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Forum: Advocacy & Safety
08-04-23, 05:49 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 2,404
Posted By UniChris

That's actually what I was trying to do, but the...

That's actually what I was trying to do, but the glare shields made it impossible to find a diagonal position which clearly captured both road and path lights in the same shot.

And if you only...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
08-02-23, 01:35 PM
Replies: 74
Views: 3,145
Posted By UniChris

Your mistake is in looking only at deaths of...

Your mistake is in looking only at deaths of motor vehicle occupants. Indeed, crumple zones, seat belt laws, air bags, etc - these have made being the occupant of a motor vehicle in a crash far more...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
08-02-23, 12:52 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 2,404
Posted By UniChris

Norwottuck Rail Trail crossing of the Connecticut...

Norwottuck Rail Trail crossing of the Connecticut River between Northampton and Hadley - sadly replacing what had been a proper red-yellow-green traffic light before the reconstruction of Damon road...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
08-02-23, 12:16 PM
Replies: 74
Views: 3,145
Posted By UniChris

Will admit I was initially tempted to dismiss the...

Will admit I was initially tempted to dismiss the idea of already being on 119 out of hand, since a driver doing such would have had to cross the entering traffic from 63 to reach the shoulder.
...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
08-02-23, 11:45 AM
Replies: 74
Views: 3,145
Posted By UniChris

In more urban areas, the viable numeric solution...

In more urban areas, the viable numeric solution for the average public is good transit networks far more than it is bicycling.

Of course bikes and e-bikes should be an option - but the real key...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
07-31-23, 10:25 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 2,404
Posted By UniChris

This Machine Kills Cyclists (and pedestrians)

MassDOT has recently developed an infatuation with deadly-misleading "improper crossing lights"
...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
07-31-23, 01:56 PM
Replies: 53
Views: 1,932
Posted By UniChris

It will make them less practical and less...

It will make them less practical and less attractive as car replacement.

Fact is, it makes no sense to shell out a few thousand dollars to go 12 mph for utility purposes.

If someone is going to...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
07-31-23, 11:10 AM
Replies: 53
Views: 1,932
Posted By UniChris

What motorizing two wheeled platforms does is...

What motorizing two wheeled platforms does is expose the raw realities of the lies society tells itself.

If we really want to replace cars, then we need to start treating bikes as practical road...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
03-04-23, 07:58 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 937
Posted By UniChris

Gravel riders are required to carry two helmets...

Gravel riders are required to carry two helmets and switch when the surface changes
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
03-02-23, 08:36 PM
Replies: 182
Views: 9,048
Posted By UniChris

If the spacing is truly appropriate to the speed,...

If the spacing is truly appropriate to the speed, yes.

But consider that the air behind a large vehicle like a truck passing at speed can disturb the lane holding of a cyclist - it can even...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
03-01-23, 11:59 AM
Replies: 182
Views: 9,048
Posted By UniChris

For a single cyclist just trying to get...

For a single cyclist just trying to get somewhere, sure.

But watch the videos of this group's typical rides - no way they could use a sidewalk, apart from some very brief out-of-character way to...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
02-28-23, 02:14 PM
Replies: 182
Views: 9,048
Posted By UniChris

Prohibited to cyclists. The other...

Prohibited to cyclists.



The other bridge has the same problem.

If your answer is "walk across" then you are perpetuating the car brained problem of seeing bikes as toys rather than...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
02-28-23, 12:33 PM
Replies: 182
Views: 9,048
Posted By UniChris

Nope - all actually aware cyclists and traffic...

Nope - all actually aware cyclists and traffic planners understand it's the only survivable choice when there isn't other space.

And then the state DOT or else the city put up signs and painted...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
02-26-23, 10:59 AM
Replies: 182
Views: 9,048
Posted By UniChris

While it's quite likely there was not a single...

While it's quite likely there was not a single cyclist in common between the video of a B group on a Saturday morning years ago, and yesterday's Saturday morning ride of an unknown division, I do...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
12-15-22, 06:26 PM
Replies: 85
Views: 2,880
Posted By UniChris

Recognizing the distinction between exercising...

Recognizing the distinction between exercising ideal strategy and riding in a legal manner is indeed complicated.

But ideally, if one is unaccompanied by faster motor traffic, it actually is best...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
10-08-22, 05:31 AM
Replies: 62
Views: 3,029
Posted By UniChris

To be blunt, a main reason is that when people...

To be blunt, a main reason is that when people claim they're building for bikes, what they actually build tends out to be not only dangerously mis-designed, but far slower and more aggravating to use...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
10-04-22, 02:09 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 1,687
Posted By UniChris

Drivers yielding to you when they're not supposed...

