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They come out of the woodwork

Posted on September 16, 2010 by jsallen

The summer heat has abated and the weather has been nice lately. As I returned from a bike club ride on the Labor Day Monday holiday, the Minuteman Rail Trail was in heavy use. I rode slowly and cautiously, among … Continue reading →

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Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, DC: Incredible Shrinking Bike Lanes

Posted on August 18, 2010 by jsallen

Slam dunk indeed. It turned out that bicyclists were slammed, and dunked.
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Travel time and lifetime

Posted on August 10, 2010 by jsallen

Though they are not first to do this, Dutch researchers have calculated the effects of different travel mode choices on life expectancy. The study is called Do the Health Benefits of Cycling Outweigh the Risks? The researchers based their calculations … Continue reading →

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It isn’t about weight

Posted on May 27, 2010 by jsallen

“Your 25-pound bicycle is no match for a 10,000 pound truck.” You’ve probably heard that before. So, if you collide with a 10,000 pound truck, the impact will be much, much worse than if you collide with a passenger car, … Continue reading →

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German cycling organization’s comments on cycle tracks

Posted on March 29, 2010 by jsallen

Here are the comments in English. The translation is posted with permission granted by Heinz Brockmann of the ADFC (German Cycling Federation) Bottrop chapter. Many thanks! And here is the same document in the original German. Please note that the … Continue reading →

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Hawthorne Bridge discussion gets thorny

Posted on November 9, 2008 by jsallen

Riding a bicycle on a sidewalk is rarely a better choice than riding in the street, but it is better on the Hawthorne bridge in Portland, Oregon, which has a narrow roadway with a treacherous steel-grid deck. I first rode … 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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Bike box rationales

Posted on September 22, 2008 by jsallen

On another Web page, I have discussed the features and operational characteristics of so-called “bike boxes”, in which bicyclists wait for traffic signals ahead of the stop line for motor traffic. I recommend that page as background information for this … 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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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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