Tripleshot Cycling

I too have crappy fingertip circulation. And I hate not having fingers.

Four words: Pearl Izumi P.R.O. Barrier. Full-fingered gloves that at least match most lobsters. Also hard to get in town... I had to order mine.

And I agree 100% that the fault here lies with legislators: What kind of idiot writes "instructions for doing something safely" in legalese? The end result is that motorists don't know who has what rights and responsibilities, nor do cyclists, and—most shockingly, as you've alluded to—nor ...

I'm assuming here that the driver started out behind you at some point. IANAL, but the law allows for one of two sets of circumstances with essentially opposite implications: a) The driver overtook you and had in fact at some point gotten far enough in front of you as to be able to consider that he ...

Brakes locked up + tires in contact with ground + not skidding = stopped. Of course, I see a lot of cyclists roll through. Illegal? Yes. Should be ticketed? Probably not unless it's causing a problem (i.e. there's other traffic or they couldn't see that there's not other traffic), because the police...

Hi. I'm new (here) and will be ditching my commute so I suppose I'll have to come check out a Hills ride or something once the commute goes away in a month or so (and it's lighter and possibly drier). Been a while since I've been hill training but I certainly ought to get back on that, it's some of ...

As someone who's been through other pedal systems and ended up with Speedplay Zeros (ROAD ONLY, but I commute on them), I feel like I need to say some things about what Lister's said here: - Speedplay cleats are METAL. They're aluminum, which roughs up with use and coats itself in aluminum oxide, an...

Looking to part with: -Pair Formula TH50/TH52 32h black track/singlespeed hubs (rear is flip-flop). Never ridden, OE from wheels I wanted the rims from :) $80 -SRAM Rival brifters, pair (carbon levers). Right-hand one is brand-new, left one lightly used. $250 Bunch of bars, in great shape... -3T Rot...

These come OE on a lot of Treks, and I'd like to relieve someone of theirs when they replace it with something they prefer more :) Sadly, these are being replaced by Trek/Bonti with a new VR-C version which doesn't suit me, so I'm just looking for the "VR" version (135mm drop). I also have...

As dramatically (or not) revealed elsewhere, I'm named Paul Nienaber, and further to that, I believe it's entirely irrelevant. Largely because they're not involving locals who might ever care to continue a thread in person, my name is hardly ever the topic of discussion in various online discussions...

Sure. I'm Paul Nienaber -- I'm sure those who read the GVCC list have some sort of opinion (quite possibly disdain, as Peter has offered in another thread!) of me by now. This particular issue is close to my heart, as I have, in the last 15 years somewhere, been hit/clipped by 2 motorists passing in...

Peter, Funny you should ask who I ride with. I live in Victoria, but strangely I've found that my primary club riding (and any sort of distance riding, really) happens in Portland of all places, almost precisely because of this sort of situation. I know most of the CRD very well, but I cannot think ...

Make up your mind. Are the streets packed or not? If they're packed, traffic's not doing 50 k/h. If traffic's doing 50 k/h, show me a picture of police holding up traffic and I'll agree with you. In the picture you showed, there was no traffic behind them. My point is that stupid rules end up provo...

Cops (although I'll say I've seen a lot less of it now than 5 years ago, to their credit) ride two abreast on packed downtown streets -- how is this an example of riding two abreast being a sensible thing to do? Packed streets don't move that fast. Why not go two abreast? They can talk, and alert o...

The driver of the black car was not driving defensively . OTOH, the driver of the silver car was -actually- breaking the law, and one of the more sensible laws, at that. Cops (although I'll say I've seen a lot less of it now than 5 years ago, to their credit) ride two abreast on packed downtown stre...

Two abreast is definitely illegal. Despite that (I'm assuming this pack was perhaps riding two abreast), this is still the passing driver's fault. Passing on a solid yellow line is not particularly a problem in the CRD, as there's not a lot of thought put into where they are and are not placed. Howe...