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How to suck all the joy from cycling
https://cyclingindustry.news/governm...ld-in-england/
-- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 |
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How to suck all the joy from cycling
On Friday, February 7, 2020 at 7:04:32 AM UTC-8, AMuzi wrote:
https://cyclingindustry.news/governm...ld-in-england/ -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 What do you want to bet with mandatory helmets in case the kids fall down on the grass? |
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On Fri, 07 Feb 2020 08:39:42 -0800, Tom Kunich wrote:
On Friday, February 7, 2020 at 7:04:32 AM UTC-8, AMuzi wrote: https://cyclingindustry.news/governm...ycle-training- for-every-child-in-england/ -- Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org/ Open every day since 1 April, 1971 What do you want to bet with mandatory helmets in case the kids fall down on the grass? Yep. We have a dinky bicycle education centre provided by our local government body and "dinky" is the word. It is so small that no adult rider would be able to ride the circuit. I'm not sure what it actually teaches in relation to real world bicycling. |
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On Fri, 07 Feb 2020 09:04:13 -0600, AMuzi wrote:
https://cyclingindustry.news/governm...ld-in-england/ My own experience isn't dissimilar- I started racing because I lived riding so much and training was an excuse to ride bike every day but to not be some kind of slacker ("I'm training for a race" rather than "I'm going for a bike ride"). Over the next nine years it brought me to despise riding a bike. I was so relieved when I stopped racing. |
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On Friday, February 7, 2020 at 2:46:14 PM UTC-8, Tim McNamara wrote:
On Fri, 07 Feb 2020 09:04:13 -0600, AMuzi wrote: https://cyclingindustry.news/governm...ld-in-england/ My own experience isn't dissimilar- I started racing because I lived riding so much and training was an excuse to ride bike every day but to not be some kind of slacker ("I'm training for a race" rather than "I'm going for a bike ride"). Over the next nine years it brought me to despise riding a bike. I was so relieved when I stopped racing. I was going to go for a 30 mile ride this morning but I managed to get 3/4ths of a mile before the wind blew me into the middle of the street twice and was clocking around 360 degrees at 50 mph. They were reporting 40 mph on the peaks but from racing sailboats I have a pretty good grasp of wind speeds. When I turned around and got back I opened the side door of the garage and the gusts were flexing the insulated garage door as long as the side door was open. So much for my Sunday ride. |
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On Sunday, February 9, 2020 at 4:51:49 PM UTC, Tom Kunich wrote:
On Friday, February 7, 2020 at 2:46:14 PM UTC-8, Tim McNamara wrote: On Fri, 07 Feb 2020 09:04:13 -0600, AMuzi wrote: https://cyclingindustry.news/governm...ld-in-england/ My own experience isn't dissimilar- I started racing because I lived riding so much and training was an excuse to ride bike every day but to not be some kind of slacker ("I'm training for a race" rather than "I'm going for a bike ride"). Over the next nine years it brought me to despise riding a bike. I was so relieved when I stopped racing. I was going to go for a 30 mile ride this morning but I managed to get 3/4ths of a mile before the wind blew me into the middle of the street twice and was clocking around 360 degrees at 50 mph. They were reporting 40 mph on the peaks but from racing sailboats I have a pretty good grasp of wind speeds. When I turned around and got back I opened the side door of the garage and the gusts were flexing the insulated garage door as long as the side door was open. So much for my Sunday ride. You shouldn't be riding on a Sunday anyway. You should be in church, confessing to your sins, of which Slow Johnny and Rideablot and Franki-boy will give you an exhausting* list. Andre Jute * No, I don't mean "exhaustive", I mean exhausting |
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On Sunday, February 9, 2020 at 9:15:42 AM UTC-8, Andre Jute wrote:
On Sunday, February 9, 2020 at 4:51:49 PM UTC, Tom Kunich wrote: On Friday, February 7, 2020 at 2:46:14 PM UTC-8, Tim McNamara wrote: On Fri, 07 Feb 2020 09:04:13 -0600, AMuzi wrote: https://cyclingindustry.news/governm...ld-in-england/ My own experience isn't dissimilar- I started racing because I lived riding so much and training was an excuse to ride bike every day but to not be some kind of slacker ("I'm training for a race" rather than "I'm going for a bike ride"). Over the next nine years it brought me to despise riding a bike. I was so relieved when I stopped racing. I was going to go for a 30 mile ride this morning but I managed to get 3/4ths of a mile before the wind blew me into the middle of the street twice and was clocking around 360 degrees at 50 mph. They were reporting 40 mph on the peaks but from racing sailboats I have a pretty good grasp of wind speeds. When I turned around and got back I opened the side door of the garage and the gusts were flexing the insulated garage door as long as the side door was open. So much for my Sunday ride. You shouldn't be riding on a Sunday anyway. You should be in church, confessing to your sins, of which Slow Johnny and Rideablot and Franki-boy will give you an exhausting* list. Andre Jute * No, I don't mean "exhaustive", I