Comments on: Speedlinking 28 December 2007 http://treadly.net/2007/12/28/speedlinking-28-december-2007/ Work is just something I do between bike rides Tue, 03 Jan 2012 06:01:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Surly Dave http://treadly.net/2007/12/28/speedlinking-28-december-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-1109 Surly Dave Sun, 30 Dec 2007 07:12:33 +0000 http://treadly.net/2007/12/28/speedlinking-28-december-2007/#comment-1109 <p>I was only semi-serious. A mate of mine sent me a safety wing for Christmas. It was in fact from the very fine Abbotsford Cycles to boot!</p> <p>At first I thought there was no way on earth I'd use it, but a few more close calls have had me rethinking the issue. I'd rather be a live dork than a dead hipster and lately I've been feeling like a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs. I'm going to ponder the issue - I'd like it if the thing protruded a little more, but it might make it hard to ride through stopped traffic.</p> I was only semi-serious. A mate of mine sent me a safety wing for Christmas. It was in fact from the very fine Abbotsford Cycles to boot!

At first I thought there was no way on earth I’d use it, but a few more close calls have had me rethinking the issue. I’d rather be a live dork than a dead hipster and lately I’ve been feeling like a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs. I’m going to ponder the issue – I’d like it if the thing protruded a little more, but it might make it hard to ride through stopped traffic.

]]> By: Treadly and Me http://treadly.net/2007/12/28/speedlinking-28-december-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-1110 Treadly and Me Fri, 28 Dec 2007 23:22:50 +0000 http://treadly.net/2007/12/28/speedlinking-28-december-2007/#comment-1110 <p>I hadn't really considered that, but then I tend not to carry a single pannier (it's both or none for me). It definitely makes sense to take advantage of whatever you're carrying to make yourself look more bulky.</p> I hadn’t really considered that, but then I tend not to carry a single pannier (it’s both or none for me). It definitely makes sense to take advantage of whatever you’re carrying to make yourself look more bulky.

]]> By: Charlie B. http://treadly.net/2007/12/28/speedlinking-28-december-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-1111 Charlie B. Fri, 28 Dec 2007 11:49:56 +0000 http://treadly.net/2007/12/28/speedlinking-28-december-2007/#comment-1111 <p>The "looking wider" thing is why I always carry a single pannier, if I only have the one on me, on the traffic side (so if in a country where we drive on the left, the pannier is on the right side). It's purely an optical effect, but it makes you look wider that side, and if that means you get another foot of room, that can only be a good thing.</p> <p>In fact, it erks me when I see single panniers on the wrong side...</p> The “looking wider” thing is why I always carry a single pannier, if I only have the one on me, on the traffic side (so if in a country where we drive on the left, the pannier is on the right side). It’s purely an optical effect, but it makes you look wider that side, and if that means you get another foot of room, that can only be a good thing.

In fact, it erks me when I see single panniers on the wrong side…

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