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July 11, 2005
Bike List #2
Zipping past cars stuck in traffic on Market Street whilst on the bike induces much glee. A word not to be confused with Twee. Yes, I'm still annoyed about that...
Anyway, these are my favorite time-saving, non-SFBC-sanctioned [er, illegal] moves for shaving an extra few seconds off the bike commute:
--running red lights
--running stop signs
--making right turns against red lights when the sign clearly says No Right Turn On Red [Gratuitous Obscure Fact That Illustrates My Worldliness: it's never legal to make a right turn on a red on Montreal Island.]
--riding on the sidewalk (to go left where the sign clearly says Right Turn Only)
--riding the against traffic in the wrong bike lane (during the half a block right before the office only, and only if there's a convenient break in traffic for me to get across the street... and yes I realize it's annoying that I complained about this in the first Bike List since I do it myself. Oh well. If there were ever other people in that bike lane, they could blog about how hazardous it is to avoid me...)))))
I do try to ride outside the door zone whenever possible. This has nothing to do with my being a rule-abider, which I am, other than this list (and maybe a few others); it's because I'm convinced it's only a matter of time before I get doored. If you do want to follow the rules, check out this handy guide from SFBC. I love them. Especially when they do free valet bike parking at events.
Posted by Elizabeth at July 11, 2005 08:56 AM