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chainguard@yahoogroup...
Oct 7, 2007 7:44 pm
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http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/321/7276/1582 Interesting article in the BMJ. The article's summary: Recent safety campaigns have destroyed faith in the...
Andy Clarke posted on the LCI mailing list supporting NYC dangerous sidepath desin. Wonderful - this is why I dropped my LAB membership. Most design guides...
What's worse is that NYC has a mandatory use law for both bike lanes AND paths. Participation in this experiment is not voluntary. The "sharrows aren't in...
... And I have a local bike advocate who wants more butts on bikes so badly that his reply is that we're in a war with cars and we have to expect some...
bob.bayn@...
Oct 11, 2007 6:48 pm
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bob.bayn@... wrote: But Andy Clarke is ... The other day I went lap swimming at the YMCA where I'm a member. I was a collegiate swimmer and formerly was a...
Thank you, Michael Graff and Peter Rosenfeld, for transmitting to us, particularly to me personally, the article that Andy Clarke posted to the LCI list, which...
Bob Bayn's story is typical of the committed bicycle advocates. They are committed to the ideology that persuading many motorists to switch many trips from...
... Fine and appropriate to bring to the discussion of how bicyclist advocacy is to more forward on bicyclist focused advocacy. ... Drop all this or you are...
Hi all, ... Who cares? He never contributed anything here. ... reading comprehension. <<< I don't think Stanley has _any_ lack of reading comprehension. He...
John Schubert
Schubley@...
Oct 15, 2007 4:37 pm
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MS Society sued after young cyclist dies http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/737327.html "...along a stretch of narrow and busy highway unsafe for...
I think I upset Stanley. The following is a PM he sent me in response to my posting. "Tom Frost to the rescue 10-16-07, 12:01 AM You are a real piece of work,...
The list policies and guidelines for this list, often repeated, include the following: "The list was established for use by a what was assumed would be a ...
A valid concern, Scott, but one which is largely specious. There are several women subscribed to this list and they do post and/or comment from time to time....
... Even if I were to do 100% of her chores, she would still not want to participate, because in her opinion e-mailing lists are too time-intensive to trump...
Most everything I've read, mostly casual sources, suggests that women are more risk-averse than men. I appreciate this quality...apparently it helps keep...
I've been on a number of cycling lists over the years - some general and some for just women. There is a remarkable difference in participation and activity...
So now we're hearing it even on a list that _doesn't_ have the word "Wheelmen" in its name nor in any recent post: "[How can we stop giving women the short end...
I read this list and comment occasionally. As a female cyclist I avoid MUPs because I am risk-averse. Not just because of the higher accident rate (this would...
... My short answer: No. ... I read the Chainguard emails all the time, but this is the first time I have taken the time to figure out how to post. I am a...
Hi Keri, We have a growing group of female road cyclists, even among the racers, here in Tulsa, but the ratio seems to be about 10:1 (male/female) in our main...
Unfortunately, they start with Pucher and go downhill from there... http://freakonomics.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/18/will-bicycling-to-work-get-you-killed/ The...
Hi Annie, Thanks for taking the time to respond. I also rode this way before I knew there was a name. It just made sense. It's still surprising to me that it...
Hi Brian, When I posted an inquiry on our forum to see if women would be interested in taking Road I, I received an excellent response. We have a busy Century...
There are a fair number of very spunky women at Free Ride and on the Critical Mass rides in Pittsburgh. My sense is not that vehicular cycling is necessarily a...
... I agree that they don't care enough. Their notion is that cycling will become safer for everyone when there are enough cyclists out there to command...
Arkansas recently reissued the Driver's Education Manual http://www.asp.state.ar.us/divisions/hp/pdf/ar%20dl%20study%20guide_october%202007.pdf A new section...
pedal power
pedal_power@...
Oct 19, 2007 4:41 pm
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Increasing implementation of "traffic-calming" devices - from brutally rough bricks to pinch points - is reducing the quality of bike routes around here. And...
