Taking up a whole lane in a residential / downtown area is one thing. (I think it's lame, and all the "we have a right to be there too" bicyclists who don't grasp that roads are paid for with gasoline taxes, which, by definition, bicyclists aren't paying, can bite me, but I understand why it works from a safety perspective.) Taking up a whole lane on a road with a 55 mph speed limit is completely another. That's like bicycling on the freeway.
I understand taking up a whole lane on a street that maybe the max speed is 35, but I try not to ride on any street that is faster than that. I think it's suicide and not right.
That's why I always hated people on bikes on tramway, it's 55 there and it always seemed very dangerous to me. That and they really are holding up traffic if they are taking a whole lane up.
Here I'm often passing the cars as they are not going that fast in city. maybe 25.
This is why getting hit wasn't to bad. Which is again why I avoid crazy busy fast streets.
tramway has a freaking bikepath down nearly the length of it!!
i piked up one of those mildly dorky looking mirrors that clip onto my glasses... and i have a pretty good helmet, i do need to get lights.. since its too hot to ride around in the daytime..
When I was a messenger I was hit by a car on seven different occasions. I got to the point where I carried around a mini baseball bat I had acquired at a St. louis cardinals game when I was a kid jammed into my bag. Because on many occasions of being hit, it was because of drivers being total assholes, I smashed a few windshields and some rear view mirrors of some douches who fucked with me whilst on the streets. Probably not the best thing to do, but I was sixteen and a bike messenger in santa fe. Oh well.
Either way, nice site. I need to get a helmet again, too.
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That's why I always hated people on bikes on tramway, it's 55 there and it always seemed very dangerous to me. That and they really are holding up traffic if they are taking a whole lane up.
Here I'm often passing the cars as they are not going that fast in city. maybe 25.
This is why getting hit wasn't to bad. Which is again why I avoid crazy busy fast streets.
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i piked up one of those mildly dorky looking mirrors that clip onto my glasses... and i have a pretty good helmet, i do need to get lights.. since its too hot to ride around in the daytime..
in a completely unrelated note..
http://www.boredstop.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=118&Itemid=31
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on the unrelated note...
AAAWWWWWWWWWWW so damn cute!!!
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Either way, nice site. I need to get a helmet again, too.
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