Amusing tale about a ride in San Diego

[genec]

http://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2008/feb/06/cover/

Enjoy... it has a bit of everything in it.

[YOJiMBO20]

I definitely agree about the "deplorable situation" of San Diegan streets. Just once I'd like to ride in a bike lane that doesn't have cracks running longitudinally along the lane that would eat my tire and cause me to die. Granted, I'd also like to be able to ride up Mt. Helix (I know it's really not all that much) without feeling like I'm going to die sometime soon.

[genec]

I definitely agree about the "deplorable situation" of San Diegan streets. Just once I'd like to ride in a bike lane that doesn't have cracks running longitudinally along the lane that would eat my tire and cause me to die. Granted, I'd also like to be able to ride up Mt. Helix (I know it's really not all that much) without feeling like I'm going to die sometime soon.

Yeah the condition of the streets is quite deplorable... close to me one of the local streets made the paper in the "fix it" section, and finally got enough attention to get repaired.

Long ago I switched to a fat tire commuter, just so I would not have to keep looking down when riding in traffic.

[efficiency]

That was worth reading. I don't agree with him about the separated bike/ped path though. He did give me some posing ideas.

[Nachoman]

I didn't get a chance to read it all yet, but I did enjoy this line:
"Cycling jerseys come in two options: bright and ugly, or ugly and bright." :lol:

[genec]

That was worth reading. I don't agree with him about the separated bike/ped path though. He did give me some posing ideas.

In the particular area in which he was speaking... I too don't see a need for a separate bike/ped path... I used to live just east of 40th street, south of University, and I found the grid road pattern in the area quite accommodating... Using Landis for instance to cross 805 and Orange as the main east west corridor.

However, that said, I would like to see a bike/ped path across some major areas of town... if for no other reason than it would allow me to continue at full speed from one area of town to another, rather than stopping for every light and stop sign. A bike hiway that somehow was grade separated and somewhat paralleled the major freeways would be great... especially if I could go along the 805 route over the valley.

There is a pretty nice 9 mile version of something like this that parallels hiway 56 up in Carmel Valley...

I saw great paths like this in Oulu Finland... You can see it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgUkNxUE0wc

[merider1]

I liked his writing style and description of buses. I wholeheartedly agree.

[efficiency]

A bike hiway that somehow was grade separated and somewhat paralleled the major freeways would be great... especially if I could go along the 805 route over the valley.

There is a pretty nice 9 mile version of something like this that parallels hiway 56 up in Carmel Valley...


I ride the 56 bike path fairly regularly, and I used to use the path connector between Scripps/Poway Parkway and Poway Road. I think those are very useful. I wish there was one as an alternative to Kearney Villa Road (or just limit traffic on Kearney Villa). The article presents separated paths as a solution everywhere. In the particular areas of North Park, University Heights, Hillcrest, and Mission Hills, I don't see a need for them.

[genec]

I ride the 56 bike path fairly regularly, and I used to use the path connector between Scripps/Poway Parkway and Poway Road. I think those are very useful. I wish there was one as an alternative to Kearney Villa Road (or just limit traffic on Kearney Villa). The article presents separated paths as a solution everywhere. In the particular areas of North Park, University Heights, Hillcrest, and Mission Hills, I don't see a need for them.

Yeah I agree with the North Park et. al. comment... Pacific beach is much the same way... unless you go east of Ingram.

As far as the limit on KVR... I wholeheartedly agree... hiway 15 is within view, if motorists need to go 65, go to the friggen freeway.

[YOJiMBO20]

I liked his writing style and description of buses. I wholeheartedly agree.

I don't have problems with buses, though I'm kind of crazy. Over the summer I would ride to my bagpipe band practice from La Mesa to Morley Field via University and never really had any bad bus experiences. In fact, I laughed that I kept passing the same bus on the ride.

[genec]

I don't have problems with buses, though I'm kind of crazy. Over the summer I would ride to my bagpipe band practice from La Mesa to Morley Field via University and never really had any bad bus experiences. In fact, I laughed that I kept passing the same bus on the ride.

Used to have that happen when I commuted down 30th street to 32nd street Navy base. Told me that taking the bus was probably a drag.

[robertkat]

I liked his writing style and description of buses. I wholeheartedly agree.

It's exagerrated a bit. Generally the buses aren't bad at all. In fact many drivers are normally pretty cool with cyclists. At least that's my experience. But an entertaining read altogether. Ollie has a great writing style that never gets old.