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Old 05-20-14 | 09:11 AM
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Today I learned a new commuting technique...

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Old 05-20-14 | 09:21 AM
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That's the craziest technique I never wanna learn!

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Old 05-20-14 | 09:25 AM
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Did you learn that tracked vehicles don't change lanes and that on a straight run their lateral movement does not vary more than a mm or so?
If you learned some other commuting secret from that hip hop gibberish, do tell.

Does seem that the cyclist did a lot of huffing and puffing to end up behind the tram; did a lot of narrow angle crossing of the tracks that one day is going to bite him in the ass, especially if he does that when the tracks are wet.
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Old 05-20-14 | 09:30 AM
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Did you learn that tracked vehicles don't change lanes and that on a straight run their lateral movement does not vary more than a mm or so?
If you learned some other commuting secret from that hip hop gibberish, do tell.

Does seem that the cyclist did a lot of huffing and puffing to end up behind the tram; did a lot of narrow angle crossing of the tracks that one day is going to bite him in the ass, especially if he does that when the tracks are wet.
Yes, it makes more sense with the straßebahn than with the buses.

I need to incorporate this into my commuting strategy.

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Old 05-20-14 | 09:34 AM
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not a bad idea.....until he went between the two trams, now that was stupid.
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Old 05-20-14 | 09:37 AM
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not a bad idea.....until he went between the two trams, now that was stupid.
better than two buses running on the overhead cables.
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Old 05-20-14 | 09:38 AM
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Anyone notice that another rider must have been right behind him running the video cam? I couldn't stop laughing - insane.
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Old 05-20-14 | 10:52 AM
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I've done that with cars a few times, because I am a complete idiot.

That was a lot of Lego advertisements on that one train, though.

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Old 05-20-14 | 11:30 AM
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i would imagine that it would quite a rush to ride between them. I would think my heart would jump to my throat and back when they converged on him at the same time.
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You could do that along the lite rail here. I'm pretty sure the cops would bust you tho.
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Old 05-20-14 | 11:50 AM
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I put this in the "example to not follow" box.

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Old 05-20-14 | 11:54 AM
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also same trams as Frankfurt and Stockholm, FWIW.
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Old 05-20-14 | 11:56 AM
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Looks like the trams were going very slow.

While watching, I, too, thought there were at least two cyclists doing the same. The photographer may be an even more savvy one.
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Here the River-walk MUP includes Trestles , but the rail is just for an Old Trolley , that mostly shuttles tourists up and back a short distance.
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The scary bit to me is that the tracks might catch his tires just as he's moving from in front of the train.
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Dang, that dude has two things: Balls and skillzzz!

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Dang, that dude has two things: Balls and skillzzz!
That's three things.
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HA! Nice
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