Bracelets for Bike Lanes?

Do you need to be a rocket scientist to know it's a jungle out there?

It's not a jungle, it's my queendom. Duh.

I spent some time being a bit more conscious about how I communicate the
fact that I own the road while on my bike. Here's how:

In general, I obey the traffic laws and signal all turns. This is to
reassure cars that I am not some dimwit or DWI licence-pulled drunkard, but
am relatively predictable and reliable. You can expect that I will more or
less follow the rules of the road and will communicate to other vehicles
about my intentions.

Second, if I don't want you to pass, I take the lane. I may also give you
the "slow down" hand signal, indicating that you will need to slow down and
sit behind me until I am prepared to allow you to pass.

Third, if I do want you to pass, and you appear to be timid, I will invite
you to pass me. This is because I am gracious with my pavement.

Fourth, I never unnecessarily let motorists cede the right of way to me. If
motorists truly had respect for me, they would not do this. So I don't let
them.

Not everyone, of course, realizes that I am the Queen of the Road, even
after I have given them all indications that I am and they need to treat me
with proper respect. My first response is typically indignation, but really,
spending too much focus on such lowlifes is not worthy of any of our
personal energies.

But reading your other posts, I realize you are not ready to ascend the
throne. Instead, you cower on your indoor "bicycle" like a little mouse. No
wonder you believe yourself to be a victim before you even try.


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Warm Regards,

Claire Petersky
Home of the meditative cyclist:
http://home.earthlink.net/~cpetersky/Welcome.htm
Personal page: http://www.geocities.com/cpetersky/
See the books I've set free at:
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Claire Petersky wrote:

...
But reading your other posts, I realize you are not ready to ascend the
throne. Instead, you cower on your indoor "bicycle" like a little mouse. No
wonder you believe yourself to be a victim before you even try.

Wow! So this is what a flame by Claire looks like!

--
Tom Sherman - Earth (Downstate Illinois, North of Forgottonia)

Tom Sherman wrote:
Claire Petersky wrote:

...
But reading your other posts, I realize you are not ready to ascend
the throne. Instead, you cower on your indoor "bicycle" like a
little mouse. No wonder you believe yourself to be a victim before
you even try.

Wow! So this is what a flame by Claire looks like!

Yeah, note to self: don't anger the Queen!

Bill "28 very beach-oriented miles today...all outside, cars well in my
command (but I couldn't describe it as well as Ms. P.)" S.

Tom Sherman wrote:
Claire Petersky wrote:

...
But reading your other posts, I realize you are not ready to ascend
the
throne. Instead, you cower on your indoor "bicycle" like a little
mouse. No
wonder you believe yourself to be a victim before you even try.

Wow! So this is what a flame by Claire looks like!

Pretty classy, I'd say!

In article . com,
says...

Yeah, they place them where the beautiful people drive Porches down
here. Perhaps if they put them where the Proles live...

I live on a beautiful segregated bike trail that connects directly to
major employment and transit centers, and also happens to run past
trailer parks and cheap apartments. Yet there's no surge of bicycle
commuters on the trail, indeed, there are more bicycle commuters on the
street than on the trail.

Call them whatever insulting names you like, blue collar workers don't
drive because they're ignorant, they drive because they *like it* and *it
works*. If you want a transportation alternative to cars, try coming up
with one that *people like* and that *works* for them.

The most obvious answer is to stop zoning land use into large seas of
people storage miles away from where people work. If people can find
housing walking distance from work, they'll walk. If they can find
housing cycling distance from work, they'll ride. If they can only find
housing driving distance from work, they'll drive.

--
is Joshua Putnam
http://www.phred.org/~josh/
Books for Bicycle Mechanics and Tinkerers:
http://www.phred.org/~josh/bike/bikebooks.html