Typically, they’re the ones who are stuck, and I’m the one still moving (slowly). I’ll get home in twice my usual time, but that’s still half the time they’ll take.
Actually, it is true. It is dangerous because there are dangerous “caged” on the road…
Greetings from Moscow (yep, Russia), keep the good work… it is inspirational to me commuting here!
Ever notice how it’s only dangerous when you are riding on the same road that they are driving on? Kind of tells you where the danger is coming from, doesn’t it….?
actually i noticed that i hurt myself in 4 out of 6 times when i was riding over a bridge. nr 5 was a dog leash and finally a tramway rail. no cars involved though more than half of my daily 40km trip is on inner city roads.
First sprinkling of snow in southwest Poland today, glad to roll out the bike with internal gears and studded tires. Did see three other bike tracks in the forest road during the commute.
I’ll admit that there is a greater danger BIking than there is in a car. It takes much slicker conditions for a four wheeled vehicle to fall over, than for a two wheeled vehicle.
That’s why I use spiked tires from october to easter.
However, on a bike you will never slip with 80mph, heading for a tree…
No, I think it is more save to ride than drive.
@Stefan – agree that greater stability is great – but the downside is that a lot of trikes have smaller wheels which seem harder to get to roll through snow, and you have three times as many tracks – on a bike you only need one trodden down (wheeled down?) rut – the trike wheel spacing usually doesn’t match what’s there.
As for ‘two wheeled leaving only one rut? – Have you ever actually observed your tracks?
In order to balance and stay upright we actually weave, which means that while the back wheel leave a fairly straight rut, the front wheel weaves side to side of that rut.
Not easy to actually do, but you will be able to prove the concept of ‘counter-steering’ as you start a turn and the front wheel starts the turn by going in the opposite direction!
NB: a three-wheeled machine leaves three ruts in a straight line but has no need to weave…
Tencon, I think troiker was referring to the single ‘trodden down’ rut that the motor vehicles leave; that’s usually enough relatively-clear road surface to permit the stabilizing ‘wobble’ that you made reference to.
Typically, they’re the ones who are stuck, and I’m the one still moving (slowly). I’ll get home in twice my usual time, but that’s still half the time they’ll take.
Actually, it is true. It is dangerous because there are dangerous “caged” on the road…
Greetings from Moscow (yep, Russia), keep the good work… it is inspirational to me commuting here!
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Yes, Goddess forbid that we do ANYTHING “dangerous” in the Socialist-Liberal Nanny State ™!
Ever notice how it’s only dangerous when you are riding on the same road that they are driving on? Kind of tells you where the danger is coming from, doesn’t it….?
actually i noticed that i hurt myself in 4 out of 6 times when i was riding over a bridge. nr 5 was a dog leash and finally a tramway rail. no cars involved though more than half of my daily 40km trip is on inner city roads.
First sprinkling of snow in southwest Poland today, glad to roll out the bike with internal gears and studded tires. Did see three other bike tracks in the forest road during the commute.
I’ll admit that there is a greater danger BIking than there is in a car. It takes much slicker conditions for a four wheeled vehicle to fall over, than for a two wheeled vehicle.
That’s why I use spiked tires from october to easter.
However, on a bike you will never slip with 80mph, heading for a tree…
No, I think it is more save to ride than drive.
No problem for a three wheeled vehicle…
@Stefan – agree that greater stability is great – but the downside is that a lot of trikes have smaller wheels which seem harder to get to roll through snow, and you have three times as many tracks – on a bike you only need one trodden down (wheeled down?) rut – the trike wheel spacing usually doesn’t match what’s there.
D’oh! Sorry – that was in reply to Sutrai, not Stefan! Is dsylexia contageous, Tencon?
@Troiker – YES!
As for ‘two wheeled leaving only one rut? – Have you ever actually observed your tracks?
In order to balance and stay upright we actually weave, which means that while the back wheel leave a fairly straight rut, the front wheel weaves side to side of that rut.
Not easy to actually do, but you will be able to prove the concept of ‘counter-steering’ as you start a turn and the front wheel starts the turn by going in the opposite direction!
NB: a three-wheeled machine leaves three ruts in a straight line but has no need to weave…
Tencon, I think troiker was referring to the single ‘trodden down’ rut that the motor vehicles leave; that’s usually enough relatively-clear road surface to permit the stabilizing ‘wobble’ that you made reference to.
Is that really snow in the frame, or Thistle blowing bubbles off screen???
Naw… It’s probably Fizz.
ooops… my bad