I mean when I'm walking on a share path, I am sticking to the right side so that people running/biking can pass on my left. I know I'm sharing with other users, so I want to be predictable. I don't use my bell as much as my voice, but I've used a combo - bell further back, voice closer to the pass
I do this. I do it pretty much every time someone stops to let me proceed right-of-way before turning right - that is very good behavior that deserves heart hands 🫶 but I only bike hands-free on paths :)
I should just let loose a big old AAAWOOOGGAAAAAH
Now that I think about it, I say "passing on your left!" idk if that's necessarily more pleasant, but it feels more informative and less "I'm here- deal with it!" Sometimes I just say "good morning" as I pass. I've been commuting on the same shared use paths for a decade so I just try to be polite
People hate the bell, people hate the voice - but I figure people *really* hate being startled by a close pass so I make myself known one way or another. Would rather that than scare someone.
also wtf is the language "'I was distracted,' she admits" when she is clearly walking on sidewalks?! "Admits"?
Some people might just use Strava to track a ride, not to "win" or "lose" something 🤷
Nice truck nutz 😂
I learned recently too - like two weeks ago 😂 and, boom, it's all up on my TL. Love that!
That's actually the highly toxic lookalike, False Hellebore! naturallycuriouswithmaryholland.wordpress.com/2019/05/15/f...
The Birdcage
How many BUGS did YOU eat on YOUR bike commute today?
A very happy ✨Gnat Clouds of Spring✨ to all!
Also it's never 10 minutes. Drivers have had tantrums waiting 1... 2... 3... 4... SECONDS to pass me safely.
4 THE BEST
I think people who are not cyclists do not quite understand how often those of us who bike are told that we deserve to die because we have chosen a mode of transit that isn't a car
He's a malignant narcissist in narcissistic heaven. He's in the power seat and has the capacity to harm his perceived enemies, nobody tells him no, the whole world has to react to his drama, and we all hope it'll be different next time. We are all suffering various degrees of narcissistic abuse.
Picture of my bike with a baguette in white paper strapped to its top tube with Velcro reflective ankle straps
I've done this sick baguette move on more than one occasion as well 😂
nothing spesh, a white bordeaux!
Picture of my bike holding a bottle of white wine in its water bottle cage
This was just yesterday, in fact
Screen shot of a Florida news segment with a mug shot of a tired older man with hot dogs taped to his chest and the caption "florida man stopped at airport with 47 uncooked hot dogs taped to his body - says he was 'just being efficient'"
Me biking home after buying too many groceries
only four years?!?!
Do you do this for the ratio? Is your social media strategy to troll people who <checks notes> actually care about pedestrian safety? You *SHOULD* ASSUME DRIVERS WILL STOP FOR YOU IN A CROSSWALK *BECAUSE IT IS THE LAW* FOR DRIVERS TO DO SO.
And, sadly, shitbags like you blame the pedestrians. If it's so sad why are you making this a joke. DRIVERS need to be slowing down and paying attention approaching all crosswalks. You need to get some education about the actual rules of the road and craft your ghoulish PSA's in accordance.
Think of people who have literally been killed in the crosswalk and then imagine their family seeing this. Imagine YOU getting struck down in a crosswalk and seeing this video mocking your death and blaming you for it. This is disgusting. Take it down. Make it about distracted driving.
Stopping for pedestrians in crosswalks is*legally required* of drivers. Doing a little dance and staring drivers down and genuflecting and waving little flags and wearing vests IS NOT. The person piloting the multi-ton machine needs to be ready to stop for any reason.
This is so shitty y'all. Why are you making a comedy about pedestrians getting plowed into by a speeding vehicle *in a crosswalk*? Are you trying to say that the pedestrian deserved to be plowed into because they looked down? I really need to reflect on the message you are sending here.
We did Carmina Burana in college too! The air conditioner broke in the concert hall the day we performed and it added to the drama and created an immersive hell-like experience 😂
I couldn't bike it up the large hill that's on my way home, so I stashed it under a tree and it's nearer to my area now. I don't know why I'm assuming everybody would be like "omg walnut" and drag it away 😂 The small branch end wants to be split!
Tree stump and the cut log in the woods. The wood is beautiful and brown. It is a walnut tree.
My hand with a handful of walnut shells, confirming that the tree stump is a walnut tree
The jumbo walnut tree log on my humble Burley bike trailer. It is a big log and I absolutely went over the carrying capacity of the trailer
Selfie with my bike trailer and the jumbo walnut tree log on it
When life hands you walnut, take the walnut. My best #CarryShitOlympics yet 🪵💪
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