mimitabby
07-27-2006, 01:42 PM
My company is so big that we have bikes to get around the different buildings. So we have a bunch of heavy duty worksman bikes at our disposal.
There was a bike safety class 2 miles down the road at our fitness center so I decided I'd ride the 40 lb 1 speed bike with coaster brakes rather than drive there. It's just 2 miles, right?
Well, I brought my glasses, helmet and gloves because even though i'm only going about 10mph, I still am on the road where large vehicles travel at speeds around 50mph (speed limit is 40)
I was actually nervous about it, even though i've been down this same road before on my "regular" bikes.
The sun was out, perfect weather. A big giant diesel truck went by me and tooted his horn. YES THEY CAN TOOT and not scare you to death!
He liked my purple shop bike!
the class was pretty cool, i learned that i need a white strobe light for in front for riding in traffic in daylight. He also went over how important it was to take your lane so that cars don't try to "share" it with you.
He actually went over 2 of the points that are covered on that website that Nanci found http://bicyclesafe.com/
He said you should just be able to get 2 fingers under your helmet strap.
Then I rode back to my office on the purple bike, newly confident on yet another bike.
There was a bike safety class 2 miles down the road at our fitness center so I decided I'd ride the 40 lb 1 speed bike with coaster brakes rather than drive there. It's just 2 miles, right?
Well, I brought my glasses, helmet and gloves because even though i'm only going about 10mph, I still am on the road where large vehicles travel at speeds around 50mph (speed limit is 40)
I was actually nervous about it, even though i've been down this same road before on my "regular" bikes.
The sun was out, perfect weather. A big giant diesel truck went by me and tooted his horn. YES THEY CAN TOOT and not scare you to death!
He liked my purple shop bike!
the class was pretty cool, i learned that i need a white strobe light for in front for riding in traffic in daylight. He also went over how important it was to take your lane so that cars don't try to "share" it with you.
He actually went over 2 of the points that are covered on that website that Nanci found http://bicyclesafe.com/
He said you should just be able to get 2 fingers under your helmet strap.
Then I rode back to my office on the purple bike, newly confident on yet another bike.