| Re: Holy shatz! Cop stops bicycle!
On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 16:37:53 -0500, Kevan Smith
<Kevan@mouse-potato.com> wrote:
>On Mon, 14 Jun 2004 20:32:45 GMT, keydates <usenet-forum@cyclingforums.com>
>from cyclingforums.com wrote:
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>>On a slightly different topic, how do traffic lights work?
>
>In a lot of different ways, none very bicycle oriented
>
>If you are looking for ways to reduce your wait or make them all while they
>are green, then the key is repetition. Ride the same routes each time and over
>a period of a few weeks you will learn the speeds you need to ride between
>various lights. I play it like a game now. My goal is to ride crosstown on my
>fixie without putting a foot down -- trackstands don't count. In other words,
>go crosstown making all the lights and not stopping. It's not an impossible
>goal, I don't think.
I agree completely...I commuted via a major thoroughfare in San Diego
(twelve miles one way) for over eight years and "learned the lights".
During my 25 minute ride rarely did I have to stop.
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