Comments on: Bicycles http://davetroy.com/posts/bicycles Design, Entrepreneurship, Economics and Software Tue, 08 May 2012 16:58:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: The Human Car http://davetroy.com/posts/bicycles#comment-147 The Human Car Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:22:14 +0000 http://davetroy.com/?p=45#comment-147 A very well written post! I really wish topics like this could make it in the papers but unfortunately bicycling is considered an undoable "sport" by far too many for all the wrong reasons. Thanks for articulating that it indeed can be doable and enjoyable by many, all we really have to do is value our surroundings and the human experience. (Note, I hope you don’t mind I shared this entry on BaltimoreSpokes.org TIA) A very well written post! I really wish topics like this could make it in the papers but unfortunately bicycling is considered an undoable “sport” by far too many for all the wrong reasons. Thanks for articulating that it indeed can be doable and enjoyable by many, all we really have to do is value our surroundings and the human experience. (Note, I hope you don’t mind I shared this entry on BaltimoreSpokes.org TIA)

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]]> By: Scott http://davetroy.com/posts/bicycles#comment-145 Scott Mon, 22 Sep 2008 04:13:42 +0000 http://davetroy.com/?p=45#comment-145 Hey, I could go an at great length about this subject, but at heart, the problem is this: in the US (and to a lesser extent Canada) the bicycle is essentially a toy, whether for children or adults. In Europe, it's just one of several perfectly normal ways of moving around, so the needs of cyclists are automatically factored into urban transportation planning. One of the worst things for cycling, in my view, is the construction of dedicated "pleasure" cycling trails. I remember these particulary from the two years I lived in DC. They aren't easy to get on and off, often don't go anywhere particularly relevant for commuting, and are generally useless for anything but excursions. But because they were built with everyone's tax dollars, that's where you are supposed to stay - as some asshole in a car will inevitably remind you when you dare to ride on the road. I could go on... Cheers, Scott Hey,

I could go an at great length about this subject, but at heart, the problem is this: in the US (and to a lesser extent Canada) the bicycle is essentially a toy, whether for children or adults. In Europe, it’s just one of several perfectly normal ways of moving around, so the needs of cyclists are automatically factored into urban transportation planning.

One of the worst things for cycling, in my view, is the construction of dedicated “pleasure” cycling trails. I remember these particulary from the two years I lived in DC. They aren’t easy to get on and off, often don’t go anywhere particularly relevant for commuting, and are generally useless for anything but excursions. But because they were built with everyone’s tax dollars, that’s where you are supposed to stay – as some asshole in a car will inevitably remind you when you dare to ride on the road.

I could go on…

Cheers,

Scott

]]> By: Herberth http://davetroy.com/posts/bicycles#comment-144 Herberth Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:24:47 +0000 http://davetroy.com/?p=45#comment-144 I bike along the corridors of Va/Md/Dc and honestly, unless you do it at times when there's really no heavy traffic, it can be the most unenjoyable riding around. And when i say times when there's no heavy traffic i mean at 6am on a sunday. I bike along the corridors of Va/Md/Dc and honestly, unless you do it at times when there’s really no heavy traffic, it can be the most unenjoyable riding around. And when i say times when there’s no heavy traffic i mean at 6am on a sunday.

]]> By: Empa7hy http://davetroy.com/posts/bicycles#comment-143 Empa7hy Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:36:35 +0000 http://davetroy.com/?p=45#comment-143 Biking in Russia is the opposite, it's a completely hilly road near where I live. Hills are horrible. -_- Biking in Russia is the opposite, it’s a completely hilly road near where I live.

Hills are horrible. -_-

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