by.