prospect park is not the tour de France

Ace wrote: It is very difficult and dangerous for anyone on foot to cross the main roadway in Prospect Park due to multiple packs of cyclists riding at high speeds. The solution is to limit the time periods for "training". A park should be a place for peaceful strolls not dangerous dashes.

Really? I ususally look, then go when I have seen that the coast is clear!

I would be in favor of designated times simply because I have little confidence that all parents will teach their kids to look out for bikes when crossing. Having said that, I fully expect that cyclists wouldnt agree with me in limiting when they can ride hard in agroup.

Subject: Re: ignorance

leet wrote: [quote=bklyngirl]Regardless, it seems pretty apparent that people in PS are against "packs" of anything - cyclists, teenagers, nannies, strollers, bar hoppers....

Packs of cards are A-OK by me.

but

People often behave uncivilly when in packs.

You must be a very lonely person.

Subject: Re: ignorance

bklyngirl wrote: [quote=leet][quote=bklyngirl]Regardless, it seems pretty apparent that people in PS are against "packs" of anything - cyclists, teenagers, nannies, strollers, bar hoppers....

Packs of cards are A-OK by me.

but

People often behave uncivilly when in packs.

You must be a very lonely person.

Hm, now that you mention it, I do feel a little lonely. Can I have a hug bklyngirl? Pweez? Pwetty pweez?

OnEasternParkway wrote: The amount if inconsiderate behavior, lax parenting, obliviousness, and sheer idiocy that takes place in the park simply boggles the mind. Here are my favorites:

1) Bikers with headphones
2) Bikers on cell phones
3) Bikers with headphones, on cell phones, with a dog trotting alongside, leash threatening to become entangled in spokes or to sever a pedestrian's limb
4) Children riding aimlessly in circles back and forth across the road
5) Children riding (alone or with parents) without helmets
6) Families or other groups stopped or sitting in the middle of the ped lane, their bikes/strollers/dogs spread out liberally across the lane

The list could go on and on.

Has anyone seen the unicyclist with dog?? Now that's the most ridiculous -- and one of the most dangerous -- sights I've seen in the park.

in defense of the riders who think PP is the tour de france, there is a monument at the end of the course (stage 26) that looks a lot like the arc de triomphe. in my experience it is easy to confuse brooklyn for paris.

bill c wrote: in defense of the riders who think PP is the tour de france, there is a monument at the end of the course (stage 26) that looks a lot like the arc de triomphe. in my experience it is easy to confuse brooklyn for paris.

good point.

Gah - I can't believe those French people copied our beautiful GAP monument. Why couldn't they come up with an original design of their own? Lazy Europeans.

P.S.: this is a joke. Don't flame me.

believe it or not, the traffic around the arc de triomphe is even crazier than the traffic around GAP!

bill c wrote: in defense of the riders who think PP is the tour de france, there is a monument at the end of the course (stage 26) that looks a lot like the arc de triomphe. in my experience it is easy to confuse brooklyn for paris.

Nah, Brooklyn smells a lot better and there's nobody peeing in the street, playing accordians or staging public demonstrations to protest 30 hr work weeks.