I just saw someone's bicycle tyre go flat...
12-18-18, 04:10 PM
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stay on bike lane. turn right after intersection. stop on MUP even if green and wait for group (red arrow)
push walk/ride button. wait for green and cross second perp street (green arrow)
that cutting from the left turning lane to slow and get off to the right where a car can't get causes to risk points (both drivers fault but cyclist is dead).
A. cyclist assumes one bike as they can only see one in turning lane, thus whips around to cut in front of cyclist (this is what we saw in video)
B. car approaching fast at a yellow turn arrow and cyclist is very slow in left turning lane to get off at the right corner to mount the mup (and it's narrow and not flat) ... this would be even more dangerous.
my solution solves these and introduces the riders to the MUP light operation system, which is useful.
pats cyccommute on head again ... good job ... you're almost there ... next time ... woof woof
push walk/ride button. wait for green and cross second perp street (green arrow)
that cutting from the left turning lane to slow and get off to the right where a car can't get causes to risk points (both drivers fault but cyclist is dead).
A. cyclist assumes one bike as they can only see one in turning lane, thus whips around to cut in front of cyclist (this is what we saw in video)
B. car approaching fast at a yellow turn arrow and cyclist is very slow in left turning lane to get off at the right corner to mount the mup (and it's narrow and not flat) ... this would be even more dangerous.
my solution solves these and introduces the riders to the MUP light operation system, which is useful.
pats cyccommute on head again ... good job ... you're almost there ... next time ... woof woof
12-18-18, 04:11 PM
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The logic of hours spent analyzing a videotape of an illogical incident that happened to somebody else for the purpose of winning an argument on an internet discussion forum? I like a good challenge as much as the next guy, but “hooboy”. KOM awarded.
12-18-18, 04:13 PM
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Wait a minute! Those guys aren't slowing down for cars to their left. No pausing of cadence or grabbing for brakes or any of the things you said the guy with the flat didn't do (even though you couldn't tell one way or the other from the POV video). Or is it only those of us who drive on the right side of the road who have to slow for perpendicular traffic?
pats head (nice try cyccommute) ... maybe we you housebroken we can bring you on holiday with us to Europe ... should have to remain at home by yourself all alone ... isn't that right cyccommute ... that's a good boy ... woof woof.
12-18-18, 04:14 PM
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I used to stream BBC radio through my headphones at work. It never occurred to me that it’d be great music for riding. Not that I wear headphones while riding. But for somebody who did.
I spent 3 days in London of 7 in England. England seems like a nice place to ride a bike, like in general. Like maybe some parts of London maybe not, but in general, pretty nice. Excepting cobblestones.
it's here ...
https://fm4.orf.at/player/live
12-18-18, 04:37 PM
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Yeah it’s sort of like that, just say like a cowboy would say “yee hah”, upward inflection on the “who” and a softer, lower “boy”, sort of swallowed. The Amish don’t have a different word for it and they say it the same way.
12-18-18, 04:39 PM
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yeah, but is it WHO-boy or HOE-boy? that's the question at hand my friend.
12-18-18, 04:49 PM
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I used to live near a street called "Hoes Lane".
Even better, there was still an older street nearby that it replaced, still called "Old Hoes Lane"
Even better, there was still an older street nearby that it replaced, still called "Old Hoes Lane"
12-18-18, 04:49 PM
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finally a commuting thread that's moving.
yeah, that double parked car seems dangerous, although I did get what I wanted as the cyclist slowed appropriately, like I would expect.
yeah, that double parked car seems dangerous, although I did get what I wanted as the cyclist slowed appropriately, like I would expect.
12-18-18, 04:58 PM
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finally a commuting thread that's moving.
yeah, that double parked car seems dangerous, although I did get what I wanted as the cyclist slowed appropriately, like I would expect.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGhu43x-ci0
yeah, that double parked car seems dangerous, although I did get what I wanted as the cyclist slowed appropriately, like I would expect.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGhu43x-ci0
I’d have gone between the double parked car and the one at the curb. Full speed. Covered in honey.
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12-18-18, 05:22 PM
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Left 1 by Stuart Black, on Flickr
However, that requires a high degree of coordination from the cyclists and, in my experience, this is what would happen with 8 bikes if you tried it.
left 2 by Stuart Black, on Flickr
Hell, that would happen with 3 bikes. With 8 at least 6 of them are going to be pointing in the wrong direction. Your idea won't work and is less safe then what they did in the video.
Ah, insults. The final refuge of someone losing an argument.
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12-18-18, 05:26 PM
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Nor are there stop signs on the road the cyclist was riding on in the flat video...at least not for the cyclist. There are also no laws that I know of that say you have to slow at each intersection. So why is the guy in the video a jerk who deserves a flat while the riders in your UK video "good cyclists". Under your rules, they should be slowing for the traffic merging onto the road way. Or, at least, breaking cadence and preparing to stop...just in case.
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12-18-18, 05:27 PM
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Could also be said that forums are final refuge for people who don’t win enough arguments IRL.
Edit: I like forums, though. I always feel like the dumbest person in the room and I’m no good at arguing. But I still like ‘em.
Edit: I like forums, though. I always feel like the dumbest person in the room and I’m no good at arguing. But I still like ‘em.
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12-18-18, 10:00 PM
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Not much discussion about flat tires.... Closed.
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