Pink socks, tv, etc. : commuter route celebration

[Tri Girl]

Super cool!!! Sounds like it was a great way to open a great pathway. How forward thinking of your city to start this 10 years ago.
Cool that your pink socks made the spot!

I like the bus bike rack demo guy. I wish I could practice on one before trying to use one. I really think about using the bus (especially on ozone alert days when it's free), but I'm so worried about not knowing how to operate the bus bike rack, that I don't do it. I know- I should just suck it up and try. I just don't want to be the annoying bike girl who holds the bus up for 10 minutes while she tries to figure it out.

[shootingstar]

I like the bus bike rack demo guy. I wish I could practice on one before trying to use one. I really think about using the bus (especially on ozone alert days when it's free), but I'm so worried about not knowing how to operate the bus bike rack, that I don't do it. I know- I should just suck it up and try. I just don't want to be the annoying bike girl who holds the bus up for 10 minutes while she tries to figure it out.

+1. Feel your aggravation. Me too, I dislike whole bus watching me struggle..at peak hr.

Photo shows an older model which is still on some of our buses. New models require hand strength to deal with the bike holder clasps on the rack. Both male and female cyclists complain about this problem.

Another pic of some participants below. The baby bike is on top of the bike trailer which there was a child inside that the woman /mother was pulling along today.

[Jones]

shootingstar-sounds like you had a fun day. Is there anyway to link the actually news broadcast so we can watch. I love happy bike news.

Tri Girl- if you contact the bus company they may let you come to the bus yard to learn to put your bike on the racks. You can even suggest they have a demo day the next time your area has a bike event. I'm sure if you are worried about the racks other people are too.

[Tri Girl]

Tri Girl- if you contact the bus company they may let you come to the bus yard to learn to put your bike on the racks. You can even suggest they have a demo day the next time your area has a bike event. I'm sure if you are worried about the racks other people are too.

You know- that's a good idea. I'd never thought to call them and ask. Thanks!!!

[laura*]

Tri Girl- if you contact the bus company they may let you come to the bus yard to learn to put your bike on the racks.

My local transit district has two transit centers where most of their routes either start or end. There's almost always a bus or three resting there between runs. If your system has something similar, that's a good place to try out loading your bike.

For me, the hard part of is juggling all the loose items that need to be removed from a bike: water bottles, cell phone case, blinky light, cycling jacket, bike lock, grocery item (to take home), sandwich (to eat on the bus), and so on.

[indigoiis]

I like the bus bike rack demo guy. I wish I could practice on one before trying to use one. I really think about using the bus (especially on ozone alert days when it's free), but I'm so worried about not knowing how to operate the bus bike rack, that I don't do it. I know- I should just suck it up and try. I just don't want to be the annoying bike girl who holds the bus up for 10 minutes while she tries to figure it out.

It is WAY easier than you might think, and the bus driver will usually give you a hand if you ask nicely. This winter, on a bus I don't usually ride, the bus rack was frozen (they wash the buses at night) and I could NOT get the thing down. The bus driver came out and we shook it and shook it. Then a big guy passenger got off the bus and the three of us shook it until it came loose. People are psyched when they can help. Don't be afraid - GO FOR IT!