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< Safety ~ strange activity near Nicollet exit? |
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beeker
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 Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 9:51 pm |
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this evening (maybe 6:30 or 6:45?) I was biking on the Greenway headed west, and as I came under the 35W overpass I saw a large individual appear from under the Nicollet exit ramp. He stepped into the trail and blocked the path there where it's so narrow, with his legs spread wide, and then didn't move. As a smaller and not-so-fast female, and since no other cyclists or pedestrians were nearby, I decided I did not want to come any closer to that situation, so I u-turned and chose a different route.
close to the 5th ave. crossing, I saw another cyclist and warned him about what I saw.
anybody else seen weird activity in that area? I don't like that little hidey-hole under the trail exit ramp, but I'm also a little jumpy sometimes. maybe I overreacted. someone told me I should have called the cops. advice?
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Snak Shak
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| Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 10:08 pm |
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If it feels wrong, call the cops. Seriously. Trust your intuition on this stuff and do a u-turn and then call the cops.
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Shizzy
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| Posted: Sat Apr 02, 2011 7:22 am |
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Snak Shak wrote: If it feels wrong, call the cops. Seriously. Trust your intuition on this stuff and do a u-turn and then call the cops. agreed.
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Jerbear
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| Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 2:55 am |
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beeker wrote: I don't like that little hidey-hole under the trail exit ramp... I've seen plenty of homeless people or just their belongings under there. Kinda weirds me out. Turning around was definitely a smart move if you felt at all uncomfortable.
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Svenn
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| Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 10:13 am |
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Sounds like you did everything right in that situation.
Unless you didn't bother to call the police once you got to safety.
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icannotbeyou
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| Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 5:42 pm |
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Were all the cyclist involved wearing a helmet?
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newyorkjon
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| Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2011 2:53 pm |
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i would like to have a machine gun turret mounted on my bike sometimes.
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moezombie
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| Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2011 12:32 am |
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| Believed Landis the first two timesJoined: Wed Sep 23, 2009 12:26 pmPosts: 291
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dejacked?
Last edited by moezombie on Wed Apr 27, 2011 12:10 am, edited 1 time in total.
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vulture2600
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| Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2011 8:59 am |
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never a bad idea to carry mace, but only if its highly accessible at split seconds notice. get some sticky velcro and wrap it around the can, and velcro it to your back pack or messenger bag strap.
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Jerbear
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| Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 3:19 am |
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moezombie wrote: a sword steel front fender. How about a Machete rear fender? You could totally sharpen it.
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moezombie
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| Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 1:08 pm |
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better?
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Ted-D
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| Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 7:53 pm |
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wow, holy thread jacks. But I've never seen that, but often worried about it since it is really blind as you come from the west, better lighting certainly wouldn't hurt over there.
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emma55jean
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| Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 7:13 am |
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As someone who was attacked at this location several years ago, some of your comments were quite distasteful to me, but so be it.
The lighting as I recall is improved and no one camps under that bridge anymore. For the record, I was attacked by a male while heading east at 7 am on a sunday morning. I gave him a vicious left with my elbow, somehow remained upright and booked outta there.
Please be safe out there!
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lowrah
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| Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 8:26 am |
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emma55jean wrote: For the record, I was attacked by a male while heading east at 7 am on a sunday morning. I gave him a vicious left with my elbow, somehow remained upright and booked outta there.
Please be safe out there! Bad ass.
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pizzaguy
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| Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 4:25 pm |
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lowrah wrote: emma55jean wrote: For the record, I was attacked by a male while heading east at 7 am on a sunday morning. I gave him a vicious left with my elbow, somehow remained upright and booked outta there.
Please be safe out there! Bad ass. +1
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