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The joy of reverse commuting on bike trails - not (was: Cheap brighttail light)
Am 16.09.2014 18:28, schrieb Joerg:
Bike lanes help a bit but a separated bike infrastructure is much better. My son (8 years old) has now changed to a different school - the least bad way of getting there is a 2-mile ride on trails and roads (almost) closed to motor traffic, followed by a 8 mile train journey. For the first few days I am accompanying him to the railway station. The ride infrastructure is 'perfect': well surfaced road network 2 to 4m wide (access roads to some allotments along the railway line) with a bridsge closed to motor traffic in the middle to keep it car free. Together with my son, it's a pleasurable ride taking just over 15 minutes. However, the way back: my son gets on the train at 7:30, I would like to be home before 7:45 so I can park the bike, kiss my wife good-bye and still catch the 7:50 train to my work. Day 1: my son's train was delayed a few minutes, so I wanted to do the 2 miles in 10 minutes. - On one of the narrow 2-m wide parts, masses of school kids come the other way. I need to ring my bell and slow down a lot until the kids have sorted out a way of leaving a part of the trail for me. - First right-turn onto a bridge. Doing a 120 turn on a narrow road forces me to slow down anyways, but in the middle of the corner there's a cyclist coming off the bridge on the left-most edge of the road. I need to emergency brake to negotiate a wrong-side pass with that guy. - Right-turn at the end of the car-free part into a residential road. Again in the corner there is a cyclist cutting his left turn, and I need to negotiate the wrong-side pass. Day 2: Behind a slight bend I see a bike lying on the ground on the left-hand side= Emergency brake. Indeed, hidden behind the bushes there are two more cyclists standing with their bicycles to block the road completely. Apparently a kid has come round the bend carelessly, forcing an old man to fall off his bike. So in the future, I might prefer to take the multi-lane road where I can go above 20 mhp and only need to brake for traffic lights, not for recurring dangerous situations. Rolf |
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