[SDCBC] bike paths

[Robert Leone]

Dear Jon and SDCBC:
	Hi! Yes, in daylight it's relatively effective to look furher down the 
Rose Canyon Bike Path and see who might arrive at the S turn blind spot 
when you do. However, I usually am riding through the canyon to work 
between 5:45 AM and 6:15 AM. Dark-clad joggers with no active 
illumination are essentially invisible until you come across them, and 
sometimes you're looking down the path to see a lighted cyclist instead 
of a pedestrian path user with reflective shoe trim.
	There was also a cyclist who routinely rode the path in a center lane 
position who eschewed lights. Off the path (at least in the La Jolla 
Colony and Arriba area) this cyclist was also a wrong way rider. I have 
not seen him for quite a while, but then he wasn't all that easy to see.

Robert Leone

JonIsaacs at aol.com wrote:
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> Yes, there is a curve hinders visability though one can clearly see the 
> path leading up to the curve for at least a quarter mile in any 
> direction.   I look at it as a minor annoyance, something that just 
> requires a bit of extra attention.  It can be easily taken at 20mph and 
> there is room for two cyclists to cleanly pass. 
> 
> In my view the only difficulties with that curve is that if another 
> cyclist is not paying attention and does not stay to the right or there 
> are several cyclists taking up the whole path.   But since I looking 
> ahead in my basic defensive riding/driving style, I just slow down if I 
> am not sure the curve is clear.  Of course I do have a better vantage 
> point being higher off the ground.  :-)
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