Almost a decade old, but this article seems fitting in this thread.
http://www.svcn.com/archives/saratoganews/09.22.99/cover-9938.html
oh and Hi Yana!
On a tangent, whatever happened to the Sunday Ride up in Marin out of Tam Junction? I recall back in the 90s that was a wild affair. Haven't heard anything about it in years.
Wow... cool article..
I first started riding those roads in 73.. silent.. friendly for the most part.. times change.. homes all over.. commuters needing their scrilla from Silicon Valley.. and tourist too..
The unknown has become known... and to the known.. hard time await.. for the foolish.
By the way, if any of you out knows or knows of Peggy please send me a PM (she would be about 55-60 years old), I would love to connect with her.
She had an operation. Her new name is "Ernie."
Wow... cool article..
I first started riding those roads in 73.. silent.. friendly for the most part.. times change.. homes all over.. commuters needing their scrilla from Silicon Valley.. and tourist too..
The unknown has become known... and to the known.. hard time await.. for the foolish.
NOT lame, just a different perspective.
I too, often think about how different the roads/traffic was in the Bay Area years ago. The things we did back in the 70's just aren't possible anymore, unless you have a death wish for yourself and others.
O I get it, its ok to ride like a mad man back then but its not ok now!
O I get it, its ok to ride like a mad man back then but its not ok now!
Great question, but I don't have an answer. What I do know is that today's Hwy 9 rider is dying at a much, much higher rate then those guys ever were. They were fast, but rarely deadly.
In fact, I don't recall any them dying up there during that time, I'm sure it happened, but just don't recall. The first death that I saw up on Hwy 9 was in 1992.
Michael
Apparently you're NOT getting it.
Back "then", when dinosaurs ruled the world, there were significantly LESS peoples that there are "today".
LESS peoples sharing the same roads = moar road per people
SO,
young peoples acting like fucktarded twatcanoes had LESS chance of:
A) Running into another peoples
B) Having a wreck trying to avoid other peoples
C) Endangering other peoples
D) running out of room to manuver when having an "oh shit" moment
E) Being busted by the po po
F) Operating motorvehicles with technology so advanced that utlizing it was beyond 80% of it's operators capabilities (I'm being generous here)
G) traffic
But hey, I'm sure you know FAR more about this than me....right ?
Is it possible that it's just a lot easier to hear about the incidents now? If I weren't a BARF member, I really would have no idea that so many people crash on those roads, despite the fact that I'm on those roads almost every day.
Great explanation without getting worked up over.
I like how you break it all down to! Makes young people like myself see why its safer to speed back then, than it is today.