mean exhausting Can you imagine John telling us how dangerous the US is just before 21 people are murdered and another 42 injured in a mass murder mall shooting over there. Jay has his faults and loves to blame them on Trump. Frank is a basket case who believes he is still a teacher. Today I was supposed to break 400 miles for a butt freezing year while NASA is telling us this is the hottest winter on record. We'll have to ask the polar bears if they agree with that. The northern Ice pack is the second largest on record and in 1955 when the USS nuclear submarine Skate was at the North Pole it was free of ice. So too it was the following year when the USS Nautilus surfaced at the North Pole. The next year when the Skate returned there was only a thin ice sheet so they surfaced right through it. On the TV they are predicting temperatures "above normal". You sure as hell can't convince me of that. The Japanese Maple in front of my house has lost all of its leaves. I can't remember it ever doing that before. The Jasmine has stopped growing which is also novel. Normally at this time of year I have to cut it back every three weeks. That must be because NASA sees this as the "hottest winter on record". |
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On Sun, 9 Feb 2020 11:46:57 -0800 (PST), Tom Kunich
wrote: On Sunday, February 9, 2020 at 9:15:42 AM UTC-8, Andre Jute wrote: On Sunday, February 9, 2020 at 4:51:49 PM UTC, Tom Kunich wrote: On Friday, February 7, 2020 at 2:46:14 PM UTC-8, Tim McNamara wrote: On Fri, 07 Feb 2020 09:04:13 -0600, AMuzi wrote: https://cyclingindustry.news/governm...ld-in-england/ My own experience isn't dissimilar- I started racing because I lived riding so much and training was an excuse to ride bike every day but to not be some kind of slacker ("I'm training for a race" rather than "I'm going for a bike ride"). Over the next nine years it brought me to despise riding a bike. I was so relieved when I stopped racing. I was going to go for a 30 mile ride this morning but I managed to get 3/4ths of a mile before the wind blew me into the middle of the street twice and was clocking around 360 degrees at 50 mph. They were reporting 40 mph on the peaks but from racing sailboats I have a pretty good grasp of wind speeds. When I turned around and got back I opened the side door of the garage and the gusts were flexing the insulated garage door as long as the side door was open. So much for my Sunday ride. You shouldn't be riding on a Sunday anyway. You should be in church, confessing to your sins, of which Slow Johnny and Rideablot and Franki-boy will give you an exhausting* list. Andre Jute * No, I don't mean "exhaustive", I mean exhausting Can you imagine John telling us how dangerous the US is just before 21 people are murdered and another 42 injured in a mass murder mall shooting over there. Jay has his faults and loves to blame them on Trump. Frank is a basket case who believes he is still a teacher. Goodness, Gracious, Sakes alive, you got it wrong again. I just keep telling you that it is far, far, better to keep your mouth closed and perhaps be thought a fool than to open it and prove to the world just how foolish you really are. But you never listen. You see, it wasn't 21 and 42. The actual numbers are 26 (27 counting the perpetrator himself) and 57 injured. And yes, I know, it seems like a minor mistake.... unless you are one of the 6 or 15 laying there bleeding on the floor. -- cheers, John B. |
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On 2/7/2020 10:04 AM, AMuzi wrote:
https://cyclingindustry.news/governm...ld-in-england/ In general, I'm in favor of education instead of ignorance. I don't see why learning the rules of the road has to suck the joy out of bicycling. I'm sure riding facing traffic is no more fun than doing things right. I'm more troubled by Chris Boardman's insinuation in that article that bicycling is dangerous unless Brits build segregated cattle chutes everywhere. He should know better. -- - Frank Krygowski |
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On Fri, 7 Feb 2020 20:01:45 -0500, Frank Krygowski
wrote: On 2/7/2020 10:04 AM, AMuzi wrote: https://cyclingindustry.news/governm...ld-in-england/ In general, I'm in favor of education instead of ignorance. I don't see why learning the rules of the road has to suck the joy out of bicycling. I'm sure riding facing traffic is no more fun than doing things right. I'm more troubled by Chris Boardman's insinuation in that article that bicycling is dangerous unless Brits build segregated cattle chutes everywhere. He should know better. If one builds bicycle lanes in a similar manner as foot paths are being built in Bangkok with no surface road crossings but bridges over the roadway (see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zz0ghLc6lrY ) than I'm sure that they would work fine.... except of course for the complaints about the "hills", but having the beautiful bike path terminate on a busy road crossing seems to me to be simply inviting calamity. Another point of thought. Do many bicycle accidents occur on the stretch of road between intersections? In other words, assuming that the bike lane is successful will it prevent a large portion of bicycle accidents or only a tiny fraction? And another thought comes to mind. In the Odense bike light study it was found that the always on lighting system also reduced the number of single vehicle crashes. Would bike lanes have a similar effect? -- cheers, John B. |
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