Somewhat Off-C&V Topic, But I Want to Share This With My Tribe
01-17-19, 06:57 PM
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01-17-19, 08:43 PM
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All skills, confident, great legs man, she can spin!
01-17-19, 08:52 PM
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Yeah, I had seen this somewhere before. Hat's off, Ana has some pistons in that engine of hers, but her tube sox really won my heart.
01-17-19, 08:58 PM
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That's fun!
01-17-19, 10:59 PM
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Having recently been to the Netherlands, I have to say that American-style adversarial cycling and the terrifying street designs that promote it are for the birds.
01-18-19, 12:26 AM
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Without lights, I wouldn't be able to get through that tunnel fast enough.
01-18-19, 01:35 AM
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It wouldn't be so bad if there weren't so many passive/aggressive drivers who deliberately force confrontations: speeding up to cut off people who signal to turn safely; speeding up to force pedestrians to run; brush-by passes of cyclists and pedestrians; hindering lane changes and safe passing by parking in the passing lane; unnecessary lane jumping to cut off other people or just being a nuisance, suffering some delusions of being in NASCAR or bumper car fantasies.
I follow a lot of cycling and pedestrian safety advocacy groups on Facebook and by far the most negative and threatening comments come from two countries -- the US and Australia. Most drivers seem content to live and let live, making allowances for cyclists and pedestrians. But Americans and Australians have huge bugs up their butts and often brag about scaring cyclists, pedestrians and joggers, or threatening to door them.
I wouldn't ride the way bicycle couriers do, just because I'm not strong or quick enough. But I admire their skills without moralizing about it. Most of them don't deliberately endanger pedestrians the way drivers do routinely.
01-18-19, 08:09 AM
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If you have ever witnessed a cyclist get car doored these videos will give you the creeps. A parked car on the curb with a driver unseen and about to get out and you a foot or two off that car at speed can be your last ride.
01-18-19, 04:18 PM
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Reminds me of this.
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If someone tells you that you have enough bicycles and you don't need any more, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
If someone tells you that you have enough bicycles and you don't need any more, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
01-18-19, 04:59 PM
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Ride like a girl.
Sorry, not for me. I am no longer young and immortal. And I have been doored a couple times. (Fortunately, at low speed, and with just enough warning to hit the brakes a tenth of a second before hitting the door.)
Sorry, not for me. I am no longer young and immortal. And I have been doored a couple times. (Fortunately, at low speed, and with just enough warning to hit the brakes a tenth of a second before hitting the door.)
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01-18-19, 06:35 PM
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01-18-19, 07:45 PM
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I'm even more impressed by the videographer that is following Ana.
BTW, I HAVE NOT had my DNA tested. To the best of my knowledge, I do not have any tribal affiliation.
BTW, I HAVE NOT had my DNA tested. To the best of my knowledge, I do not have any tribal affiliation.
01-18-19, 07:49 PM
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If someone tells you that you have enough bicycles and you don't need any more, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
If someone tells you that you have enough bicycles and you don't need any more, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
01-19-19, 01:46 PM
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01-19-19, 03:05 PM
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Ana is in Mexico City. But, yeah, similar to some US cities.
It wouldn't be so bad if there weren't so many passive/aggressive drivers who deliberately force confrontations: speeding up to cut off people who signal to turn safely; speeding up to force pedestrians to run; brush-by passes of cyclists and pedestrians; hindering lane changes and safe passing by parking in the passing lane; unnecessary lane jumping to cut off other people or just being a nuisance, suffering some delusions of being in NASCAR or bumper car fantasies.
I follow a lot of cycling and pedestrian safety advocacy groups on Facebook and by far the most negative and threatening comments come from two countries -- the US and Australia. Most drivers seem content to live and let live, making allowances for cyclists and pedestrians. But Americans and Australians have huge bugs up their butts and often brag about scaring cyclists, pedestrians and joggers, or threatening to door them.
I wouldn't ride the way bicycle couriers do, just because I'm not strong or quick enough. But I admire their skills without moralizing about it. Most of them don't deliberately endanger pedestrians the way drivers do routinely.
It wouldn't be so bad if there weren't so many passive/aggressive drivers who deliberately force confrontations: speeding up to cut off people who signal to turn safely; speeding up to force pedestrians to run; brush-by passes of cyclists and pedestrians; hindering lane changes and safe passing by parking in the passing lane; unnecessary lane jumping to cut off other people or just being a nuisance, suffering some delusions of being in NASCAR or bumper car fantasies.
I follow a lot of cycling and pedestrian safety advocacy groups on Facebook and by far the most negative and threatening comments come from two countries -- the US and Australia. Most drivers seem content to live and let live, making allowances for cyclists and pedestrians. But Americans and Australians have huge bugs up their butts and often brag about scaring cyclists, pedestrians and joggers, or threatening to door them.
I wouldn't ride the way bicycle couriers do, just because I'm not strong or quick enough. But I admire their skills without moralizing about it. Most of them don't deliberately endanger pedestrians the way drivers do routinely.
