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Old January 12th 18, 01:27 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Frank Krygowski[_4_]
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Default Anyone wear a helmet or elbow pads 4 black ice conditions?

On 1/11/2018 7:00 PM, Tim McNamara wrote:
On Thu, 11 Jan 2018 15:36:33 -0800 (PST), jbeattie
wrote:

Changing the subject, it's raining a lot, and my latest slip-fest is
on the utterly stupid yellow and green plastic dimpled transitions on
the super-duper cycletrack through the south waterfront. This stuff
is everywhere, and when you hit it at an angle (turning across it to
avoid on-coming dopes), your wheels slip out. It's like building
sidewalks and installing banana peels.


The people designing bike infrastructure seem to generally have no
notion at all of how to actually ride a bike in traffic.


Certainly, the "advocates" that demand such infrastructure seldom know
how to actually ride a bike in traffic. When a knowledgeable cyclist
points out the flaws in their dreamy designs, they frequently attack.
They say things like "Well, you're one of the 'strong and fearless.' We
need designs for anyone, 8 to 80." (As if 80-year-old grandma is going
to know about hazards like Jay describes.)

So in the bike advocacy arena, people with the most expertise are
disparaged for their knowledge, while the ignorant are revered.

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