Drivers yielding to you when they're not supposed to can indeed be very frustrating - especially because one driver doing so doesn't mean that the others you'd interact with if you took that...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
10-03-22, 11:19 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 695
Posted By UniChris

You mean the fact that it makes a terrible and...

You mean the fact that it makes a terrible and dangerous cycling experience chock full of designed-in conflict?

Consider the problems:

it forces you to position cyclists in a dangerously wrong...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
08-29-22, 01:53 PM
Replies: 50
Views: 2,645
Posted By UniChris

Please consult a dictionary, as you are simply...

Please consult a dictionary, as you are simply wrong about the meaning of the word.

The minute you insist on misusing words, you cease to be able to have a meaningful conversation with those who...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
08-29-22, 10:19 AM
Replies: 50
Views: 2,645
Posted By UniChris

Something I wish got more attention is that the...

Something I wish got more attention is that the details of how motorists passing cyclists is actually supposed to work a fairly undefined grey area.

At best, drivers are told what they can't do....
Forum: Hybrid Bicycles
08-04-22, 10:15 PM
Replies: 1,025
Views: 372,036
Posted By UniChris

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikeforums.net-vbulle...

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikeforums.net-vbulletin/2000x1504/img_20220803_190800633_9a34947d1c2b758c6de37b429b08126df711383c.jpg

Multiple Treks!

Mine is the one in the background, doing...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
06-17-22, 09:37 AM
Replies: 143
Views: 4,408
Posted By UniChris

I don't think that's how it's used. Rather,...

I don't think that's how it's used.

Rather, I'd say that a "cyclist" is someone who's developing some understanding, skills and capabilities to use a bike well.

Vs a "person on a bike" who...
Forum: Classic & Vintage
06-15-22, 09:37 PM
Replies: 92
Views: 4,100
Posted By UniChris

Presumably because the sideplates of the higher...

Presumably because the sideplates of the higher speed count chains are too thin.

In the re-usable links that I'm familiar with, the capture of the pin is done with a stepped hole in the side plate...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
05-23-22, 10:29 AM
Replies: 89
Views: 4,098
Posted By UniChris

In a situation of true distress I could see the...

In a situation of true distress I could see the role, but oddly enough I personally find air conditioning almost intolerable during a peak summer ride - even if I bought food somewhere with indoor...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
04-24-22, 04:09 PM
Replies: 200
Views: 61,851
Posted By UniChris

Wind chill more than flex became an issue for my...

Wind chill more than flex became an issue for my usual trail running type sneakers this winter, but I lucked out in scoring some closeout store brand low top hiking shoes that were nominally...
Forum: Touring
04-22-22, 08:49 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,875
Posted By UniChris

87 mile day went well, actually, though we'll see...

87 mile day went well, actually, though we'll see how my knee feels about the group ride tomorrow.

Panniers worked very well.

My one concern is that although the webbing that attaches them runs...
Forum: Touring
04-21-22, 04:17 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,875
Posted By UniChris

Bike's ready, but not sure I am. ...

Bike's ready, but not sure I am.

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikeforums.net-vbulletin/1500x2000/img_20220421_172726954_69e1ecf664a6dc6390747efba74d2dfb0cd44bc6.jpg

Well, almost ready. Had to...
Forum: Touring
04-20-22, 08:30 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,875
Posted By UniChris

Oh well, hard to argue with simplicity. A...

Oh well, hard to argue with simplicity.

A rolling we shall go......
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
03-22-22, 12:17 PM
Replies: 58
Views: 2,500
Posted By UniChris

That's not the useful question. The useful...

That's not the useful question. The useful question is if a given bike purchase is going to displace enough car kilometers to redeem the resources captured in its manufacture.

Consider in the US,...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
03-22-22, 11:49 AM
Replies: 58
Views: 2,500
Posted By UniChris

[/color] A bike that's not actually getting...

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A bike that's not actually getting used (and to actually displace car trips, rather than just for enjoyment) isn't really a win, since it requires substantial resources to manufacture.
...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
03-07-22, 04:03 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 3,654
Posted By UniChris

But cows! Of course. But then, that's...

But cows!



Of course. But then, that's exactly what the person you are responding to said:

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The vectors are the cows. The potential pathogen they are a vector for is e.coli. And um,...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
03-07-22, 11:34 AM
Replies: 79
Views: 4,413
Posted By UniChris

As with most settings, this depends so much on...

As with most settings, this depends so much on user behavior. And indeed, it's worth keeping in mind that in most cases the consequences are a very bad day, though fatalities are possible.

Almost...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
03-07-22, 10:55 AM
Replies: 85
Views: 2,469
Posted By UniChris

I own an all-wheel drive cycling device. It's the...

I own an all-wheel drive cycling device. It's the essence of simplicity ;-)

As for this bit of reality-divorced rendering...



