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Claire Petersky
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"loki" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> That reminds of something I've been pondering in a 'Pinky and The Brain'
> fashion:
>
> How long should one hold the signal? Sometimes, like on an up slope, I
don't
> want to have my hands off the handlebar for very long so I can keep my
> forward momentum consistant and stable.
I have the opposite situation, every morning, entering our building's
parking garage. There's always pedestrians on the sidewalk, a fair number
of cars, and often a bus stopped just there near or at the curb cut. The
street, Madison, is very steep* and I need to turn right. If I take the
hands off of the brake, I can't make the turn, so I never use a hand signal.
What I mostly do is yell, "Turning!" This will alert the pedestrians at
least, and possibly is loud enough to attract the attention of someone
leaving the garage (the sound, not the exact words). The cars and the buses
will just have to tough it.
Warm Regards,
Claire Petersky
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*How steep is Madison between 2nd and 3rd? Two nearby office buildings that
have a first floor on 2nd have a fourth floor on 3rd.
news:[email protected]...
> That reminds of something I've been pondering in a 'Pinky and The Brain'
> fashion:
>
> How long should one hold the signal? Sometimes, like on an up slope, I
don't
> want to have my hands off the handlebar for very long so I can keep my
> forward momentum consistant and stable.
I have the opposite situation, every morning, entering our building's
parking garage. There's always pedestrians on the sidewalk, a fair number
of cars, and often a bus stopped just there near or at the curb cut. The
street, Madison, is very steep* and I need to turn right. If I take the
hands off of the brake, I can't make the turn, so I never use a hand signal.
What I mostly do is yell, "Turning!" This will alert the pedestrians at
least, and possibly is loud enough to attract the attention of someone
leaving the garage (the sound, not the exact words). The cars and the buses
will just have to tough it.
Warm Regards,
Claire Petersky
Please replace earthlink for mouse-potato and .net for .com
Home of the meditative cyclist:
http://home.earthlink.net/~cpetersky/Welcome.htm
See the books I've set free at: http://bookcrossing.com/referral/Cpetersky
*How steep is Madison between 2nd and 3rd? Two nearby office buildings that
have a first floor on 2nd have a fourth floor on 3rd.
