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I've been an avid cyclist for 50 years, am a daily year-round bike commuter in a mid sized city in the Midwest, and use my bike for both transportation and recr
by analog31 4y ago
I've been an avid cyclist for 50 years, am a daily year-round bike commuter in a mid sized city in the Midwest, and use my bike for both transportation and recreation.
"Single minded devotion to the helmet" makes for engaging controversy, but it isn't what I observe out here in the trenches. People wear helmets, but they almost always choose routes with less car traffic when possible. In my opinion, route choice is probably the single most important cycling safety measure. What it suggests to me is that real riders are actually making pretty good safety choices.
- rascul 4y agoI don't ride much currently, but when I did, I would go out of my way for routes that were easier and safer to ride, usually due to less traffic. I was able to relax a bit and it was a nicer and more enjoyable ride.
- analog31 4y agoI have a rule of thumb, to avoid any route where two or more lanes of traffic are going in the same direction. Those are the places where traffic is fast and heavy, and people are not completely in control of their cars. Also, those are the places where car crashes tend to occur -- especially at intersections. And I figure if cars can crash into other cars, which they do, then they can crash into bikes.