Joined: Feb 2013
Posts: 498
Likes: 0
From: Vancouver, BC, Canada
Bikes: Trek Fuel EX8, Caad10, Marin BearValley, WTP BMX, Norco Tandem
Aw man, SBW major bummer. I hate that feeling.
It’s becoming spring, and the commuters are multiplying. I saw the girl on the neon pink guru—can’t miss that bright bike!
The other day I hit 19,000kms since I started commuting for real.
I usually have a pretty uneventful ride, but I had 2 close calls in a row last week:
1.) Riding along on 1[SUP]st[/SUP] ave from salt st to Manitoba st.I’m in the bike lane, beside a car.The car infront of that car stops to turn left at Manitoba.
The woman beside me tries to go around the left-turner using the bike lane (which I’m in!). I rapped her window with the back of my left hand as hard as I could and she slammed the brakes.
2.) Crossing Gilmore at Still Creek Ave Friday night.I’m waiting at the red light.It turns green.I double check behind me to make sure there’s no right-hook potential, and start going.(That intersection is notorious for right-turners.I know since I go through it EVERY DAY!)Suddenly (as I’m crossing), out of nowhere, this guy in a red honda comes flying through the intersection from my left, through the red, right at me.He slams on the brakes in the middle of the intersection.I stop and rip into him.After a few choice words, I start again and get out of the intersection so he’s not stuck there.I swear Friday nights are the worst.
This weekend, the fam biked to a monster truck show. I’m pretty sure we were the only ones that bike there.Lol.
This AM was enjoyable.