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Win the Battle with Winter

To celebrate the impending arrival of winter, some tips on how to keep riding through the cold and wet. After years of winter riding, I’ve found that the obstacles were as much emotional as physical, that if I invested more … Continue reading

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A Day in the Park(ing)

We bicyclists like to portray ourselves as an oppressed class. Cars assault cyclists, trucks run them over, hooligans throw insults or worse — things that most motorists would not think of doing at another motorized vehicle driving by. Sadly, all … Continue reading

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Stop the Not-Stopping Disaster!

Why do cyclists ignore stop signs? The first and worst excuse is habit. We’ve gotten into this scofflaw habit, and it’s hard to change our ways. But change we must. The second reason that cyclists ignore stop signs is the … Continue reading

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Re: Arrogance Quantified

As noted earlier, each traveler is X-times more arrogant than a slower traveler, based on the speed ratio: “If you (slow person) valued your time as much as I (faster person) do mine, you’d have paid more so you could … Continue reading

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Arrogance Quantified

Compared to cyclists and walkers, motorists are arrogant. In fact, We can quantify motorist arrogance. Imagine a motorist at 30 miles an hour; a cyclist at ten miles an hour; a pedestrian at three miles an hour. As the motorist … Continue reading

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Bridge to Now Here

Four lanes for cars, one for everybody else… Continue reading

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