Comments for Cascade Bicycle Club Blog http://blog.cascade.org Creating a Better Community through Bicycling. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:50:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on Vote Pro-Bike: Cascade issues endorsements for the general election by home inspector salary http://blog.cascade.org/2011/09/nov-election/comment-page-1/#comment-42081 home inspector salary Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:50:56 +0000 http://blog.cascade.org/?p=8449#comment-42081 <strong>home inspector salary...</strong> [...]Vote Pro-Bike: Cascade issues endorsements for the general election « Cascade Bicycle Club Blog[...]... home inspector salary…

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]]> Comment on TONIGHT: Celebrate bicycle travel with Willie Weir by Willie Weir on the Benefits of Extra-Cycling Perception | The SunBreak http://blog.cascade.org/2012/02/come-to-your-senses/comment-page-1/#comment-42061 Willie Weir on the Benefits of Extra-Cycling Perception | The SunBreak Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:37:13 +0000 http://blog.cascade.org/?p=10911#comment-42061 [...] at REI tonight, reminding a group of several dozen Cascade Bike Club attendees why he loves the tastes, smells, sounds, touches, and sights of bicycle travel, even after 60,000 miles in the [...] [...] at REI tonight, reminding a group of several dozen Cascade Bike Club attendees why he loves the tastes, smells, sounds, touches, and sights of bicycle travel, even after 60,000 miles in the [...]

]]> Comment on Your waterfront by Tonight: Help save the waterfront | Seattle Bike Blog http://blog.cascade.org/2012/02/your-waterfront/comment-page-1/#comment-42058 Tonight: Help save the waterfront | Seattle Bike Blog Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:19:10 +0000 http://blog.cascade.org/?p=10852#comment-42058 [...] have a chance to speak up for a safe, inviting waterfront tonight. From Cascade Bicycle Club: Tell the design team to get it right from the start. There’s a workshop that’ll start with a [...] [...] have a chance to speak up for a safe, inviting waterfront tonight. From Cascade Bicycle Club: Tell the design team to get it right from the start. There’s a workshop that’ll start with a [...]

]]> Comment on Your waterfront by Kerry http://blog.cascade.org/2012/02/your-waterfront/comment-page-1/#comment-41987 Kerry Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:49:03 +0000 http://blog.cascade.org/?p=10852#comment-41987 Love the Seattle waterfront! As an impaired stroke survivor, just want to remind you folks to leave enough time for us slow pokes to cross. I mainly ride a tricycle FYI. Balance issues, you know. BTW, turn signals are appreciated. Love the Seattle waterfront! As an impaired stroke survivor, just want to remind you folks to leave enough time for us slow pokes to cross. I mainly ride a tricycle FYI. Balance issues, you know. BTW, turn signals are appreciated.

]]> Comment on Your waterfront by Jory http://blog.cascade.org/2012/02/your-waterfront/comment-page-1/#comment-41861 Jory Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:32:37 +0000 http://blog.cascade.org/?p=10852#comment-41861 Sounds good. Except for one thing... The waterfront is where all the tourists go. Do you really want to have large numbers of bicycles and peds intermingle? Believe me, the peds will seriously slow you down. There are tons, every time a cruise ship is in town, there are wall to wall people down there. Maybe a seperate lane for bicycles, but VERY well marked. Sounds good. Except for one thing… The waterfront is where all the tourists go. Do you really want to have large numbers of bicycles and peds intermingle? Believe me, the peds will seriously slow you down. There are tons, every time a cruise ship is in town, there are wall to wall people down there. Maybe a seperate lane for bicycles, but VERY well marked.

]]> Comment on Seattle Greenway Organizers – grassroots at its finest by Richard Wilson http://blog.cascade.org/2012/01/seattle-greenway-organizers-%e2%80%93-grassroots-at-its-finest/comment-page-1/#comment-41784 Richard Wilson Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:38:48 +0000 http://blog.cascade.org/?p=10625#comment-41784 In NE Seattle we would just like to have sidewalks. Just a fews block from Olympic Hills Elementary School there are no sidewalks. Kids are walking in the streets even when its dark because there really is nowhere else to walk. In NE Seattle we would just like to have sidewalks. Just a fews block from Olympic Hills Elementary School there are no sidewalks. Kids are walking in the streets even when its dark because there really is nowhere else to walk.

