Originally Posted by
jimmuller
... I wonder what other cyclists are thinking... there is this long downhill ... with a school at the bottom ... a busy stoplight... backup at the light... He was flying, head down, pedaling hard in a high gear...
so he was not 'aiming high.'
in 10th grade drivers ed, we were taught to 'aim high.' don't just look at the car in front, but also the car(s) hundreds of feet ahead. look at the light well ahead. look at the lights adjacent to yours if you can see them.
most drivers are horrible at this. they just don't aim high. it leads to tailgating, then bottlenecks, emergency braking, accidents, and gridlock. and it's a huge waste of fuel.
I ususally walk the bike down the sidewalk...
walk the bike? ok, you lost me... B^)