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RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region - clasher - 01-30-2019 (01-30-2019, 02:29 PM)jamincan Wrote: Fat bike is better. Lower air pressure = better traction. Single speed until the pawls freeze and you're just spinning and not moving forward. Best to run fixed gear for ultimate reliability RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region - chutten - 01-30-2019 Is there a law against touching cars? Damaging/defacing them would be vandalism, certainly... but I can't think of a statute we'd be falling afoul of for touching, tapping, leaning on... even rearranging the wing mirrors or beetling the windshield wipers. RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region - danbrotherston - 01-30-2019 (01-30-2019, 06:03 PM)chutten Wrote: Is there a law against touching cars? Damaging/defacing them would be vandalism, certainly... but I can't think of a statute we'd be falling afoul of for touching, tapping, leaning on... even rearranging the wing mirrors or beetling the windshield wipers. There's a fine line, the officers didn't continue to discuss that I folded in the mirror, only asked about it, but any more, and officers have a lot of discretion, I still think you'd spend the night in a holding cell, even if you might eventually beat the charge in court. Certainly stickers I think would qualify as vandalism. And of course, endangering someone by blocking a bike lanes pales in comparison to the crime of defacing someone's car. RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region - Spokes - 01-30-2019 (01-30-2019, 02:14 PM)Viewfromthe42 Wrote: The other problem I'm having which is new is with my shifters. I have 3x8, usually 2x4 is where I ride, but yesterday on the way home I couldn't shift out of 2 at all, and on the back end, I could move maybe from x4 down to x2, but if I went to x1 or tried to go to x5-8, the controls would advance the red flag on my shimano shifter to the right number, but I would feel a lot of excessive tension, and never actually get a "click", which was new and alarming. In the basement at home, I could move through all rear gears, but the front didn't want to reach the 1 or 3 extents, so the chain could be heard rubbing against the guide. I'd brushed off all snow from all the chain, toothed components, shifters, exposed cabling, etc. If I'm understanding you correctly, I'd put money on it being on the spring inside the derailleur having ice built up on it RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region - Viewfromthe42 - 01-31-2019 (01-30-2019, 09:39 PM)Spokes Wrote:(01-30-2019, 02:14 PM)Viewfromthe42 Wrote: The other problem I'm having which is new is with my shifters. I have 3x8, usually 2x4 is where I ride, but yesterday on the way home I couldn't shift out of 2 at all, and on the back end, I could move maybe from x4 down to x2, but if I went to x1 or tried to go to x5-8, the controls would advance the red flag on my shimano shifter to the right number, but I would feel a lot of excessive tension, and never actually get a "click", which was new and alarming. In the basement at home, I could move through all rear gears, but the front didn't want to reach the 1 or 3 extents, so the chain could be heard rubbing against the guide. I'd brushed off all snow from all the chain, toothed components, shifters, exposed cabling, etc. That would be interesting, as I'm only outside with my bike for the 12-15min I commute. Neither storage space is hot, but both are comfortably well above freezing and snow melts. RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region - jamincan - 01-31-2019 It can also be possible that it has gotten jammed up with dirt/dust. RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region - Coke6pk - 01-31-2019 I'm not aware of any rules against touching a car.... you open yourself to liability issues should the car owner claim damage. Its why by-law officers "fold" the ticket into a U shape, then slide across the windshield under the wipers as opposed to lifting the wipers. You learn this quickly when the car owner sees you lift the wiper arm and then promptly puts in a complaint that the wiper blade is damaged, the motor doesn't work anymore, etc. Not worth the aggravation. Coke RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region - Spokes - 02-05-2019 Cycling in a car-centred city Quote:Cycling in Waterloo Region is a mixed bag — a chance to relax and get fit, and a way to get stressed and put yourself in danger, according to a new academic study that focused on the region. RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region - danbrotherston - 02-05-2019 (02-05-2019, 11:53 AM)Spokes Wrote: Cycling in a car-centred city It's a good article. The key line for me: "Participants rated better cycling infrastructure higher than cycling education or better enforcement on the roads." Cyclists know how to make the roads safer. What is the region doing? Education of course. RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region - KevinL - 02-08-2019 ICYMI: RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region - ijmorlan - 02-09-2019 (02-08-2019, 09:07 PM)KevinL Wrote: ICYMI: This is a huge improvement. Will have to see the detailed design to be sure, of course, but very promising. I like the use of the same circular blue signs as in the park to mark off pedestrian vs. bicycle lanes. RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region - Canard - 02-09-2019 I'm not a fan of them, in their current embodiment. They used the text "LEFT" and "RIGHT" instead of directional arrows. The flex boards will be a nice touch, but I'm surprised if the "BIA" is so against even having different colour of the pavement for demarkation could somehow be okay with big ugly bollards sticking up. (why does the "BIA" have so much pull with what decisions the city makes? Can't the city just do what they feel is appropriate?) RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region - danbrotherston - 02-09-2019 (02-09-2019, 11:11 AM)Canard Wrote: I'm not a fan of them, in their current embodiment. They used the text "LEFT" and "RIGHT" instead of directional arrows. I am surprised to hear flex bollards, they were originally recommending metal bollards. I don't understand the change. I'm not going to fight it, but it seems like yet another concession to cars. The bollards are really only flex in the face of a car, if you hit them on a bike, you're still going to have a bad day. RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region - Canard - 02-09-2019 I’d far rather clip a flex bollard by far on a bike than a concrete or steel pole. A rigid bollard will break bones or cause death, as you’ve pointed out before with the deaths caused by gates on trails. Flex bollards may cause you to fall if you clip one, but that’s it. You should be riding slowly on those trails anyway, so a tumble will result in minor injuries only. Also, a rigid bollard will not withistand the impact of a car either. It will also not give if you clip it with your handlebars, so it will most certainly cause you to bail. If it’s a flex bollard, you clip it and just keep on going. I think we could all agree the best solution from the onset would have been a raised curb separation. RE: Cycling in Waterloo Region - panamaniac - 02-09-2019 (02-08-2019, 09:07 PM)KevinL Wrote: ICYMI:OK, but why not place the bollards on the curb/gutter rather than taking space from the bike path? |