before moving to NYC i ran lights and stop signs fearlessly but now i approach with extreme caution due to the unbelievable amount of blatant and intentionall red light/stop sign running by autos here. i ride the williamsburg bridge daily and at night on the ride home it is an absolute 100% guarantee that some one is going to blast through the red light at delancy and suffolk.
#7 bums me out the most. I just spent half a year and and a buttload of money building my dream bike but i cant ride it anywhere because i;m afraid of thieves. i lock it down good( 2 U-locks through frame and both tires and a cable lock through my toe clips and seat rails) but what can i do about my stem, bars? nothing i know of. it took me almost a year to track down the cinelli 2a stem an half thet time to find the 67 bars to go with it and now anybody with a 6mm hex wrench can take em both in under a second.