Re: Buses with racks go a long way

02-06-2007, 11:37 AM

In article <45c61908$0$27070$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
Wayne Pein <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].com> wrote:
>Don Klipstein wrote:
>
>
>> What I see as the best use of bike racks on buses is for getting bike
>> users through bike-unfriendly bridges, also a few tunnels that I think are
>> no better for bikes than plenty of bridges!
>>
>
>There is no such thing as a bike unfriendly bridge or road. It's people
>who are friendly or unfriendly, and they choose be either way.

Try Philadelphia's South Street bridge sometime. It was an open-grid
drawbridge (which is bad enough), but they removed the works decades
ago and filled the grid with concrete. Definitely bike (or at least
road bike) unfriendly.
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02-06-2007, 12:20 PM

Matthew T. Russotto wrote:

> Try Philadelphia's South Street bridge sometime. It was an open-grid
> drawbridge (which is bad enough), but they removed the works decades
> ago and filled the grid with concrete. Definitely bike (or at least
> road bike) unfriendly.

Yes, my bike wouldn't like that :-)

It also doesn't like potholes, gravel, sand, ice, snow, black ice, wet
leaves, cobblestones, or chip and seal.

Wayne

02-06-2007, 12:33 PM

In article <45c8f103$0$1424$[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>,
Wayne Pein <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].com> wrote:
>Matthew T. Russotto wrote:
>
>> Try Philadelphia's South Street bridge sometime. It was an open-grid
>> drawbridge (which is bad enough), but they removed the works decades
>> ago and filled the grid with concrete. Definitely bike (or at least
>> road bike) unfriendly.
>
>Yes, my bike wouldn't like that :-)
>
>It also doesn't like potholes, gravel, sand, ice, snow, black ice, wet
>leaves, cobblestones, or chip and seal.

Then if you want to bicycle commute on real city streets, I think you need a
better-suited bike. I wouldn't drive a car set up for a racetrack on
real city streets either.
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