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For a ped, the way to be grounded is to wear a short (1 to 2 feet) piece of chain attached to your ankle. Just like tanker trucks do going down the highway.

That reminds me of a story in "The White Lantern," a book about Antarctic explorations. A couple of scientists have gone on a trek of several days to collect penguin eggs. On their way back, one of them (while they are camping) falls into a crevasse. "I say old chap, I seem to need some...

Your overuse of "quotation marks" makes my knees ache. Normally I wouldn't say anything, but this is a rant thread.

It looks like he's just taping over the rivets, but I suspect the engine cowling will fall off if he doesn't tape it. Probably a Boeing engineer trainee.

Have to disagree. Popeye #1, Bugs Bunny a close second.

Fairly often I see (in my helmet mirror) someone of either gender overtaking me, and almost always they're on an acoustic bike. Probably if I were to raise the e-boost from level one to 5 (I think I have that many levels), I could match them for speed. But what the hell, I'm 86 and no longer...

Locally (Bellingham) we still have a predominance of analog bikes. Most of the ebikes I see are throttled fat tire bikes.

That's a good looking bike, and it satisfies most of your wants. I notice they are cagey about weight, however, which in my suspicious mind means it's quite heavy. Very similar to mine, an Ariel Rider C Class, also a step-thru (and over 70 lbs). The Shimano Nexus 7 is an internally geared hub...

Washington State law now allows bikes to run stop signs (not lights, and of course we don't have the right of way). I now do run stop signs routinely, after checking for auto traffic.

We do have at least one bike lane that is clearly marked two-way. But that one is the only one I am aware of. It is wide enough to easily accomodate pedalers going opposite directions. Peds with children and dogs like to stand in the middle of it, oblivious to any approaching bike, however.

I like seeing a bit of myself or the bike, as this gives me a sense of distance relative to myself/bike.

The Nexus 7 hub on my Ariel Rider C Class (w/ Tongsheng motor) seems quiet. Also, I find it reliable and maintenance free. There is a Nexus 8 too.

I think the phrase "calculated risk" applies.

An internally geared hub would also have solved her problem. I am done with derailleurs.

What a bunch of morons. In what way are those people harmed by the existence of an economical car?

I borrowed a smart helmet, thinking it might raise my IQ. Didn't work. At the end, I was a dumb as ever.

The bird on top looks like a great blue heron, not a goose.

I heard that long ago they were using black gum (eucalyptus) for RR ties in California. Apparently they all rotted out in a year or two. For supreme rot resistance, black locust is hard to beat.

15 or 20 years ago, Bellingham imposed a pretty strict pedestrian privilege in street crossings, even where there are no crosswalks. This was actively enforced for a few months, then enforcement slacked off. Interestingly, the newly-learned habits seemed to stick, and drivers now almost always...