[Pil-pc-oceania] bike crash

[Daniel Rossi]

On 09/04/2008, at 12:24 AM, Robyn Francis wrote:

>>
>
> 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.
>


This is really great robyn. There is something to think about Sue, a  
trike with cargo / pannier for stability and luggage. It does look a  
bit on the heavy side though and it may not fit well riding on a path  
so road only maybe ?.

The price on the website is just about the same price I paid for my  
mid priced full suspension Mountain Bike as they can go up to 6K  
usually so it could be a replacement car !

Things are a little laid back up in Northern NSW anyway so while  
riding around there I found it a breath of fresh air compared to here.

I'm still into the idea of a Smart car sized mobile but it's pedal  
powered, it needs to look like a car for people's psyche to recognise  
it's for transportation and a person is on it !. Or the other method  
is adaptation having thousands of bikes on the road everyday, it will  
tend to stick that way, only problem is that takes time and not much  
has been done about accessibility here yet .