tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5655972254756722998.post7168652861101129821..comments2024-02-16T04:11:30.642-05:00Comments on Tales From The Sharrows: Ride In 6/16: ____ from the ______ Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5655972254756722998.post-91706333700811021422014-06-16T16:42:33.476-04:002014-06-16T16:42:33.476-04:00Quails from the Marrows?
"there are no cars ...Quails from the Marrows?<br /><br />"there are no cars on the road. How much faster does the average cyclist get anywhere?"<br />Depends on where you're going. Through somewhere like Cap Hill where there's not a ton of traffic pretty much anytime, maybe like 20% (in my late-night biking experience). Through somewhere like downtown, probably more like 50-75% (assuming that without cars you can pretty much do away with traffic control signals).<br /><br />I assume that this is also why some bicyclists cut between lanes and ignore traffic control signals: They want to reach their maximum speed potential. Personally I prefer not being dead, but it would be nice if the two options weren't often mutually exclusive. (but not always: the lights on my commutes on 4th and 6th St NE/SE are timed such that it's all greens going ~15mph during rush hours and it's the BEST [except it ruins the experience of biking anywhere else in the city])Ampersandnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5655972254756722998.post-20919332661962343452014-06-16T16:20:21.594-04:002014-06-16T16:20:21.594-04:00I left for work at 8 instead of 7 this morning. I ...I left for work at 8 instead of 7 this morning. I had to stop along the way. I didn't get to the office until 10 and it was HOT outside. Dang. Can't we average this out with February somehow?<br />I think they should put a huge Lexan dome over all the government buildings. On second thought, this would mess up my plan for pneumatic tubes all over town. Drat.Rootchopperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14920848117942799222noreply@blogger.com