Commuter Bike thoughts

[Tom Keats]

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] (Jon Isaacs) writes:

> Tip #2: Ride so that you avoid getting hit. It's never a good thing to tangle with a car.

Sounds good to me. In fact, it sounds worthy of being Tip #1. Or even the Prime Directive.

I came across that URL (http://www.hevanet.com/springer/index.html) while researching on what, if
anything, makes "urban cycling" a style distinct from "Vehicular Cycling". I learned that some
people apparently think it (urban cycling) involves risk-taking, and have made their opinions
readily available on the Web. And I've come to my own conclusion that adhering to the Five Points
is, in the long run, the safest approach, no matter on what kind of streets or roads they're
applied. If anything, I figure _practical_ Urban Cycling *is* Vehicular Cycling -- with a bit of
addenda rather than ... "subtracta" (I can't remember what the antonym for "addendum" is).

So here we are: overly-worried hand-wringers to the right of us, daring-do hot-doggers to the left,
and reasonableness stuck in the middle.

cheers, Tom

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[Jon Isaacs]

>I came across that URL (http://www.hevanet.com/springer/index.html) while researching on what, if
anything, makes "urban cycling" a style distinct from "Vehicular Cycling".

Glad I know how to ride, wish those who don't would keep it to themselves.

jon isaacs

 

[George Beinhorn]

Not strictly on topic, but here goes.

I work at Stanford. For 50 minutes out of the hour, there are all these thousands of bicycles just
sitting around (25,000 on the campus), then from
x:50 to y:00, they're ALL zooming around. Kinda funny, but you must learn the road rules. If you're
walking, running, or cycling, you NEVER suddenly veer out of your lane without checking your "rear
view mirror."

Same thing for hookers--there's no way you're going to discipline/teach/educate/improve that
frustrated commuter in the sports model who's stoked on caffeine or worse, an who subscribes to
the modern doctrine that stop signs don't count (and in whose eyes you are a a mere, insignificant
road louse.

Slow down, be safe, enjoy the ride.

g