[Pil-pc-oceania] bike crash

[Daniel Drury]

If you want more clearance from the cars while riding on the road, you could 
try a horizontal flag.

  a.. Improves Visibility at Night
  b.. Prevents Cars from driving too close
  c.. Increases Cyclists Road Presence
  d.. Easy to Fit - All Fittings and Instructions Included
  e.. Fits to rear part of bicycle frame tubing, either the seat stays or 
the chain stays
  f.. Flag pivots to be flush with the bicycle frame when not in use
http://www.discountbicycles.co.uk:80/biz/product.php?xProd=2690


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robyn Francis" <robyn at permaculture.com.au>
To: "permacultue discussion list" 
<pil-pc-oceania at lists.permacultureinternational.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 12:24 AM
Subject: Re: [Pil-pc-oceania] bike crash


>
>
>
> On 8/4/08 9:32 PM, "mossmans" <mossmans at internode.on.net> wrote:
>
>> Please also consider who can crash, young children and people like me who
>> are abit unstable on the road, we also need more innovative bikes which I
>> rarely see here eg a three wheeler, but I would love as I tend to wobble 
>> or
>> go off course
>
> Hi Sue
> A friend and cyclist who used to cycle all over Sydney often complained of
> rude or thoughtless motorists, and the dangerous practice of cars speeding
> past bicycles with less than a meter clearance, often the wind generated 
> is
> enough to throw one's balance. Anyway, he found the safest way to cycle 
> was
> to wobble a bit every now and then so cars would give him a wide berth - 
> it
> definitely made for safer cycling but increased the verbal abuse and horn
> honking factor considerably!
> Legally a bicycle has right a full traffic lane but most motorists either
> don't know or don't respect this.
>
> I invested in a motor-assisted trike last year, mainly chose the trike cos
> it can carry much more than a bike and thus would reduce a lot more of my
> motor vehicle use. The tray can carry up to 200kg, bulk is the main 
> limiting
> factor. I find I can do most of my local business using the trike and the
> van only for longer trips or larger loads. It's cut my MV use by 80% in
> terms of number of trips and nearly 50% in terms of kilometers (excluding
> the Sydney journey for APC9).
>
> The Rotary trikes http://www.rotarybike.com are made in Burleigh Heads 
> (Gold
> Coast), very well built. Picked mine up direct from the workshop, which 
> was
> a considerable cost saving.  I love my trike and it's generated a lot of
> interest - see more things like this being the way of the future for
> personal mobility.
>
> Re - my trike, I'm pretty happy with how it performs, it's very different 
> to
> riding a bike. I have the electric motor version and am considering
> increasing the battery capacity so I can do slightly longer trips - the
> existing batteries start to lose power after 3 or 4 km. Would like to get 
> a
> 24v solar charger for the batteries so it's completely "green". The petrol
> motor version will do 80-100km on 1 litre of fuel.
>
> Have attached a low res pic
>
> Ciao
> Robyn
>
>


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