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[cyclingfool]

Good on you for talking to the guy, dasgeh. May I say, though, that I find it troubling that an adult with a fully functioning brain wouldn’t see the inherent danger of a u-turn on an MUP without looking? How is that not dangerous?! I look around me in the grocery store before I turn around lest I run into someone or be run into.

[dasgeh]

@cyclingfool 95269 wrote:

Good on you for talking to the guy, dasgeh. May I say, though, that I find it troubling that an adult with a fully functioning brain wouldn’t see the inherent danger of a u-turn on an MUP without looking? How is that not dangerous?! I look around me in the grocery store before I turn around lest I run into someone or be run into.

I think the issue isn’t not realizing the chance of collision, but not realizing the danger of collision. In the grocery store, you have plenty of people/grocery carts running into each other, but no one really gets hurt. This guy didn’t seem to have thought through that he could hurt someone else (the cyclist) if he caused a collision on a trail.

But yes, he just hadn’t thought it through.

[Crickey7]

@jrenaut 95252 wrote:

Well, not until 8 or 9pm, but still, some people are wimps.

Well, I pulled out the rain bike and switched the lights over, so it better rain.

[ebubar]

@Crickey7 95272 wrote:

Well, I pulled out the rain bike and switched the lights over, so it better rain.

So we should all thank you when there’s no rain at all!
A week or two ago I did my “rain prevention duty” and pulled out my rain bike and brought all my rain gear. Of course there was not a drop of rain.

[mstone]

I expect thanks for my studded tire investment, which should guarantee a warm, dry winter

[TwoWheelsDC]

@Crickey7 95272 wrote:

Well, I pulled out the rain bike and switched the lights over, so it better rain.

Well I got rained on riding home from class, so mission accomplished!

[dplasters]

@dkel 95087 wrote:

I had a similar problem recently. I kept getting this squeaking sound, and I adjusted everything and tightened everything, and couldn’t get it to go away. Took it to the LBS, where every mechanic in the shop rode it and heard nothing. I realized later that it was my shoe squeaking; of course no one else could hear it!

I had heard the squeak in different shoes. If I’m honest, I was lazy and never fixed it. Then I rode in the big rainstorm last week. Squeak stopped. I guess you really do clean the Gates Carbon drive train with rain/a hose.

[dkel]

@dplasters 95525 wrote:

I had heard the squeak in different shoes. If I’m honest, I was lazy and never fixed it. Then I rode in the big rainstorm last week. Squeak stopped. I guess you really do clean the Gates Carbon drive train with rain/a hose.

I had another mystery squeak the other day, and only figured out that it was a loose bolt in my rear rack when I bumped the rack while lubing my chain. Another time I lost a bolt on a ride, and had to substitute in a bolt from somewhere else on the frame. From now on, any time I get a squeak, I think my first step will be to check every bolt on the bike.

[mstone]

@dkel 95526 wrote:

From now on, any time I get a squeak, I think my first step will be to check every bolt on the bike.

Yikes, that sounds like a lot of work. I’m just going to curse and ride on.

[Terpfan]

@mstone 95308 wrote:

I expect thanks for my studded tire investment, which should guarantee a warm, dry winter

Yep. I bought the bar mitts for my road bike. I’m sure it will be a wasted investment given Murphy’s law.

[dkel]

@mstone 95527 wrote:

Yikes, that sounds like a lot of work. I’m just going to curse and ride on.

Ha! I get tired of cursing while riding, and losing that one bolt was disconcerting in the middle of nowhere.

I’ve gone over all the bolts before, and it only took a few minutes. I’m not necessarily tensioning all of them, I’m just making sure they’re not loose. Taking them all out, greasing them, and reinserting them would take forever!

[cyclingfool]

@dkel 95526 wrote:

I had another mystery squeak the other day, and only figured out that it was a loose bolt in my rear rack when I bumped the rack while lubing my chain. Another time I lost a bolt on a ride, and had to substitute in a bolt from somewhere else on the frame. From now on, any time I get a squeak, I think my first step will be to check every bolt on the bike.

I’ve had similar experiences w/ a loose rack bolt once and a loose fender bolt once, which have led me to do the same — check all bolts, make sure cranks and pedals are screwed down snug and tight. It always amazes me how some things come loose even though the threads were greased and the bolt tightened firmly. I guess that’s what 3,000-4,000 miles of bike riding/road bumps and vibration per year will do…

Edit: To further echo dkel, a cursory check of all the bolts only takes a couple minutes… about the same amount of time I would spend on a quick chain lube job or airing up the tires.

[dplasters]

You: The cyclist I passed on Cedar Ln on the bridge over I-66.

Me: I gave you a quick “You really need to get a taillight and a headlight” before turning left onto Hilltop.

Because it was 6:10am and other than the reflectives on your pedals, you were impossible to see form behind. I really hope you got where you were going safely. But seriously, please get some lights.

[Supermau]

@dplasters 95594 wrote:

You: The cyclist I passed on Cedar Ln on the bridge over I-66.

Me: I gave you a quick “You really need to get a taillight and a headlight” before turning left onto Hilltop.

Because it was 6:10am and other than the reflectives on your pedals, you were impossible to see form behind. I really hope you got where you were going safely. But seriously, please get some lights.

Hear, hear! Far too many cycling ninjas out there.

[nicefixie]

@dplasters 95594 wrote:

You: The cyclist I passed on Cedar Ln on the bridge over I-66.

Me: I gave you a quick “You really need to get a taillight and a headlight” before turning left onto Hilltop.

Because it was 6:10am and other than the reflectives on your pedals, you were impossible to see form behind. I really hope you got where you were going safely. But seriously, please get some lights.

This has been a problem recently for me as well. Now that cycling is becoming a more popular form of transportation (which I’m thankful for), people seem to be less concerned with safety for themselves and others.

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