Ponderings about trail engineering and blind corners on the daily commute.
Entries posted under "Rant"
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End of fair-weather cycling
In Melbourne, Labour Day marks the beginning of hibernation for the fair-weather cyclists.
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Sub-standard response
Following up on my earlier grumble about a somewhat anti-cyclist letter in the February issue of Royalauto, a response printed in the March issue still misses the point.
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Turn-and-look: some data
While turn-and-look events are common there is a very low likelihood (3%) that a pedestrian, on hearing a bicycle bell, will react in a manner that impedes the line of the bicycle and endanger themselves and/or the cyclist.
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Ring my own bell
What does a bicycle bell mean in Australia? It's a bit hard to tell, but it's certainly not the same thing that it means in Germany.