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Originally Posted by 79pmooney
If, if ... That is if the loops are set up to register with something as light as a bicycle and if the traffic planners, engineers and street crews choose to mark the pavement so we know where to place our bikes. I've done a couple of lifetime's worth of waiting at sensored lights on my bikes.

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I've been told that most sensors, at least in Massachusetts, are triggered by magnets and not by weight. Bicycles often do not have a sufficient amount of metal on them to trigger the signals. This is sometimes true even for motorcycles.
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