For a few weeks now the dark season (October to April) has been here and I
absolutely need my generator and lights for the ride to and from work. I've
been doing this for eleven years as well as riding for my own fun and I
have had had very few call outs like Brian's.
Whenever something goes
The headlight thing rings true! I was riding home from yoga in quite a Zen
frame of mind, with a Planet Bike light on the handlebars. Apparently the
beam was too high as I had an oncoming cyclist on the snowy/icy MUP lose
orientation and just about hit me head on. He didn't abuse me, but
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> Shrug it off and keep ridin'...
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Very useful ability to have. I need to work on this. When folks do
inconsiderate stuff it screws up my mood for at least rest of the day, if
not more. Fortunately I have not had any bad experiences while riding
with my son. A few times I have been
Even good advice offered in a friendly fashion sounds abusive when it
hollered from a passing car. It happens less often around here these days
than it used to, but it still happens once in a while. Shrug it off and
keep ridin'...
Steve
On Monday, October 1, 2018 at 4:15:54 PM UTC-4, Coal
I was on the other side of the scenario once, as a would-be helpful driver
being yelled at by a cyclist. There is a narrow 2-lane road in Seattle
that winds through a park (the Arboretum, for locals), that is also a main
thoroughfare and very busy. It also has no shoulders, so it's difficult
Ugh…sorry you had to experience that, but it’s all over.
im not much of a poster here these days, but my now 16 year old boy* spent
10 years on the back of our kid adapted tandem(s) // we live in a rural
part of Western Mass and i was glad at all the stupidity hurled in our
direction, as well
My 4.5 year old son rides on the back of our cargo bike to/from daycare,
about 4 miles each way. Madison is a great place to ride a bike, and we
have a really nice route along some scenic and low-traffic streets. Last
week, a motorist caught up to us about a block after we rolled through an
