The biking thread....

[mcsluggo]

Without knowing Mr. Tiffany other than through this one clip..... i can safely say that ANYthing i can do to annoy him is a good thing

Edited October 3, 2023 by mcsluggo

[ixcuincle]

I've experienced so much chronic pain since biking, I've had to take breaks to recuperate. Just so much soreness and throbbing pain. I had to order some bike shorts today which will hopefully allieviate some of the pain. Because I've done everything, I've done all the research, lowered my seat, put my seat closer, but I always get intense post-workout pain. I really wish biking wasn't this painful, because I like it, but at some point if the pain doesn't stop I will have no choice but to sell my indoor bike

[Yohan]

31 minutes ago, mcsluggo said:

Without knowing Mr. Tiffany other than through this one clip..... i can safely say that ANYthing i can to annoy him is a good thing

Is it bad that I didn't know who he was until this clip as well, and I reside in Wisconsin?

[mcsluggo]

1 hour ago, Yohan said:

Is it bad that I didn't know who he was until this clip as well, and I reside in Wisconsin?

 

I'd call that a win (until this point)

[GoDeep81]

I need to quit getting baked, immediately. Swear to god I saw this thread and thought it said the "Bikini" thread.. Was fast scrolling all the way to page 3 before I looked up and noticed it said Biking.. 🥴

[ixcuincle]

The shorts make it possible to sit on a saddle without debilitating pain...but the ****ing tailbone man. Excruciating tailbone pain that has lingered on for weeks at a time. I think I may have to gasp...take PTO and see a doctor. It's too much pain

[China]

Of Course People Don’t Want To Bike To Work

 

According to a recent report from Bloomberg, the number of people cycling to work in the U.S. is on the decline. The site found that despite millions being invested in cycling infrastructure across America, the number of people regularly riding to work has fallen by 75,000 compared with pre-pandemic levels. But when you look at the state of our roads, is there any wonder people are giving up on their cycle to work? It sucks out there.

 

I’ve been cycling to work basically since I entered full-time employment. First in Lincoln, Sheffield, and London in the U.K. and then in New York, where I’ve been riding around town for the past two and a half years. And despite the Big Apple boasting 1,375 miles of bike lanes and pledging to increase that figure every year, it’s not a fun place to ride to work.

 

Door to door, my journey to the office takes a little over half an hour and includes riding mostly on bike lanes up the center of Manhattan. So I’m already in a fortunate position to be able to avoid sharing the road too much. But still, it’s rarely an enjoyable journey.

 

At intersections, I have to watch out for cars turning across the bike lane without looking. At police stations, I need to dodge squad cars blocking the bike lane, pavement and roadway. At traffic lights, I need to be wary of pedestrians stepping into my path while closing some big business deal. And heaven forbid there’s road works, I can kiss my inner tubes goodbye if that’s the case.

 

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[ixcuincle]

I finally decided to raise my bike seat up and the pain isn't as bad. Basically all the pain I was feeling and soreness was because the bike seat was too low.

 

It's good because I was this close to throwing that bike out and getting a sitting bike, you know one of those ones where you sit and cycle with your legs in front of you instead of under you.

On 10/8/2023 at 11:29 AM, China said:

Of Course People Don’t Want To Bike To Work

 

According to a recent report from Bloomberg, the number of people cycling to work in the U.S. is on the decline. The site found that despite millions being invested in cycling infrastructure across America, the number of people regularly riding to work has fallen by 75,000 compared with pre-pandemic levels. But when you look at the state of our roads, is there any wonder people are giving up on their cycle to work? It sucks out there.

 

I’ve been cycling to work basically since I entered full-time employment. First in Lincoln, Sheffield, and London in the U.K. and then in New York, where I’ve been riding around town for the past two and a half years. And despite the Big Apple boasting 1,375 miles of bike lanes and pledging to increase that figure every year, it’s not a fun place to ride to work.

 

Door to door, my journey to the office takes a little over half an hour and includes riding mostly on bike lanes up the center of Manhattan. So I’m already in a fortunate position to be able to avoid sharing the road too much. But still, it’s rarely an enjoyable journey.

 

At intersections, I have to watch out for cars turning across the bike lane without looking. At police stations, I need to dodge squad cars blocking the bike lane, pavement and roadway. At traffic lights, I need to be wary of pedestrians stepping into my path while closing some big business deal. And heaven forbid there’s road works, I can kiss my inner tubes goodbye if that’s the case.

 

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Anonymous friend used to bike to work every day, it sounded like a nightmare. Always had to change clothes too before work. Now he just works from home.

