IMO intimidation is not a good thing when ridding, fear makes for bad ridding. That being said, I ride as if every car on the road is going to pull out in front of me and I am very aware of what is going on around me but do not like ridding with fear. One of my favorite places to ride is also one of the scariest, it is a very scenic dune area where as I am rolling down the road within arms reach I'll have a 4X4 with tires taller than my bike frame. In general most of those guys really like my bikes and are aware that I'm there but there has been a couple of occasions where I have had to knock on their door at 25mph before they notice me. A comfortable ridder is a safer ridder IMO...Kelly

Heres a picture of one of my bikes along side of a truck that I helped a buddy build to show a size comparison.

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