]]> Comment on “What kid doesn’t like a good adventure?” by Chadd http://blog.cascade.org/2012/02/will-seegert-profile/comment-page-1/#comment-41647 Chadd Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:21:54 +0000 http://blog.cascade.org/?p=10569#comment-41647 Will rocks! Great article... Will rocks! Great article…

]]> Comment on Bike maintenance parties wrap-up by Bike News Roundup: CicLAvia is a boon for businesses | Seattle Bike Blog http://blog.cascade.org/2012/01/how-many-does-it-take/comment-page-1/#comment-41536 Bike News Roundup: CicLAvia is a boon for businesses | Seattle Bike Blog Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:42:57 +0000 http://blog.cascade.org/?p=10687#comment-41536 [...] Bike maintenance parties wrap-up « Cascade Bicycle Club Blog – 177 hours volunteered to get bikes rolling for education programs. Awesome. [...] [...] Bike maintenance parties wrap-up « Cascade Bicycle Club Blog – 177 hours volunteered to get bikes rolling for education programs. Awesome. [...]

]]> Comment on Two Reports You Should Read by HorsesAss.Org » Blog Archive » Open Thread 1/31 http://blog.cascade.org/2012/01/two-reports-you-should-read/comment-page-1/#comment-41352 HorsesAss.Org » Blog Archive » Open Thread 1/31 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:02:04 +0000 http://blog.cascade.org/?p=10721#comment-41352 [...] - accommodating and promoting bicycling isn’t an urban or rural thing, an eastside or westside thing... [...] [...] – accommodating and promoting bicycling isn’t an urban or rural thing, an eastside or westside thing… [...]

]]> Comment on Is there anybody out there?? by RickG http://blog.cascade.org/2011/11/hello-darkness/comment-page-1/#comment-41302 RickG Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:33:38 +0000 http://blog.cascade.org/?p=9639#comment-41302 Cygolite 300 on the bar and L&M Urban300 on the head, flashing in daylight and dusk conditions, but on steady at night here in the hinterlands of Federal Way. It's barely enough. I learned early that 200 lumens wasn't enough to ferret out walkers in their stealth, light-absorbing fleece on the BPA trail. For visibility in traffic, I add an L&M vis180 tail-light on the post and a SuperFlash clone on the back of my helmet - day or night. At night, add a Cateye1100 on steady mode and a PDW Radbot1000 on the rear rack. And winter gets an extra kick - hokey-spokes on the front wheels to help them see me from the side. It's a belt-and-suspenders-plus-duct-tape approach to bike illumination. The bar light is aimed down at a reasonable angle. I use the helmet light to make sure drivers on side streets see me, and then I point it away from them. And when I do meet folks on the BPA, I point the helmet light to the side. Next replacement light could be one of the Phillips 'sealed beam' style LED's with a clear vertical cutoff, but the price has to come down a bit. Cygolite 300 on the bar and L&M Urban300 on the head, flashing in daylight and dusk conditions, but on steady at night here in the hinterlands of Federal Way. It’s barely enough. I learned early that 200 lumens wasn’t enough to ferret out walkers in their stealth, light-absorbing fleece on the BPA trail. For visibility in traffic, I add an L&M vis180 tail-light on the post and a SuperFlash clone on the back of my helmet – day or night. At night, add a Cateye1100 on steady mode and a PDW Radbot1000 on the rear rack. And winter gets an extra kick – hokey-spokes on the front wheels to help them see me from the side. It’s a belt-and-suspenders-plus-duct-tape approach to bike illumination.

The bar light is aimed down at a reasonable angle. I use the helmet light to make sure drivers on side streets see me, and then I point it away from them. And when I do meet folks on the BPA, I point the helmet light to the side. Next replacement light could be one of the Phillips ‘sealed beam’ style LED’s with a clear vertical cutoff, but the price has to come down a bit.

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