We need a word for...
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We need a word for...
those roads that we've ridden far more than we've ever been on in a car....
I found myself in the far south of the end of the city with my wife and needed to get back home in the far north during rush hour. I popped to the outer edge of the city and hit the rural highways that I ride on for 40km or so and realized that it may easily have been only the second or third time I'd driven on them despite having ridden them 50 or more times.
So... what word to use to describe those types of roads? I'm sure we all have them....
I found myself in the far south of the end of the city with my wife and needed to get back home in the far north during rush hour. I popped to the outer edge of the city and hit the rural highways that I ride on for 40km or so and realized that it may easily have been only the second or third time I'd driven on them despite having ridden them 50 or more times.
So... what word to use to describe those types of roads? I'm sure we all have them....
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Your bike commuter road?
I don't understand why there should be word for it. To me, a bike is transportation (fun, but still transportation). I haven't counted how many times I've ridden a particular road on a bike vs. car. My bike is my main transportation, so it's natural that most roads will be travelled most often by bike.
When I am in a car - regardless of me driving or being a passenger, I immediately think "how much load do I have? Which gear would be better than the one I'm in?". Only to realise I'm being stupid: I'm in a car with an autobox, it doesn't matter, you just press your right foot if needed.
I don't understand why there should be word for it. To me, a bike is transportation (fun, but still transportation). I haven't counted how many times I've ridden a particular road on a bike vs. car. My bike is my main transportation, so it's natural that most roads will be travelled most often by bike.
When I am in a car - regardless of me driving or being a passenger, I immediately think "how much load do I have? Which gear would be better than the one I'm in?". Only to realise I'm being stupid: I'm in a car with an autobox, it doesn't matter, you just press your right foot if needed.
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Your bike commuter road?
I don't understand why there should be word for it. To me, a bike is transportation (fun, but still transportation). I haven't counted how many times I've ridden a particular road on a bike vs. car. My bike is my main transportation, so it's natural that most roads will be travelled most often by bike.
When I am in a car - regardless of me driving or being a passenger, I immediately think "how much load do I have? Which gear would be better than the one I'm in?". Only to realise I'm being stupid: I'm in a car with an autobox, it doesn't matter, you just press your right foot if needed.
I don't understand why there should be word for it. To me, a bike is transportation (fun, but still transportation). I haven't counted how many times I've ridden a particular road on a bike vs. car. My bike is my main transportation, so it's natural that most roads will be travelled most often by bike.
When I am in a car - regardless of me driving or being a passenger, I immediately think "how much load do I have? Which gear would be better than the one I'm in?". Only to realise I'm being stupid: I'm in a car with an autobox, it doesn't matter, you just press your right foot if needed.
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I've often used my cycling routes to get from one place to another in a car. They're good routes for a reason. Happens all the time - I'll be in the car in some out of the way place and want to get to somewhere else. I'll think . . .Oh, I know the way, and take one of my cycling routes.
On my bike, about 25 miles from home, I waved to a friend who was heading for a freeway entrance ramp in his car. He lived next door to me. I took my usual cycling route and beat him home. Who knew, huh? It was during the afternoon rush period. Riding has made my driving better, but that's another subject. We have the worst traffic in the country here, so they say.
On my bike, about 25 miles from home, I waved to a friend who was heading for a freeway entrance ramp in his car. He lived next door to me. I took my usual cycling route and beat him home. Who knew, huh? It was during the afternoon rush period. Riding has made my driving better, but that's another subject. We have the worst traffic in the country here, so they say.
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I've often used my cycling routes to get from one place to another in a car. They're good routes for a reason. Happens all the time - I'll be in the car in some out of the way place and want to get to somewhere else. I'll think . . .Oh, I know the way, and take one of my cycling routes.
I do occasionally find myself needing to re-route, though. On the bike, I've got shortcuts here and there and, in the car, I've found myself at an impasse because oh yeah - I can't drive my car on that 20' sidewalk passthrough...
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I took the non-highway home one day in the car, my wife asked me if I bike this route a lot. “Yes” I replied, “how did you guess that ?”. “Because you’ve not stopped at the last 3 stop signs”.
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I just call them roads?
Around here these roads are usually the ones that you don't drive for a reason (as in: it'll take you twice as long to get there), but if there is a wreck and a major road is closed, it has come in handy.
Around here these roads are usually the ones that you don't drive for a reason (as in: it'll take you twice as long to get there), but if there is a wreck and a major road is closed, it has come in handy.
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I seldom drive most of the roads I ride on. I live in a rural area just outside the city. All stores and services are to the west, so if I'm driving it's in that direction. Nothing but empty country roads to the east so all my riding is in that direction. Only a few miles of north-south roads see double duty.
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