On Jun 15, 2011, at 15:16, Ken Waller wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Loveless" <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: OT: Cycling in New York > > >> On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 4:19 PM, Charles Robinson <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On Jun 11, 2011, at 22:15, Scott Loveless wrote: >>> >>>> On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 10:13 PM, John Coyle <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> We have bike lanes in Brisbane too, often, sensibly, between the parking >>>>> lane and the >>>>> traffic lanes. >>>> >>>> Like this? >>>> <https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/RTTN7a8MM_Y6qZwvxy4PD7E9gr-o3kOAFcuAuy7-Ync?feat=directlink> >>>> It's called a door zone and it's dangerous. Here's why: >>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Door_zone >>> >>> The new bike lanes in downtown Minneapolis are between the curb and the >>> parking lane. > >> How do you turn left? > > You push the right side of the handlebar forward, while pulling the left side > towards you. >
Unless you're going fast enough to countersteer. Then it's push the LEFT side of the handlebar away to tip the bike to the left. -Charles -- Charles Robinson - [email protected] Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
