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What does 'salmon' mean here? The first time I read it above, I thought you meant 'slalom' but then you repeated 'salmon' several times so it seems deliberate.

BoorishBears 4y ago
Go the wrong way up a one way street. Dangerous because people are generally not expecting things to come from the wrong way. (Technically going on the wrong side of the road is also salmoning, but in NYC it was almost always wrong way on a one-way
bityard 4y ago
I want to know what it means to "shoal" on a bike. There are just too many marine references here.
- winphone1974 4y ago
  The bunching at a red light, typically moving to the front of the line because everyone assumes they're faster then the people already waiting
- uoaei 4y ago
  It's an analogy, and a pretty straightforward one at that.
- dohdhdaa 4y ago
  http://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com/2018/06/shoal-me-money.html?m=1 http://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com/2018/06/shoal-me-money.html?...
dohdhdaa 4y ago
Salmoning is going the wrong way. It’s ridiculous in NYC, especially on streets, a street going the other way is almost always one short block away. Shoaling is cutting in line at lights. Inexperienced cyclists/e-whatever riders are notorious for this. It’s not dangerous but is very poor etiquette if you are not going to absolutely blow away the people you cut when the light goes green. So, if you cut someone on a Citibike (local terrible heavy bike share bike) on your Specialized Tarmac SL7 in full kit, then, like, whatever. Not that bad. The Citibiker probably doesn’t even realize it’s rude. But if you cut in front of kitted up people on road bikes on a Citibike, you better have some monster legs. Anyways I notice this a lot with e-bikes recently. But the thing is that I am actually faster than them, despite riding a “regular” bike. So it’s very annoying. And half the time they’re wearing AirPods and are just completely oblivious as they do this. Honestly the median Citibiker is not much better, but at least they only go like 8mph.

BoorishBears 4y ago

Go the wrong way up a one way street. Dangerous because people are generally not expecting things to come from the wrong way. (Technically going on the wrong side of the road is also salmoning, but in NYC it was almost always wrong way on a one-way

bityard 4y ago

I want to know what it means to "shoal" on a bike. There are just too many marine references here.

winphone1974 4y ago
The bunching at a red light, typically moving to the front of the line because everyone assumes they're faster then the people already waiting
uoaei 4y ago
It's an analogy, and a pretty straightforward one at that.
dohdhdaa 4y ago
http://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com/2018/06/shoal-me-money.html?m=1 http://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com/2018/06/shoal-me-money.html?...

dohdhdaa 4y ago

Salmoning is going the wrong way. It’s ridiculous in NYC, especially on streets, a street going the other way is almost always one short block away. Shoaling is cutting in line at lights. Inexperienced cyclists/e-whatever riders are notorious for this. It’s not dangerous but is very poor etiquette if you are not going to absolutely blow away the people you cut when the light goes green. So, if you cut someone on a Citibike (local terrible heavy bike share bike) on your Specialized Tarmac SL7 in full kit, then, like, whatever. Not that bad. The Citibiker probably doesn’t even realize it’s rude. But if you cut in front of kitted up people on road bikes on a Citibike, you better have some monster legs. Anyways I notice this a lot with e-bikes recently. But the thing is that I am actually faster than them, despite riding a “regular” bike. So it’s very annoying. And half the time they’re wearing AirPods and are just completely oblivious as they do this. Honestly the median Citibiker is not much better, but at least they only go like 8mph.