I commuted to work for 30 years. In those 30 years I had only one
altercation, with a young aggressive boy in a pickup truck (a Southwest
staple). Other than that everybody knew me. The secretaries would
occasionally wave (with their perfume filling my nostrils as they drove by
at 45mph).
I have been commuting by bike and train for the past 3-4 years, couldn't be
happier, and have even inspired a couple of my students to do the same. No
fighting the increasing Bay Area traffic anymore. It is a pretty solo
venture as I've actually noticed a bit of a decline of cyclists on the
I ride with an expectation of respect from vehicle traffic equal to what
I'm giving. I've been doing this for a while and long ago gave up on
unilateral respect from traffic because of regulations or rules. Some
traffic approach with a more sympathetic sense but I ride like I have to
earn what
My friend calls it my “jazz hands” gesture. Left hand down, palm back,
fingers moving and hand shaking.
On Friday, February 9, 2018 at 12:53:06 PM UTC-6, Deacon Patrick wrote:
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> Google ate my attempted response, so here goes again. Sorry if this double
> posts later.
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> Bruce said:
For the most part I no longer ride on the road. I live too far away from
work to realistically commute, so unfortunately that activity was shelved
when we moved here. I've had a couple of bad personal experiences riding
with vehicles (yelled at, honked at, intentionally hit, bottle thrown at
Patrick , use universal hand gestures common to human beings standing in
person next to each other , no one understands "bike signals" these dayze.
Think "talking with my hands". It's gotta be demonstrative, with emotion
none of us are machines, period.
Point left with the left hand,
Google ate my attempted response, so here goes again. Sorry if this double
posts later.
Bruce said: “If there's no room to be passed, I signal that and take the lane.
Once there is room I move over and wave them around. It works for me.”
Sweet! I attempt much the same thing, but with mixed
I'm alone on every commute. Maybe I'll see another bike on the trail part
of my commute, but on the road parts it's just me and all the cars and
trucks. I'm OK with that. I like riding much more than I do driving. My
car is 10 years old and at this rate will last another 10.
I get the
One time last year on my commute from inner city Baltimore south to near
BWI, a motorist gave me a thumbs up as I crested a hill, made my day!
As for riding with other bike commuters, once in a while I'll meet up with
a co-worker and sometimes I'll catch up or be passed by another cyclist,
but
I consider the layer of dust on my car to be a badge of honor. I probably
to 2K or less per year. It's only on the weekends if I have a long errand
to run with time constraints that I use it. Otherwise, its the bike.
I take Caltrain to work from San Mateo to the city. I ride my Brompton to
and
Aboslutely. Around here (Tel Aviv) bikes, mostly electric, are for kids and
people who can't afford a car.
On Thursday, February 8, 2018 at 7:38:33 AM UTC+2, J Imler wrote:
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> I do my best to ride my bike vs drive, mostly because riding is a lot of
> fun along with personal and enviro
J Imler,
I hear you. Totally agree. Cycling is one amazingly efficient mode of
transport and it is FUN too. Your observation about motorists in cars is
spot-on: Way back in the day I used to ride motorcycles. As a
motorcyclist, we/I would refer to automobile drivers as 'cagers' (a person
Yes, I can relate. My 5 year old VW has 13K miles on it. It's on track for
another sub 3K year. Would love to equal that on my bikes but 2K or so is
more realistic.
Regards,
Richard
On Thursday, February 8, 2018 at 12:38:33 AM UTC-5, J Imler wrote:
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> I do my best to ride my bike vs drive,
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