Good morning
- "WABA will not be providing a staffed bike valet this year, as we have done in the past. The 2008[sic] valet was enabled by significant sponsor support and donations of bike racks and equipment that are not available to us this year without substantial cost."
- Bicycle Action Day in Richmond to lobby the state legislature is January 29.
- One person's rides mapped out over four years (it includes a couple of WAGBRADs even)
- As another defenseless road user, I find this a little disturbing "Weaver put a realistic rubber turtle in the middle of a lane on a busy road near campus. Then he got out of the way and watched over the next hour as seven drivers swerved and deliberately ran over the animal. Several more apparently tried to hit it but missed."
- Lance Armstrong will sit down with Oprah for 90 minutes. So, I'm betting this is the confession.
I see some rides I've done with Ron (and Tim) on his map!
Posted by: Greenbelt | January 09, 2013 at 10:34 AM
I should put some more text on that map. This was the thread where I initially described it. As with most of my productive moments, this was written while procrastinating on something else (in this case, my PhD. proposal).
Posted by: Ron Alford | January 09, 2013 at 11:29 AM
Pretty much ruins the "came out of nowhere, didn't see" statement from people who hit cyclists.
Remind me never to wear a jersey with a turtle on the back.
Posted by: DaveS | January 09, 2013 at 02:27 PM
Like many others, I've witnessed some car drivers intentionally try to intimidate cyclists and pedestrians. They will speed up if they see a jaywalker 100 feet ahead. Or change lanes on an otherwise empty street in order to buzz close to a cyclist in a bike lane, moving from one empty lane to another empty lane to do a near-miss and then switch back to the other empty lane.
Fortunately most drivers I see don't behave like this. But there's enough of a minority to make it a serious problem.
Posted by: Michael H. | January 09, 2013 at 07:10 PM