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From: Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net>
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Subject: Re: Disc brake maintenance tips
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2024 11:32:33 -0400
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On 6/30/2024 3:47 AM, Catrike Ryder wrote:
> I erred when
> I said I'd never had a bicycle-vehicle accident.
> 
> I was hit on my shoulder by the extended mirror on a school bus when I
> was making that commute. I was, at the time, riding in the right lane
> on a multilane road where there was, at the time, no other place to
> ride in that part of my commute. It wasn't a serious accident, but it
> put me in the ditch with a very sore shoulder and a damaged bike....
> 
> It was an example of Forester's "vehicular cycling" idea not working
> very well, but it was definitely "vehicular cycling."

Tell us your lane position at the time. I'll tell you whether you were 
"vehicular cycling" or not.

Hint: Edge riding doesn't qualify. That's what leads to most crashes of 
that type. Timid cyclists say "I gotta stay out of the cars' way" and 
motorists say "I think I probably have enough room to squeeze by."

-- 
- Frank Krygowski