Interesting way to get driver's respect
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Interesting way to get driver's respect
This morning I rode home from REI with my new 'cross bike. However, I also rode home with (on) my touring bike that I had ridden to REI. I found that while riding carefully down the street steering the bike I was riding with one hand and the new bike with another, motorists went much farther around me than normal. I'd done this before, and the only really hard thing is steering the bike you aren't riding (note: unweighted bikes being steered by the stem are very twitchy ) and cornering. I also got a lot of friendly comments along the lines of "Looks like you lost a rider there" including from the nice elderly women who always stand at this one street corner holding a sign with a picture of a mutilated fetus.
So anyways, if you want visibiity, ride two bikes to work.
So anyways, if you want visibiity, ride two bikes to work.
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"Looks like you lost a rider there" including from the nice elderly women who always stand at this one street corner holding a sign with a picture of a mutilated fetus.
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Hats off. I've only tried to ride along with a second bike like that once, after I bought it at a garage sale. I found it almost impossible to do. The hills were the worst, but then, that's all there were.
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I've done it a couple of times. Both when the wife got too tired to ride any further and needed to take the bus home. A while back there were a few posts by people who had police problems doing this.
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It's tough at first because you start to over-correct, but once I got used to it it was fine. It was nice having in-line brake levers. A little more stable than riding the hoods. One method is to hold the front end of the bike in the air and roll the rear wheel, but weakling that I am, my arm got tired pretty quickly.
And police problems? Why on earth?
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In BFSSFG, that's enough to get you pulled over by the cops....
https://www.bikeforums.net/singlespeed-fixed-gear/353835-stopped-cop-riding-2-bikes.html
And in some cases, for good reason.
https://www-tech.mit.edu/V127/N37/polog.html
https://www.bikeforums.net/singlespeed-fixed-gear/353835-stopped-cop-riding-2-bikes.html
And in some cases, for good reason.
https://www-tech.mit.edu/V127/N37/polog.html
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Aug. 30: M35 (127 Mass. Ave.), 7:40 a.m., Breaking and entering; Room broken into and Homer Simpson doll stolen.
hahaha!
hahaha!
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Look her straight in the eye, shrug, and say, "Retroactive abortion."
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"75th trimester, but I didn't think it would be a responsible choice to keep it."
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"75th trimester, but I didn't think it would be a responsible choice to keep it."
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That's great, it didn't even occur to me.
It's tough at first because you start to over-correct, but once I got used to it it was fine. It was nice having in-line brake levers. A little more stable than riding the hoods. One method is to hold the front end of the bike in the air and roll the rear wheel, but weakling that I am, my arm got tired pretty quickly.
And police problems? Why on earth?
It's tough at first because you start to over-correct, but once I got used to it it was fine. It was nice having in-line brake levers. A little more stable than riding the hoods. One method is to hold the front end of the bike in the air and roll the rear wheel, but weakling that I am, my arm got tired pretty quickly.
And police problems? Why on earth?
Never had a bike stolen apparently.
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I saw somebody riding like this for the first time a few weeks ago and my jaw dropped. Later on that evening I had to return a laundry basket to a neighbor and I was thinking "Crap, I don't want to have to walk with this thing... hey, wait a minute!" I figured if some random punk could carry a whole road bike on his bike, I could easily transport a silly basket (worked out fine too).