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mdb-tpet said:
I really want the Idaho laws everywhere and roundabouts instead of traffic lights and protected bicycle lanes that connect to all areas of our cities and bicycle parking and laws that punish dangerous driving and driving culture/laws that assume the vulnerable users are to be protected not shoved out of the way. Basically Denmark and the Netherlands in the USA.

I can and do obey most of the traffic laws, but sitting at a light with nobody coming and waiting for the signal to turn green that I can't trip with my carbon wheels is so pathetically 1970s. Or waiting 2 minutes to cross a road to get to the correct direction bike lane is beyond ridiculous.
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Yeah, I have been at lights where I will press the pedestrian walk button and nothing happens. The light just goes thru it's cycle. They are like elevator close buttons they are just for show.
 
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DzynKingRTR said:
Yeah, I have been at lights where I will press the pedestrian walk button and nothing happens. The light just goes thru it's cycle. They are like elevator close buttons they are just for show.
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I call them Beg Buttons.

As in Beg for a small window of time (sometime next week) to cross the a road while allowing right turning cars the chance to plow into you.
 
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DzynKingRTR said:
Yeah, I have been at lights where I will press the pedestrian walk button and nothing happens. The light just goes thru it's cycle. They are like elevator close buttons they are just for show.
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there are a few scattered around atlanta that actually function, but that seems to be the exception more than the norm
 
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cycling vs soccer

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Any tips on dealing with dogs on bike rides? They are getting bigger and sound meaner. I had a big chocolate lab chase me today. I don’t know if it is the chase for him or is he going to take a chomp out of me.
 
Con said:
Any tips on dealing with dogs on bike rides? They are getting bigger and sound meaner. I had a big chocolate lab chase me today. I don’t know if it is the chase for him or is he going to take a chomp out of me.
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the spinning wheels make them nuts. don't know why but read it somewhere.
 
Con said:
Any tips on dealing with dogs on bike rides? They are getting bigger and sound meaner. I had a big chocolate lab chase me today. I don’t know if it is the chase for him or is he going to take a chomp out of me.
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On the rare occasions this has happened to me.......I just pick up my pedaling pace until I slowly increase the space between me and my pursuer(s). After a short while they realize what's happening and give up the chase.
 
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Bazza said:
On the rare occasions this has happened to me.......I just pick up my pedaling pace until I slowly increase the space between me and my pursuer(s). After a short while they realize what's happening and give up the chase.
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On those rare occasions for me, I put my size 11 out and press it on the snout. They get the message and do not charge me anymore. In all my years of riding, I have only had to kick one who was crazed. I pick up my pace also and they fall back.
 
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Bazza said:
LOL.....this was 100% the cyclist's fault..........

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Holy crap. He is very lucky. On a side note though, that was a nice bike lane. I have to ride on back roads and dodge dogs but I don’t really worry about many cars like in a highway.
 
after dwindling milage in both 2022 and 23, in 2024 i made a goal to just ride more and ended up matching my milage from 2021 which was my highest milage year.

in 2025, i made the same goal. just ride more. today, i am about 115 miles short of last year's total. i don't think i will hit it before i leave on vacation next friday, but i may be able to come close depending on what my weekend ride looks like. a big chunk of my miles this year has come from commuting. i have been riding to work 1-2 days per week since this time last year, and due to changes in my wife's and my work schedule this fall, i may be riding 3, sometimes 4 days per week.

i've been making good use of all of the new beltline sections that are going in too.


Runners, walkers, cyclists and scooters can now go 6.7 continuous miles on the Atlanta Beltline – the longest stretch completed so far – with the opening of a new segment of the Westside Trail this week.

Beltline users can travel on an uninterrupted paved trail from the Pittsburgh neighborhood to Blandtown, linking downtown to the west side, with the completion of the new 1.3-mile segment.
 
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92tide said:
after dwindling milage in both 2022 and 23, in 2024 i made a goal to just ride more and ended up matching my milage from 2021 which was my highest milage year.

in 2025, i made the same goal. just ride more. today, i am about 115 miles short of last year's total. i don't think i will hit it before i leave on vacation next friday, but i may be able to come close depending on what my weekend ride looks like. a big chunk of my miles this year has come from commuting. i have been riding to work 1-2 days per week since this time last year, and due to changes in my wife's and my work schedule this fall, i may be riding 3, sometimes 4 days per week.

i've been making good use of all of the new beltline sections that are going in too.


Runners, walkers, cyclists and scooters can now go 6.7 continuous miles on the Atlanta Beltline – the longest stretch completed so far – with the opening of a new segment of the Westside Trail this week.

Beltline users can travel on an uninterrupted paved trail from the Pittsburgh neighborhood to Blandtown, linking downtown to the west side, with the completion of the new 1.3-mile segment.
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I cannot wait to get mugged on it.
 
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