Commuting - Bike Commuting 101 Guide for noobs

From Bike Pittsburgh. (http://www.bike-pgh.org/101/bikecommuting101.pdf)

And the online version (http://www.bike-pgh.org/101/05.html), too.

Great. Are they actually also telling the motorists to share the road too?

Great, thanks!

(why shouldn't you lock your bike against trees, again?)

Great, thanks!

(why shouldn't you lock your bike against trees, again?)

cause mean people might snap the tree (if it's a small one) to steal your bike. Then the city would be down one tree and one bike commuter, and would be a much worse place for it.

PDF = Fail.

Great, thanks!

(why shouldn't you lock your bike against trees, again?)

Wood no likey have metal tightly wrapped 'round self.

Nice guide!

There is at least one conflict in the bike guide for noobs...

I wonder how they reconcile this little issue... Bike lanes in DOOR ZONES.

PDF = Fail.

Such an appropriate username...

PDF = Fail.

Uh, no. What would you suggest as an alternative for electronically distributing a graphics-heavy document, in an open, cross-platform way that preserves the formatting?

Uh, no. What would you suggest as an alternative for electronically distributing a graphics-heavy document, in an open, cross-platform way that preserves the formatting?

HTML. CSS if you want to get fancy. PDFs are for people too cheap to print a book, and too lazy to format for the web. Such authors are best avoided.

Most likely they created it for a print publication and posted the PDF as an afterthought on the internet. The resolution and font choice are terrible to read on-screen. But I've seen worse, and they have good intentions.

HTML. CSS if you want to get fancy. PDFs are for people too cheap to print a book, and too lazy to format for the web. Such authors are best avoided.

Aahahahahaha :roflmao2::roflmao2::roflmao2::roflmao2::roflmao2:

Are you at all serious? I really hope so.

http://rlv.zcache.com/css_is_awesome_mug-p16871643507198192821yff_400.jpg

HTML. CSS if you want to get fancy. PDFs are for people too cheap to print a book, and too lazy to format for the web. Such authors are best avoided.

So you're saying that someone who is producing a pamphlet pretty much exclusively to be PRINTED on dead trees and distributed that way, if they want to distribute on the web, should spend days reformatting it so it looks decent in HTML?

I think you have odd notions, personally. PDF is a very nice format for document distribution, especially if your document is carefully laid out and is NOT intended to go into a reflowing format like HTML.

Could be worse, they could be distributing it as a DOC file. I totally don't get people who distribute documents in MS Word format, especially when it's docs that they don't intend for people to modify.

Did I miss the reference to "bikeforums.net" in the pamphlet?

Sort of in case you want to get confused about every single aspect of your commuting ;) (joke)

I have not taken issue with PDF since I dumped acrobat reader and got FoxIt. Quick and stable and my browser crashes a lot less.

Such an appropriate username...


LOL. My bike is "Luddite" actually, but I do hate PDF.

I thought it was a fairly well done guide for a complete beginner in Pittsburgh. I also felt it tried to offer some good general advice. Some of what is mentioned there is completely foreign to my corner of the verse. The whole multi modal thing springs to mind as an example.(no buses here)

HTML. CSS if you want to get fancy. PDFs are for people too cheap to print a book, and too lazy to format for the web. Such authors are best avoided.

This is pretty much a textbook definition of "above it all and beside the point".

http://rlv.zcache.com/css_is_awesome_mug-p16871643507198192821yff_400.jpg

:thumb: But I still prefer HTML over PDF.

I have not taken issue with PDF since I dumped acrobat reader and got FoxIt. Quick and stable and my browser crashes a lot less.

I tried a few PDF reader replacements a few months back, but that was just because at the time there were some scares about PDF malware. Honestly, I use PDF a TON, I use Acrobat Reader and I don't remember the last time Reader crashed, either stand-alone or within the browser (Firefox).

I think PDF is a good way to distribute documents. Especially since I've got some HTML from many years ago, and in a modern browser it doesn't look the way it was intended at all, but PDFs are stable.

I tried a few PDF reader replacements a few months back, but that was just because at the time there were some scares about PDF malware. Honestly, I use PDF a TON, I use Acrobat Reader and I don't remember the last time Reader crashed, either stand-alone or within the browser (Firefox).

I think PDF is a good way to distribute documents. Especially since I've got some HTML from many years ago, and in a modern browser it doesn't look the way it was intended at all, but PDFs are stable.

I work a lot with Ghostscript and Latex, needless to say I don't have any problems with pdf :D

I thought the guide was cute, pretty decent, and very comic book like.

Yes, getting back to the OT, I thought the pamphlet was quite good.

I thought "the Pittsburgh Left" was funny. 20 years ago, one of my good friends ended up in Pittsburgh after one of his peripatetic wanderings. He had several amusing stories, mostly about adjusting to life in the big city--the Twin Cities were still stuck in a Mayberry timewarp, apparently. He described the "Pittsburgh Left" as a common traffic maneuver. We've finally caught up--I see it around here quite often--but I didn't realize it was commonly referred to as "the Pittsburgh Left."

HTML. CSS if you want to get fancy. PDFs are for people too cheap to print a book, and too lazy to format for the web. Such authors are best avoided.

uh....no.

I didn't realize it was commonly referred to as "the Pittsburgh Left."

Both that and the rolling stop are always known as the (insert your current location here) Left, or (insert your current location here) stop.

IE, if you're in California, it's a California Rolling Stop. In Michigan it's a Michigan Rolling Stop. Etc.

Off topic by Post #5.

Pass the chips.

Did anyone notice anything wrong with the Stay Vigilant picture? It looks like she's going over the handlebars-or doing a stoppie.