Sweet, thanks. That's good info. I don't know yet where on Capitol Hill I'll be living -- I'm going up in a couple of weeks to look at apartments. A lot of the places that I've been looking at remotely are between broadway and 23rd, around John.
I too have a rain bike with a front brake, so that's the bike I'll be riding most of the time, probably.
At the risk of stirring up religious controversy, I've never worn a helmet and noticed that Seattle passed an all-ages helmet law in 2003 -- supposedly not wearing a helmet is subject to a $30 fine. Is this law actively enforced?
Thanks!