Category Archives: Bicycling

Categorizing vehicle types

Posted on May 7, 2009 by jsallen

The following categorization of land vehicle and pedestrian types may be helpful in understanding infrastructure issues. I am leaving out snow modes — travel on snowshoes, cross-country skis, or in sleds, sleighs, snowmobiles. They exist in a world unto themselves, … Continue reading →

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Repair of Shimano STI brake/shift levers

Posted on April 26, 2009 by jsallen

The performance of one of my Shimano RSX 7-speed drop-bar brake/shift levers slowly deteriorated, requiring multiple clicks for each downshift. Someone at a bike shop once told me “they never work”. I just lived with the problem until the lever … Continue reading →

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Don’t be the dancing bear

Posted on October 16, 2008 by jsallen

The dancing-bear experiment cleverly misleads the viewer, concealing the bear (see comments at end of this posting), but the experimentis misleading on another level too, in suggesting that such concealment is the norm and in conveying a fatalistic message.. Continue reading →

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Idaho special bicycle laws

Posted on September 20, 2008 by jsallen

Idaho law allows cyclists to treat a stop sign as a yield sign. See https://legislature.idaho.gov/statutesrules/idstat/title49/t49ch7/sect49-720/ It also allows a bicyclist to treat a traffic signal as a stop sign. I would support the traffic signal aspect of this law as … Continue reading →

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Muenster road space poster — check the numbers!

Posted on January 4, 2008 by jsallen

The caption “amount of space needed to transport the same number of people by bus, bicycle or car” is misleading, because the vehicles shown are parked, not moving. All in all, the Muenster poster and the US government publicaiton that quotes it make an apples vs oranges vs. pears comparison – of dried fruit. Continue reading →

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Diversion fall

Posted on September 29, 2007 by jsallen

Was it the strength workouts at a gym, a new routine for me at age 60? Was it the judo class I took so long ago, in high school — my father’s hopeful but feckless plan for me to fend … Continue reading →

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Review of New York Times article of June 5, 2007

Posted on June 11, 2007 by jsallen

This is a review of the article Cars and Bikes Can Mix, When the Rules of the Road Are Clear, which appeared in the New York Times on June 5, 2007 and is available online. That’s a good headline, except … Continue reading →

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Welcome to my blog

Posted on June 11, 2007 by jsallen

Hello — I’m John S. Allen, bicycling advocate, author and expert witness. I am starting this blog to post timely material about bicycling concerns. My main concerns will be with bicycling advocacy, education and facilities design, with an occasional technical … Continue reading →

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