... [...] ... My experience is that I can't manage this if I obey the rules of the road. Most lights where I live are set up so that you have to be going 50...
... [...] ... Notice he said "top speeds significantly lower", not average speeds. For example I rarely ride faster than 30 km/h on level ground. While most...
... [...] ... You must be on a bike path with no lights then. On a typical journey here in Bristol, say, the hospital one, I pass 12 sets of lights and 6...
(Original subject line restored) ... <bijan@p...> wrote: "Re: Opposing bike lanes is *NOT* bicycling advocacy" TF: "9) To never assume that you know it all" -...
RIIN GILL <riin@...> wrote: When the cars are backed up 40 deep at a stoplight, seems the cars manage to delay themselves just fine. I'm happy to sail...
... That's an interesting question actually. Dr Hans Joachim-Schacht, Hitler's top bike facility planner, did head up an international pro bike facility...
[snip] ... more privileged, better protected, and deeply entrenched than that of a similar rider from any other First World country, how can this opinion be of...
... wrote: [snip] ... advice ... You keep saying that the requirement to use Dutchbike paths was abolished after the war. Could you give a reference please. ...
... Bruce, there may be a *few* places where this occurs (I assume you're thinking of Shanghai), but when *cyclists* advocate for bike lanes, it is NOT on the...
... Amsterdam... SB: I have, many times, as well as many other cities and towns in The Netherlands, on many occasions from 1986-2002. I have nothing but fond...
... Geez, it's not like I'm selfish. Other cyclists could ride in it too. And if anyone in a car wants to pass the other cars, they're welcome to start riding...
Bijan, I don't have to worry about the lights so much, because the bulk of my commute is ridden over a fietspad (actually two connecting paths). Although when...
Jeremy F. Parker wrote: In the USA, New York's Robert Moses was the most effective pusher of bike facilities at that time. It would be interesting to rummage ...
Ranj wrote: Bruce Rosar - Some seem to think that it is the delay of rush hour on cyclists. ... experience here, as far as I know. SB: Delay AND the conflicts...
Shyrley, You sunk that nail with one whack. Yeah, that average is over the course of two fietspad that connect in Woodinville (total distance is about 30...
Jeremy, Indeed, Amsterdam has its problems, but you'll notice earlier in that post I mentioned Haarlem which has comparatively few although still separates...
Stanley, Likewise, all of my cycle experience in Northern Europe has been of a similar variety, pleasant, quick, and relatively risk free. Not sure if I'll be...
Matt Thyer wrote of his overseas bicycling experiences: I've actually sat in bicycle traffic in Indonesia and Thailand and had difficulty locating parking for...
One of my favorite recollections is when I parked my bike at Chofu station in Chofu city (part of greater Tokyo). Like any American cyclist I was not...
(Sarcasm ON, with apologies to one and all!) Thank goodness! It looks like this particular round of "Vehicular Grey-Haired Male Engineering Types" versus...
... months old :-) We got one that reclines slightly so we can prop Celyn up in it. Because of her cerebral palsy she hasn't got full head control yet but as...
Bike lanes = on-the-road. Can't or won't ride on the road? Don't ask for bike lanes. Want to ride on the road? Don't need bike lanes. Won't argue against...
stanley_bike <stanley_bike@...> wrote: Matt Thyer wrote of his overseas bicycling experiences: I've actually sat in bicycle traffic in Indonesia and...
Hello SHYRLEY , In reference to your comment: è I could duct tape her head to the seat but it would take è ages to unravel her each time and she's lose all...
... Apparently I didn't do a very good job getting my idea across. Please let me try again a different way: There used to be public facilities for education...
Much of the recent discussion is affected by a certain taboo that largely goes unmentioned, but which is at the center of nearly every controversy about...
In an effort to keep this discussion civil, I am ignoring those posts that get nasty. Riin's post is very civil, and contains no non-sequitor references to...