[mcsluggo]

On 10/13/2023 at 12:09 PM, ixcuincle said:

I finally decided to raise my bike seat up and the pain isn't as bad. Basically all the pain I was feeling and soreness was because the bike seat was too low.

 

It's good because I was this close to throwing that bike out and getting a sitting bike, you know one of those ones where you sit and cycle with your legs in front of you instead of under you.

Anonymous friend used to bike to work every day, it sounded like a nightmare. Always had to change clothes too before work. Now he just works from home.

 

i used to bike to work every day that was temperate... it was AWESOME.   

while others were stuck in traffic on bridges, i had a glorious commute, most of which through parkland.   glorious.     

 

[China]

 

[China]

The Cult of Bike Helmets

 

Last year, health officials in Seattle decided to stop requiring bicyclists to wear helmets. Independent research found that nearly half of Seattle’s helmet tickets in recent years went to unhoused people, while Black and Native American cyclists in the city were four times and two times more likely, respectively, than white cyclists to be cited.

 

Whether people should wear helmets was not the motivation behind the repeal, King County Councilmember Girmay Zahilay said at the time. “The question is whether a helmet law that is enforced by police, on balance, produces results that outweigh the harms the law creates.” For lawmakers, the answer was clear: The potential benefits of a helmet mandate were not worth the harms it did to marginalized Seattle residents.

 

But some local bike advocates argued that there was a second advantage: Repealing the law could make riding more safe. Helmet mandates intimidate potential riders, they argued, by framing cycling as an activity so dangerous it necessitates body armor. That, in turn, can suppress ridership, and take away the safety benefits of riding in numbers. The more bicyclists take up space on the road, the more visible they become to drivers. And as cars more regularly contend with bikes, the more consideration bikes will get in conversations about transit safety and road infrastructure.

 

Other jurisdictions have done away with their helmet mandates too: In 2020 Tacoma, Washington, repealed its requirement; in 2014 Dallas did the same for adults. These repeals push back at the notion that bike safety starts and ends with helmets and suggest that helmet laws might actually pose a risk to cyclists. Now some avid cyclists are going so far as to loudly proclaim forgoing helmets on principle.

 

I have been a bike commuter in every city I’ve lived in as an adult, including Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Chicago, Columbus, and New York City. I travel on two wheels for the exercise and fresh air, for environmental reasons, and for independent, efficient mobility.

 

In exchange, I feel unsafe, always, on my bicycle—and for sound reason. I’ve gotten doored in Times Square. I’m forced to weave in and out of bike lanes to avoid the vehicles that constantly park and loiter there. I hold my breath when a passing truck leaves only a few inches between my shivery flesh and its metal flanks.

 

I do what I can to protect myself. I use front and rear lights. I gravitate toward roads with designated bike lanes. I signal turns with my arms and ding my handlebar bells to attract the attention of inattentive drivers. And I never, ever leave home without my neon yellow helmet.

 

But as with many cyclists and lawmakers, I’ve increasingly found myself wondering: How much does my helmet help me, really? Are there costs to our single-minded devotion to it?

In the past 50 years, as helmet designs have become more sophisticated, adult cycling deaths in the United States have not declined—they’ve quadrupled. As I dug into the history of these humble foam-and-plastic shells, I learned that helmets have a far more complicated relationship to bike safety than many seem ready to admit.

 

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[MassSkinsFan]

On 10/14/2023 at 12:19 PM, mcsluggo said:

 

i used to bike to work every day that was temperate... it was AWESOME.   

while others were stuck in traffic on bridges, i had a glorious commute, most of which through parkland.   glorious.     

 

I am just getting back to full-time bike commuting. I love it - way quicker than driving in (it's super congested here in the Boston area), and convenient when I have to pick up a few things on the way home. I have a post-arrival cooldown ritual (sit at my desk and read emails until I'm cooled down), and it works well. 

[mcsluggo]

i biked in today      

 

(and wore my helmet!)

[China]

Bike Share Toronto urges riders to ‘wipe down seats’ if renting bike for naked ride

 

There’s no ifs, ands, or butts about it: If you rent a bike for this weekend’s World Naked Bike Ride in Toronto, be a sweetie and wipe the seatie.

 

That’s the advice Bike Share Toronto is sharing ahead of the event’s 20th anniversary ride on Saturday.

 

When asked if naked riding was permitted, Bike Share Toronto Director Justin Hanna noted that it’s a “publicly available system,” open to all riders, clothed or otherwise.

 

“Though we don’t encourage it, we understand that some riders will use the system in this manner on June 8,” Hanna wrote.

 

“As a matter of common courtesy and hygiene we strongly ask and encourage those riders to wipe down the seats and handlebars after their ride so that they are sanitized for the next rider.”

 

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