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There's not any real good general data of that sort. Many of the old rules of thumb have been disproven by experimentation, but setting up reliable experiments is hard/expensive and there are too...

Some parts of the CCT are very much like the C&O. Some are very much rougher (steeper, rockier, roots/logs, submerged crossings). Not to say that your ride won't work, but just be aware that C&O...

Upright-ness and handlebar style are separate issues. People tend to size drop bar bikes for an aggressive position, but you can just as easily select a bike that will leave you more upright on drop...

Hey, if you can get a local jurisdiction to go on a crosswalk safety blitz and they hand out a bunch of tickets that stick, more power to you. Just remember that I'm playing devil's advocate in a...

I'm not convinced weight is a big factor here. Unless you're very small/light, the 10 or 15 pounds you could possibly save isn't going to make a dramatic difference in your ability to go up the...

The other option is N+1: mine works fine with my rack, probably this is because the top tube is higher. I'd have to look at my wife's bike to see if a rack would fit under her weehoo hitch. I suppose...

I'm not entirely following. Are you saying that you want the weehoo bushing to keep the weehoo halfway up the seatpost? Because it's not supposed to do that; all it's there for is to keep the collar...

I'd be perfectly happy to be wrong.



Now prove that.



Nope, all the precedents I know of involve collisions, which was basically my point. I welcome precedents supporting the competing...

If the pedestrian isn't moving, there's no possibility of collision (de facto, as there wasn't a collision). You're basically arguing that if the pedestrian did move, then the motorist would have had...

Had my fastest commute ever this morning on my way to the Freshbikes BTWD station. Note that this is after I bumped the tires up to 37mm and dropped the pressure to 60psi--proving the truism, "it's...

Was our favorite cop really celebrating BTWD by handing out stop sign tickets at the crosswalk of a low speed, low volume street which was closed for the Bikenetic BTWD station? I'd like to hope that...

You: gaggle of gossipy joggers crossing on the W&OD
Me: cyclist stuck in the road when you crossed, then stopped as a horde as soon as you reached the other side.

Don't do that.

Correct, but hard to demonstrate that the pedestrian felt it necessary to stop to avoid a collision (as opposed to visibly jumping out of the way to avoid being hit). Motorist's lawyer will argue...

I stand by my comment.

Maybe for little tiny people, or those that don't put out much power. :D With soft shoes the clipless(what do you call that thing?) digs into my foot something fierce.

Without the right of way, the car has the responsibility to avoid a collision. Acceptable alternatives are stopping, changing speed, or altering course. If the car does none of those things and...

I tried those shoes, they seem to be sized for women. :) Once I learned "pull back for platform, push forward for clip" on the 2 sided pedals, it became second nature. (The pedals are designed to...

I discovered these recently, and highly recommend them for commuter/utility bikes: http://www.wiggle.com/shimano-pd-t780-xt-mtb-spd-trekking-pedals/

I have A530s on my sportier bike, but prefer...

Yup, that's the desired societal norm. It's also the rational action for the motorist, if he understands that if the pedestrian decides to assert his right of way and the motorist, because he was...

They can issue the ticket, the question is whether it will stand up in court. (And like anything else in the law, 'it might".) But I don't think you can point to anything in the code of virginia that...

Unfortunately, this is the first thing that popped into my head: http://www.bighappiehair.com/

There are very few commutes of a length that even a relatively uncomfortable saddle "requires" padded shorts. (And with a comfortable saddle like a well-broken-in brooks, even a truly long ride...

ACPD can't enforce that. It's a violation of the desired societal norm, but until the pedestrian asserts his right of way and the motorist hits them, there hasn't been a technical violation of the...

No, you quote that for no reason at all. With the exception of suicides (for whom the discussion is moot), there is NOBODY who knowingly puts themselves into a situation where a car cannot avoid...

said residents will no doubt agitate for increased enforcement of W&OD usage hours