02-06-2014, 01:58 PM
When I ride my bicycle in HPP, if I see a car, or cars, coming, I will, if possible, temporarily turn on a side street off the 4 main roads and let the cars pass. Then I'll go back onto the main road and continue. The shoulders are often tiny here. Like 8 inches. Makes it tough to ride. That and the dogs.
Bicycling should be encouraged and commended. We use no gasoline or oil when riding. Can't wait till the highway from Shower to Keaau is done, so the shoulders can again be used all week for bicycles. I'm 60 years old, and the ride to Hilo is not a bad one at all. The first time I rode it we threw my single speed bike in our pickup, as my wife was going there anyway. She dropped me at Aloha Fitness. I did a workout there and rode home. Couldn't believe how fast I got back too.
The speeders in HPP are a danger to everyone. I was riding my 150cc scooter back from doing some work for my daughter one night about 6:30 or 7:00. It was dark, and I was coming from 3rd and Makuu heading up to 7th where I turn. I had just passed some pedestrians out for a walk. A moron in a car came over one of the Makuu humps and the car left the ground, flew a ways, and hit down on the road again in a shower of sparks. My daughter rides a bike from 3rd and Makuu, and sometimes tows my granddaughter in a bike trailer. Not in the dark of course. If my those two were hurt or injured due to a speeding moron........
Jon in Keaau/HPP
Bicycling should be encouraged and commended. We use no gasoline or oil when riding. Can't wait till the highway from Shower to Keaau is done, so the shoulders can again be used all week for bicycles. I'm 60 years old, and the ride to Hilo is not a bad one at all. The first time I rode it we threw my single speed bike in our pickup, as my wife was going there anyway. She dropped me at Aloha Fitness. I did a workout there and rode home. Couldn't believe how fast I got back too.
The speeders in HPP are a danger to everyone. I was riding my 150cc scooter back from doing some work for my daughter one night about 6:30 or 7:00. It was dark, and I was coming from 3rd and Makuu heading up to 7th where I turn. I had just passed some pedestrians out for a walk. A moron in a car came over one of the Makuu humps and the car left the ground, flew a ways, and hit down on the road again in a shower of sparks. My daughter rides a bike from 3rd and Makuu, and sometimes tows my granddaughter in a bike trailer. Not in the dark of course. If my those two were hurt or injured due to a speeding moron........
Jon in Keaau/HPP
Jon in Keaau/HPP