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Urban Cycling - pretty good guidebook
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...books&n=507846 Was perusing this at B&N, very readable and humorous look at the pitfalls and joys of cycling in the urban jungle. Not affil, etc. alternate link: http://tinyurl.com/58ze3 -B |
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Urban Cycling - pretty good guidebook
I'm about halfway through this book as well. Very well thought out
and I've learned quite a bit!Highly recommended. I also want to read the Critical Mass book that was next to it on the bookshelf. I'm also reading Zinn's Primer book. Marcus |
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Urban Cycling - pretty good guidebook
On Thu, 05 Aug 2004 12:00:10 -0400, Marcus I. Valdes
wrote: I'm about halfway through this book as well. Very well thought out and I've learned quite a bit!Highly recommended. I also want to read the Critical Mass book that was next to it on the bookshelf. I'm also reading Zinn's Primer book. Marcus I like the way it has diagrams of the traffic patterns and then little tiny pictures of the 'biker', and a numbered legend showing the problem and details of a particular traffic configuration 'problem'. He also puts some funny stuff in there like 'B is the soccer mom in the van entering the shopping mall. She may be so excited at the prospect of shopping that she might not see a biker, and try to dive for the 'hole' in traffic before it's prudent'. hah-hah. -B |
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Urban Cycling - pretty good guidebook
Thu, 05 Aug 2004 12:31:37 -0400,
, Badger_South wrote: He also puts some funny stuff in there like 'B is the soccer mom in the van entering the shopping mall. She may be so excited at the prospect of shopping that she might not see a biker, and try to dive for the 'hole' in traffic before it's prudent'. hah-hah. I've not seen the book but at this point I'm checking over my shoulder, moving closer to the middle of the lane, standing on the pedals and calculating the odds of different scenarios. Shoulder check to see if there's a car and whether they're waiting for that and consider the option to slow so that I enter the intersection closer to the same time, IOW, let them pull their stunt and use other traffic for running blockers. Standing on the pedals to create a larger target and give the impression I'm 'hurrying to get out of the way". Moving to the centre of the lane gives me a better chance of being seen and cuts down on the amount of lane they must cross before meeting opposing traffic (me). It opens up more room to the right for maneuvering and better possibility to get around behind. What's the book say about muttering? -- zk |
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