Reality Check
A couple years ago I asked some friends for advice on a good route from my home to downtown. One of them suggested Preston Road. I thought he was nuts! It’s SIX lanes! Do you know how many cars there [...]
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CRASH! Avoiding the Dreaded Left-Cross
Last Christmas, Santa brought me a video camera. For 6 months I’ve been recording my commute, waiting for something (anything!) interesting to happen. I have dozens and dozens of hours of completely boring, totally uneventful video. It’s the reality of [...]
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Getting the Road to Yourself
The key to confident cycling lies in your powers of observation. The safest and most competent traffic cyclists are not necessarily bold or fast. They are observant. They identify patterns in the chaos and they take advantage of them.
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Navigating a Freeway Interchange
This is a very easy maneuver. It does not require speed. It requires the ability to ride in a straight line, take a hand off the handlebars to signal and maintain control of the bike while looking over your shoulder.
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You Lead the Dance
The epiphany which transforms us into confident cyclists is grasping the simple (albeit counter-intuitive) fact that we have control of our environment. That control comes from predictability, communication and (believe it or not) self-image.
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Mindful Bicycling
Mindful bicycling requires calm situation awareness. Situation awareness is the perception of environmental elements within a volume of time and space, the comprehension of their meaning, and the projection of their status in the near future.
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