Posts by Lilith __
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Capture: Mama Don't Take My Lytro Camera…, in reply to JacksonP,
Clever, but again I’m lost with how to make the most of it.
I wonder if it's that thing about limitations making the challenge and the creativity?
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Capture: Autumn lite, in reply to JacksonP,
Turning over an old leaf, or three.
Heh. And even a matching hairclip. ;-)
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Look what the wind blew in!
Yellow leaves and an orange cat.And this year’s walnut hoard (so far)! About a quarter of the tree’s bounty falls on us, the remainder on our neighbours’.
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Hard News: Dressing for the Road, in reply to Jake Pollock,
Anecdata only, but I know a couple of people who have been hospitalised after being doored. That’s why I never ride in the door zone
I wasn't disputing that people get hurt by doors, but I've never heard of anyone being killed or significantly disabled as a result, whereas some horrific crashes have resulted from cyclists being doored into traffic.
I avoid the door zone where It's possible to do so, but on many urban streets there's really no choice. The cycle lane between traffic and parked cars puts you directly in the door zone.
I love cycling on the few streets here that have a divided footpath for pedestrians and cyclists. That's the best.
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Hard News: Dressing for the Road, in reply to Tom Semmens,
There is a time and a place for Star Trek, and the bike isn’t one of them.
Why the hell not? It aint compulsory. ;-)
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Hard News: Dressing for the Road, in reply to aimee whitcroft,
Awesome star trek cycling jerseys? Yes please. Are you a red shirt? In Wellington, you are… Not sure about the other cities :P
http://www.startrek.com/article/star-trek-uniform-bike-jerseys-ready-to-beam-upDON’T WEAR THE RED ONES!
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Hard News: Dressing for the Road, in reply to Alice Ronald,
Squaring the wheel fixed it.
Wow, isn't a bike with square wheels hard to ride? ;-)
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Hard News: Dressing for the Road, in reply to Matthew Poole,
A cycle lane between parked cars and the footpath potentially puts you in the path of passenger doors, but at least you can’t be knocked into the path of moving traffic
Doors will kill you much more effectively than passing traffic unless you’re particularly unlucky.
Seriously? More effectively than being run over? I've never heard of doorings causing serious injury except where the cyclist was knocked into the path of traffic.
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Hard News: Dressing for the Road, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
not dire diaphoresis?
I tend to perspire heavily about
five minutes after stopping riding…aaah! That explains a lot,
The future is wet!!You don’t just
write about the future,
- you live there!!*
and when you pause
it catches up
sloshing against your
semi-porous meme brane…I know inspiration comes before perspiration
and that you don’t sweat the small stuff.
;- )Ian, you are wonderful, thank you for that. :-)
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Hard News: Dressing for the Road, in reply to Jake Pollock,
You can solve that problem by not riding in the door zone. If the car behind you gets frustrated it can pass and you can wave cheerfully as the driver swears at you. You can also help yourself by looking into the cars to see if there’s a driver in there who might be about to open it. Don’t be intimidated into putting yourself in harm’s way. If you’re between the sidewalk and the car you are always in the door zone and always in harm’s way and there’s nothing you can do about it. Terrifying.
So you think we should abandon the cycle lane altogether and occupy the road as a car would? You're a braver cyclist than I am.
And as for looking ahead for drivers who might be about to swing their doors open, no kidding, but on a busy street with a line of parked cars this is rarely much use.
