Over Complicating Winter Cycling

viewsfromthebus:

really great thoughts on over spending on gear for winter riding

Loved this part:

Dressing in layers? Sure. But you know what? People who live in winter climates know that already, for god’s sake. They do it when they walk around the city, taking the bus or train or whatever. So they can probably figure it out when on a bicycle. And, after one day doing so, if they discover they got cold, they’ll put extra clothes on the next day. 

cyclivist: This one goes out to the knobend that gave me an extended honk as he drove past me, leaving about 2cm between his car and my elbow.

cyclivist:

This one goes out to the knobend that gave me an extended honk as he drove past me, leaving about 2cm between his car and my elbow.

(Source: cyclivist)

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iaminlikewithmybike:

What drivers can do to be more cyclist aware.

…on a motoring website, no less. Preaching to the converted, but this is an article worth passing on to anyone you’d rather not be run over by. And remember, respect needs to be earned - the rules apply to us too. Ride safe.

Highlights:

  • By law, a bicycle is a vehicle, so treat it like one.
  • It’s your responsibility to avoid hitting the cyclist, not the responsibility of the cyclist to avoid getting hit by you.
  • When overtaking a cyclist you’re required to give them as much room as you would a car.
  • They have as much right as you do to take up the entire lane.
  • Cyclists should never cycle in the gutter.
  • It’s not at all illegal for cyclists to filter on the left or right of lanes.
  • Get on a bike!
iamwhoiamandidontgiveadamn: kungfucarrie: columbusdispatch: Columbus is celebrating the opening of its first of 10 bike shelters (the rest will be built next spring). So far, cyclists seem to appreciate the dry cover at the first shelter, at 1912 N. High St. Photo by Dispatch photographer Eric Albrecht So I’m not sure what I think about these shelters. If there’s any rain or snow, it’s still going to blow right through them. In fact, probably lots of other people are going to try and crowd underneath them to try and stay dry. So I’m not sure what the practical aspect of them really is? But they do look cool and lots of bike people I know are really excited about them. Thoughts? What pisses me off about this: they are ONLY on campus and the surrounding (middle class predominately white) area. When I lived on the south end i noticed that the primary modes of transportation are walking, the bus and bikes.  There are NO covered bus stops on the south end.  There are NO bike lanes on the south end.  The south end is POOR, and the population is predominately PoC.  Also, would it be possible to reallocate the money being used on the bike shelters to maybe provide shelter for PEOPLE instead?  Cause the number of homeless in Columbus is still rising and the number of shelters is actually shrinking.  Not to mention, the number of shelters that accept women, women with children, and trans* people is appallingly low.  If I were to somehow find myself homeless with Cain in tow, there is only ONE shelter I know of in the WHOLE city that would take us, and I woudl have to erase my own trans* identity to get in.  This is a colossal waste of resources when there are way bigger problems than keeping the bikes dry. Yeah…and even the money spent on them I’d maybe rather see spent on other cycling resources (I’m assuming the money was raised by bike-advocacy groups for that reason) and as you said - ANY place other than OSU campus. I live and work near OSU, so it’s nice to have such accommodations, until I go just a few blocks north, south or west. 

iamwhoiamandidontgiveadamn:

kungfucarrie:

columbusdispatch:

Columbus is celebrating the opening of its first of 10 bike shelters (the rest will be built next spring). So far, cyclists seem to appreciate the dry cover at the first shelter, at 1912 N. High St.

Photo by Dispatch photographer Eric Albrecht

So I’m not sure what I think about these shelters. If there’s any rain or snow, it’s still going to blow right through them. In fact, probably lots of other people are going to try and crowd underneath them to try and stay dry. So I’m not sure what the practical aspect of them really is? But they do look cool and lots of bike people I know are really excited about them. Thoughts?

What pisses me off about this: they are ONLY on campus and the surrounding (middle class predominately white) area.

When I lived on the south end i noticed that the primary modes of transportation are walking, the bus and bikes.  There are NO covered bus stops on the south end.  There are NO bike lanes on the south end. 

The south end is POOR, and the population is predominately PoC. 

Also, would it be possible to reallocate the money being used on the bike shelters to maybe provide shelter for PEOPLE instead?  Cause the number of homeless in Columbus is still rising and the number of shelters is actually shrinking.  Not to mention, the number of shelters that accept women, women with children, and trans* people is appallingly low.  If I were to somehow find myself homeless with Cain in tow, there is only ONE shelter I know of in the WHOLE city that would take us, and I woudl have to erase my own trans* identity to get in. 

This is a colossal waste of resources when there are way bigger problems than keeping the bikes dry.

Yeah…and even the money spent on them I’d maybe rather see spent on other cycling resources (I’m assuming the money was raised by bike-advocacy groups for that reason) and as you said - ANY place other than OSU campus. I live and work near OSU, so it’s nice to have such accommodations, until I go just a few blocks north, south or west. 

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