It's over something, but I'd call it whimsy more than...
Forum: Vehicular Cycling (VC)
03-05-22, 09:26 AM
Replies: 59
Views: 3,810
Posted By UniChris

I've moved your declaration of biased viewpoint...

I've moved your declaration of biased viewpoint from the ending to the beginning.

When you start with the bias, you're then in pickle of what to do about the uncanny resemblance between vehicular...
Forum: Vehicular Cycling (VC)
03-04-22, 02:04 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 3,810
Posted By UniChris

No, they haven't. VC makes no claim of invention...

No, they haven't. VC makes no claim of invention or ownership. VC is just one name for doing what many have independently (both before and after) come to the same conclusion is safest.

What you...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
03-03-22, 08:25 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 2,631
Posted By UniChris

You could be a right. However in the image I...

You could be a right.

However in the image I saw, the green was just a circle, not an arrow. To me that would imply there are times you can't turn.left, and times you can in the absence of...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
03-03-22, 07:19 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 2,631
Posted By UniChris

The location shows a three-lens traffic light,...

The location shows a three-lens traffic light, ie, without a protected left. So the bicyclist may well have been waiting on a green for an opportunity for a safe left.



That does indeed sound...
Forum: Vehicular Cycling (VC)
03-02-22, 11:54 AM
Replies: 59
Views: 3,810
Posted By UniChris

I largely agree as both (as I think you're...

I largely agree as both (as I think you're saying) are uses of VC appropriate to those conditions. Of course, as you're probably also aware there's more, especially destination positioning and...
Forum: Vehicular Cycling (VC)
02-28-22, 06:15 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 3,810
Posted By UniChris

As we've extensively agreed in the past, FRAP and...

As we've extensively agreed in the past, FRAP and taking the lane aren't actually exclusive. One takes the lane when there isn't room to be passed in it, which FRAP specifically allows. As we've both...
Forum: Vehicular Cycling (VC)
02-25-22, 07:38 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 3,810
Posted By UniChris

Nevermind that it's exactly what most aware...

Nevermind that it's exactly what most aware cyclists are doing in the many situations where it makes sense.

"Vehicular Cycling" (and even moreso its progenitor) gets a lot of hate as a philosophy,...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
02-24-22, 02:35 PM
Replies: 79
Views: 4,413
Posted By UniChris

The assumption of invisibility has to be...

The assumption of invisibility has to be understood in context - in particular, it must never prompt trying to "hide".

It's unfortunately necessary when riding on many roads that don't have a...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
02-21-22, 04:51 PM
Replies: 226
Views: 11,918
Posted By UniChris

There are numerous examples, but they're only a...

There are numerous examples, but they're only a fraction of the national housing stock.

That's the problem.

The sort of thing that is needed very much exists, very much works, and is desirable...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
02-20-22, 05:55 PM
Replies: 226
Views: 11,918
Posted By UniChris

That you even has to ask demonstrates you've...

That you even has to ask demonstrates you've never really thought about this, but just assumed it doesn't exist.

Try for example, the central traditional neighborhoods of pretty much any town. The...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
02-20-22, 04:25 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,012
Posted By UniChris

Do you understand why passing stopped vehicles on...

Do you understand why passing stopped vehicles on the right is risky?

That's not to say that you can't do it, but when you do it, you're completely unexpected by those you're overtaking, so you...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
02-20-22, 04:09 PM
Replies: 226
Views: 11,918
Posted By UniChris

You're making two huge oversights. First,...

You're making two huge oversights.

First, you're extending from troubled cities to all dense sectors of all cities. A lot of the actual appeal of walkable areas is precisely what they offer for...
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
02-18-22, 09:46 PM
Replies: 226
Views: 11,918
Posted By UniChris

That's not actually the issue. Many major stores...

That's not actually the issue. Many major stores have some housing nearby; it's just not where most of the housing is being built, because it's not where the land to build on is available.

Mixed...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
02-17-22, 11:34 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 2,207
Posted By UniChris

Wonder if they've realized any pedestrian they...

Wonder if they've realized any pedestrian they hit will be landing on top of them?
Forum: Advocacy & Safety
02-16-22, 04:48 PM
Replies: 33
Views: 1,752
Posted By UniChris

I mostly agree with this. I would point out...

I mostly agree with this.

I would point out that the law does allow leaving the bike lane to go around an obstruction including another cyclist, however, there are many reports of the police...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
02-14-22, 03:14 PM
Replies: 120
Views: 8,786
Posted By UniChris

Except that the main point of the post you...

Except that the main point of the post you attacked was actually this:


Everyone knows actual cyclists run on gels and beer.[/color]
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
02-14-22, 10:14 AM
Replies: 87
Views: 3,145
Posted By UniChris

The quickest check would have shown that this is...

The quickest check would have shown that this is a myth.

Some cell types are replaced faster, others aren't replaced period.
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