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| bio | website | twitter.com/jdsweet |
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| location | Mountain View, CA | |
| age | 38 | |
| visits | member for | 2 years, 2 months |
| seen | Feb 4 at 14:37 | |
| stats | profile views | 7 |
I'm a Product Manager, 150+ mile/week fixed gear cyclist, options trader, father and optimist.
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Nov 12 |
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Protocol for downhill cyclist overtaking a car? Most concrete set of suggestions about what I could have done to help him out I've seen in any of these responses - very thoughtful, thanks! |
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Nov 12 |
accepted | Protocol for downhill cyclist overtaking a car? |
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Nov 10 |
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Where can I go to change the vertical drop out for a horizontal drop out? Sheldon quoth thou shouldst not use chain tensioners with fixed gear (single speed free OK, but not single speed fixed): sheldonbrown.com/harris/singlespeed.html#tensioners |
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Nov 9 |
awarded | Popular Question |
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Nov 8 |
awarded | Good Question |
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Nov 8 |
awarded | Yearling |
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Nov 7 |
awarded | Scholar |
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Nov 7 |
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Protocol for downhill cyclist overtaking a car? Quite right: I'm certain I wasn't aware of him for at least many seconds (due to watching the turns in the road) because the first glance I got of him was when he was about 8 feet off my rear bumper. And you're very right that - as a cyclist - even if a car is attempting to cooperate with me, I never leave it up to them to make sure I survive, so I err on the side of assuming they'll make a slightly bad judgement at the moment I'm negotiating a tight spot with them. |
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Nov 7 |
awarded | Nice Question |
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Nov 7 |
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Protocol for downhill cyclist overtaking a car? Great, great answer - thanks! esp. the "slowly and steadily" and signaling the rider some way (e.g. blinking light), and I definitely felt less maneuverable (not just slower) than the cyclist on this particular road - bikes just corner a heck of a lot better than an SUV. Just want to help out a fellow cyclist who is perhaps being more aggressive than he "should" but is understandably looking for a little help to continue with an enjoyable ride and these are some great strategies. |
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Nov 7 |
awarded | Student |
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Nov 7 |
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Protocol for downhill cyclist overtaking a car? Here's a segment of the road in question to give you a sense of visibility and width. Downhill grade was at least 5% so cyclist would be building speed quickly the entire time. goo.gl/maps/njDKG |
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Nov 7 |
asked | Protocol for downhill cyclist overtaking a car? |
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Apr 22 |
awarded | Supporter |
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Mar 13 |
awarded | Autobiographer |
