Gentle Reminder for Every Week

Originally posted by Bollocks:

Originally posted by Dupek Chopra:

Originally posted by chimbly sweep:
I have explored my citizenship options for Norway.

Do you speak Norsk? Sounds great. Go for it!

You should try Holland, I think that is the cycling country of the world….they have government owned bikes that people just take and ride as needed, then leave them for the next person.

Can you imagine that in DC…..one weekend and they'd all be missing, in some pawn shop in MD/VA.

Originally posted by chimbly sweep:
ok… so I do have Norwegian relatives, though I'm not a born Norwegian I am just one generation removed.

Also, Madison, WI and many other prog towns have shared bike programs. There they had red bikes and yellow bikes. Red bikes were donated and you take it somewhere and leave it there. It was always a treat to walk out of a place and see a red bike there– it meant a faster trip home! The yellow bikes are free but you check them out in your name and lock them– like a free rental. That program worked, but it was fueled by a community that kept donating bikes.

Originally posted by Bollocks:

Originally posted by Dupek Chopra:

Originally posted by chimbly sweep:
I have explored my citizenship options for Norway.

Do you speak Norsk? Sounds great. Go for it!

You should try Holland, I think that is the cycling country of the world….they have government owned bikes that people just take and ride as needed, then leave them for the next person.

Can you imagine that in DC…..one weekend and they'd all be missing, in some pawn shop in MD/VA.

Originally posted by chimbly sweep:
ok… so I do have Norwegian relatives, though I'm not a born Norwegian I am just one generation removed.

Also, Madison, WI and many other prog towns have shared bike programs. There they had red bikes and yellow bikes. Red bikes were donated and you take it somewhere and leave it there. It was always a treat to walk out of a place and see a red bike there– it meant a faster trip home! The yellow bikes are free but you check them out in your name and lock them– like a free rental. That program worked, but it was fueled by a community that kept donating bikes.

Originally posted by Bollocks:

Originally posted by Dupek Chopra:

Originally posted by chimbly sweep:
I have explored my citizenship options for Norway.

Do you speak Norsk? Sounds great. Go for it!

You should try Holland, I think that is the cycling country of the world….they have government owned bikes that people just take and ride as needed, then leave them for the next person.

Can you imagine that in DC…..one weekend and they'd all be missing, in some pawn shop in MD/VA.

Originally posted by Bollocks:
RICKSHAWS! I'm going to buy a fleet of rickshaws to transport the burbanites about….we can sit and wait at the state line and just pick them up on the way into town.

Originally posted by grotty:
True story: I once had to perform a sobriety test after being 'pulled over' on my bicycle.

Friends don't let friends bike drunk.

Originally posted by chimbly sweep:

Originally posted by grotty:
True story: I once had to perform a sobriety test after being 'pulled over' on my bicycle.

Friends don't let friends bike drunk.

I have been terrified of getting a BUI but found out for real… in DC, you will NOT get a DUI/BUI. you can get charged with reckless endangerment if you're punch drunk and rolling full speed down the 13th street hill. or disorderly conduct if you're biking and disrobing. or running a red light. but there's no BUI in DC!

Originally posted by thirsty moore:
I've heard bicycle theft is really bad there. People steal bikes and then toss them in the canals.

EDIT – this is in Amsterdam, which is in no way representative of Holland as a whole!

Originally posted by Bollocks:
You should try Holland, I think that is the cycling country of the world….they have government owned bikes that people just take and ride as needed, then leave them for the next person.

Originally posted by Bollocks:
Then why don't they ticket those arsehole messengers for running reds then?

Originally posted by thirsty moore:
There's a bulletin board called bikeforums that I lurk on where there was a whole discussion devoted to cyclists rights to run red lights and stop signs. At the risk of sounding like an old codger… unless there's a good reason to run a red light, I don't see why cyclists should.

As to why cops we never see cops ticket them, who knows. Perhaps cops are embarassed to ticket cyclists.

Originally posted by Bollockbusters:
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There's a bulletin board called bikeforums that I lurk on where there was a whole discussion devoted to cyclists rights to run red lights and stop signs. At the risk of sounding like an old codger… unless there's a good reason to run a red light, I don't see why cyclists should.

Originally posted by chimbly sweep:

Originally posted by grotty:
True story: I once had to perform a sobriety test after being 'pulled over' on my bicycle.

Friends don't let friends bike drunk.

I have been terrified of getting a BUI but found out for real… in DC, you will NOT get a DUI/BUI. you can get charged with reckless endangerment if you're punch drunk and rolling full speed down the 13th street hill. or disorderly conduct if you're biking and disrobing. or running a red light. but there's no BUI in DC!

Originally posted by thirsty moore:
There's a bulletin board called bikeforums that I lurk on where there was a whole discussion devoted to cyclists rights to run red lights and stop signs. At the risk of sounding like an old codger… unless there's a good reason to run a red light, I don't see why cyclists should.

Originally posted by chimbly sweep:
How about… cuz it makes us get there fast, faster than cars! I run red lights whenever it's safe. I don't roll out in front of traffic, but if it's clear, I go.

I also beat all the cars I see headed to/from downtown on my commute. The light running helps.

Originally posted by Bollocks:
I bet you red light running bikers would be the first to piss and moan if you got whacked by a car who was very legally going through on green.

Do Brennser and Chimbly also weave in and out of a line of cars then get all pissed off when they nearly get hit by a car very legally turning….do they also ride on the sidewalk and scare the crap out of pedestrians as they speed by, even though it's called a sideWALK, not a sideCYCLE?