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Subject: Re: Nice Bike to Work Day yesterday.
Date: Sun, 19 May 2024 08:57:04 -0500
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On 5/19/2024 6:33 AM, Wolfgang Strobl wrote:
> On Fri, 17 May 2024 18:07:44 -0700 sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Nice Bike to Work Day was yesterday. First time since the company I work
>> for changed locations that I rode in. A longer ride than our old office
>> but a good route, about one third of it on a creekside MUP.
>>
>> Very Silicon Valley route. Rode by Apple’s HQ, Nvidia’s HQ, and Intel’s
>> HQ. Some decent swag being given out, but Apple had no presence this
>> year and the food this year was mediocre.
>>
>> So glad that bicycle infrastructure continues to expand and improve with
>> more separated bike lanes and more multi-use paths.
> 
> Roads *are* bicycle infrastructure.
> 
> As pensioners, my wife and I are glad that we now have more
> opportunities to avoid areas with accompanying and most often mandatory
> bicycle infrastructure. We just came back from a vacation in a region
> where there are a few cycle paths for those who don't understand it any
> better, but hardly any compulsory use ones. Weather could have been
> better, but otherwise it was great.
> 
> <https://www.mystrobl.de/ws/pic/fahrrad/20240504/bi20240504c.jpg>
> 
> That's in Germany, in a large forest near the french border.
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palatinate_Forest>
> 
>>
>> Remote-working really appears to have affected bicycle commuting, with
>> those persons most likely to have commuted by bicycle also the most
>> likely to come into the office less frequently.
> 
> Is that so. I started to commute by bicycle in the Eighties, doing it
> almost exclusively til 2011, when a accident broke my bones and made it
> impossible to continue. It took years to partially recover and I need
> regular upper body muscle training to compensate for some of the damage.
> The cause for the crash was an ingredient that can be found on almost
> every "bicycle infrastructure", but hardly ever on real roads: a shard
> of glass that had led to a sudden loss of pressure later, at the worst
> possible moment, causing an unexpected fall.  I had learned to avoid
> most bike paths back then and did well with it. Unfortunately, there was
> no viable alternative to this cycle path, a popular place for bums and
> teenagers to drink and smash bottles.
> 
> 
> Another example of perfect infrastructure, somewhat nearer to where we
> live. Look at that road, about 20 km from and about 200 m of altitude
> above our house.
> 
> <https://diasp.org/posts/34132ce0e2c9013a9ffc28a1592b385a>
> 
> It is a perfect example of bicycle infrastructure.
> 
> This road does not need “bicycle infrastructure”, because it *is*
> bicycle infrastructure. As cyclists, we neither need nor enjoy so-called
> “bicycle infrastructure”. My wife and I prefer such roads just like they
> are. Most people do. The royal "we" - "we need bicycle infrastructure" -
> is a lame excuse for *not* using a bicycle.
> 
> Since 2021, I have taken a photo at this spot every time I touch this
> road on one of my regular road bike rides.  Unlike most bicycle
> infrastructure around here, the road is not broken, never dirty, never
> closed for long periods, and certainly never closed without official
> notice.  Although it is in better condition than most of the bicycle
> infrastructure here, it was resurfaced over several kilometers last year
> and now in a perfect condition.  Because there is important traffic on
> that road. And that doesn't mean bicycles.
> 

Your photos could have been taken in my area as well. Very 
good 'cycling infrastructure' because none of it is 
bicycle-specific!
-- 
Andrew Muzi
am@yellowjersey.org
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