Dontcha hate when individuals park within the bike lane? Me too–even after they’re unloading bikes!
[Disclaimer: photo is 15 years old, that bike shop isn’t even there anymore.]
Nicely, your troubles are over, as a result of cities throughout America are fixing the issue by committing to actually separated bike lanes with correct obstacles that fully forestall motorcar entry.
Nah, they’re simply gonna rent some tech firm:
See, frequent sense would dictate that when you have an issue with contamination it’s important to bodily maintain out the contaminant. If there’s crap in your water you filter it. If your own home is drafty you insulate it. If there’s vermin entering into your property you seal the holes. However when you have big motor autos killing your bicyclists you don’t make it inconceivable for individuals to drive their automobiles within the bike lanes, you simply make use of AI to create “tradition change:”
Sure, by leveraging the facility of buzzwords, Hayden AI helps cities monetize their very own incompetence:
This might be particularly profitable in cities like New York the place completely no one has fraudulent license plates:
I can really feel the tradition altering already.
Talking of change, over the weekend I thumbed my nostril at it by using a bicycle with glued-on tires and pedals to which you could tie down your toes:
Because of the “new” washers the shifters at the moment are holding their adjustment and the Cervino is working superbly. I additionally stay happy with my trendy slotted cleat setup, to the extent that you could be happy with a pedal system that requires you to strap your foot in such as you’re about to provide it shock remedy:
Like a lot different previous know-how, the important thing to utilizing to clips is remembering that you just’re utilizing toe clips. Certain, you’ve obtained to recollect you’re utilizing clipless pedals, too, however when you get the dangle of them you’ll be able to snap out of them in a fraction of a second–plus in a crash your toes usually eject themselves from the pedals like pilots in misery anyway. With the straps you’ve all the time obtained to have the truth that you’re utilizing them at the back of your thoughts and un-fasten them in loads of time to place your foot down, in the identical approach it’s important to keep in mind to take a automotive with a handbook transmission out of drugs earlier than you stall.
For some individuals this complete “remembering” factor is a part of the enjoyable–you’re extra engaged along with your machine, and having to function numerous facets of it manually is satisfying. For others, it’s merely tedious and pretentious. Why fuss with all these items when know-how has made it pointless, other than the sensation of superiority that comes with having to pay barely extra consideration? In fact no one’s proper and improper on the subject of this kind of factor, and even these with an affinity for old-timey automotive and bike know-how normally compartmentalize it. Certain, we could experience classic bikes, however we’re not writing with quill pens or lighting our properties with whale oil.
[“Hey, speak for thyself, asshole!”–This Guy]
However I suppose the vital distinction is that, at the least post-safety bicycle, on the subject of bikes in the end the brand new stuff isn’t actually all that a lot totally different from the older stuff. If you understand what you’re doing on a motorcycle the variations are pretty minor: the pedals are extra cumbersome, the shifters are rather less conveniently situated, and the gearing vary is somewhat narrower. And should you don’t know what you’re doing the variations are actually meaningless: a brand new riders is falling over on the mild with both toe clips or clipless, and is asking for a experience whether or not the flat is on a tubular or a clincher.
Fuck it, I’m getting a pennyfarthing.
