NICHOLASVILLE BICYCLIST'S SAGA OF RIDING AND ARRESTS HAVE GAINED NATIONAL ATTENTION FROM BLOGS, ATTORNEYS (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Saturday, September 20, 2014, 09:32

<AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS PHOTO, THE "EMERGENCY LANE HAS LOOSE GRAVEL AND SOME BREAKING UP, EVEN THOUGH THE "RUMBLE STRIP" CANNOT BE SEEN. VERY HEAVY TRAFFIC ON THIS ROAD.>

Cherokee Schill rode south on U.S. 27 near Suff's Furniture, north of Nicholasville, on May 1. Schill's recent run-ins with the law regarding her bike usage have gained national attention. GREG KOCHER | STAFF — Lexington Herald-Leader |

NICHOLASVILLE — The story of Cherokee Schill, the Nicholasville commuter who has been tried, fined and then subsequently arrested for riding her bike in the travel lane on U.S. 27 in Jessamine County, is gaining attention from online forums, cycling blogs and lawyers around the country.

The case isn't necessarily "front-page news in the bike world, but it's spreading around pretty fast," said Bob Mionske, a two-time Olympic racing cyclist who is now a Portland, Ore., attorney who stands up for cyclists' rights.

"When people get into it and look at it a little closer, they realize it's a complicated case," Mionske said.

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