moominmolly: (bike)
moominmolly ([personal profile] moominmolly) wrote2009-06-03 10:53 am
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bike tips

This is the best simple, straightforward guide about how to safely ride in the city that I think I've ever seen. I especially want to impress #9, subpoint 2 on, like, everybody in the world. Hat tip to [livejournal.com profile] coraline.

Also OMG I have horns:
ride of the valkyrie

[identity profile] vimnelius.livejournal.com 2009-06-04 09:21 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, #9.1 is the one that makes me the most nervous, both as a bicyclist and a car driver.

[identity profile] moominmolly.livejournal.com 2009-06-04 02:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah! Yeah.

As a car driver I think I also really hate cyclists who are jerks in traffic in unnecessary ways, running red lights in traffic, things like that; I just wind up thinking, HEY, it's YOU that makes cars think I'm an asshole when I'm on a bike! GRRR.

When I'm on a bike, I just mumble "rzmfrzm!@#^^*!% hotshot hipster" at those people, because from that perspective they bother me less.