Critical Manners

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Fri., Feb. 9 | 5:30pm meet, 6:00pm start, Northeast corner of Larkin &
Grove, SF , rescheduled if rained out: Critical Manners: a
revolutionary act of courtesy. Come put the nice back in the bike
world with critical manners! A helmet-wearing, bell-ringing, blinkie-
sportin' good time for you and all your bike friends. Practice
synchronized signaling, single file riding, stopping at stop signs and
NOT blowing red lights. Critical Manners will brake for pedestrians,
trolleys, and even the occasional SUV. If you've ridden in Critical
Mass, you know about the "testosterone brigade". Maybe it's time you
rode with Critical Manners. We take obedience of the law ridiculously
seriously.

Please ride a few miles for me, as the weather here is cold, 23° and it
feels like 8°.

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Fri., Feb. 9 | 5:30pm meet, 6:00pm start, Northeast corner of Larkin &
Grove, SF , rescheduled if rained out: Critical Manners: a
revolutionary act of courtesy. Come put the nice back in the bike
world with critical manners! A helmet-wearing, bell-ringing, blinkie-
sportin' good time for you and all your bike friends. Practice
synchronized signaling, single file riding, stopping at stop signs and
NOT blowing red lights. Critical Manners will brake for pedestrians,
trolleys, and even the occasional SUV. If you've ridden in Critical
Mass, you know about the "testosterone brigade". Maybe it's time you
rode with Critical Manners. We take obedience of the law ridiculously
seriously.

Please ride a few miles for me, as the weather here is cold, 23° and it
feels like 8°.

Me too. The temp here is 3°F(-16°C) and it feels like -23.

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Hey- that's awesome you posted the link to my ride here! I started a
new group for this ride, and you all are welcome to come:
http://groups.google.com/group/critical-manners-ride-sf?hl=en

Best,
missy manners

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Fri., Feb. 9 | 5:30pm meet, 6:00pm start, Northeast corner of Larkin &
Grove, SF , rescheduled if rained out:CriticalManners: a
revolutionary act of courtesy. Come put the nice back in the bike
world withcriticalmanners! A helmet-wearing, bell-ringing, blinkie-
sportin' good time for you and all your bike friends. Practice
synchronized signaling, single file riding, stopping at stop signs and
NOT blowing red lights.CriticalMannerswill brake for pedestrians,
trolleys, and even the occasional SUV. If you've ridden inCritical
Mass, you know about the "testosterone brigade". Maybe it's time you
rode withCriticalManners. We take obedience of the law ridiculously
seriously.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/04/14/MNGB6P8R1U1.DTL&feed=rss.news

That's the news report on our first ride.

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Hey- that's awesome you posted the link to my ride here! I started a
new group for this ride, and you all are welcome to come:http://groups.google.com/group/critical-manners-ride-sf?hl=en

Best,
missymanners

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Fri., Feb. 9 | 5:30pm meet, 6:00pm start, Northeast corner of Larkin &
Grove, SF , rescheduled if rained out:CriticalManners: a
revolutionary act of courtesy. Come put the nice back in the bike
world withcriticalmanners! A helmet-wearing, bell-ringing, blinkie-
sportin' good time for you and all your bike friends. Practice
synchronized signaling, single file riding, stopping at stop signs and
NOT blowing red lights.CriticalMannerswill brake for pedestrians,
trolleys, and even the occasional SUV. If you've ridden inCritical
Mass, you know about the "testosterone brigade". Maybe it's time you
rode withCriticalManners. We take obedience of the law ridiculously
seriously.

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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/04/14/MNGB6P8R1U1.DTL&feed=rss.news

That's the news report on our first ride.

Quoted message said:

Hey- that's awesome you posted the link to my ride here! I started a
new group for this ride, and you all are welcome to
come:http://groups.google.com/group/critical-manners-ride-sf?hl=en

Best,
missymanners

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Fri., Feb. 9 | 5:30pm meet, 6:00pm start, Northeast corner of Larkin &
Grove, SF , rescheduled if rained out:CriticalManners: a
revolutionary act of courtesy. Come put the nice back in the bike
world withcriticalmanners! A helmet-wearing, bell-ringing, blinkie-
sportin' good time for you and all your bike friends. Practice
synchronized signaling, single file riding, stopping at stop signs and
NOT blowing red lights.CriticalMannerswill brake for pedestrians,
trolleys, and even the occasional SUV. If you've ridden inCritical
Mass, you know about the "testosterone brigade". Maybe it's time you
rode withCriticalManners. We take obedience of the law ridiculously
seriously.

That was an uplifting feel good article, but there was a comment in it about
good cyclists putting a foot down at stops. That could certainly alienate
tricyclers and velomobilists. I ride a trike and I consider myself a law
abiding rider and I don't put a foot down at stopping situations.

OTOH a modern trike doesn't meet some of the rediculous specifications that
I have read through various links posted on recumbent fora (you may do your
own search).

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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/04/14/MNGB6P8R1...

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That's the news report on our first ride.

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Quoted message said:

Hey- that's awesome you posted the link to my ride here! I started a
new group for this ride, and you all are welcome to
come:http://groups.google.com/group/critical-manners-ride-sf?hl=en

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Best,
missymanners

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On Feb 8, 10:31 am, [email hidden] wrote:

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> Fri., Feb. 9 | 5:30pm meet, 6:00pm start, Northeast corner of Larkin &
> Grove, SF , rescheduled if rained out:CriticalManners: a
> revolutionary act of courtesy. Come put the nice back in the bike
> world withcriticalmanners! A helmet-wearing, bell-ringing, blinkie-
> sportin' good time for you and all your bike friends. Practice
> synchronized signaling, single file riding, stopping at stop signs and
> NOT blowing red lights.CriticalMannerswill brake for pedestrians,
> trolleys, and even the occasional SUV. If you've ridden inCritical
> Mass, you know about the "testosterone brigade". Maybe it's time you
> rode withCriticalManners. We take obedience of the law ridiculously
> seriously.

That was an uplifting feel good article, but there was a comment in it about
good cyclists putting a foot down at stops. That could certainly alienate
tricyclers and velomobilists. I ride a trike and I consider myself a law
abiding rider and I don't put a foot down at stopping situations.

OTOH a modern trike doesn't meet some of the rediculous specifications that
I have read through various links posted on recumbent fora (you may do your
own search).

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As long as you can stop, you can ride with us. We have to put our foot
down because that's what's required of motorcycles to come to a
complete stop.

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gotbent said:

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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/04/14/MNGB6P8R1...

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That's the news report on our first ride.

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On Apr 8, 9:04 am,[email hidden] wrote:
> Hey- that's awesome you posted the link to my ride here! I started a
> new group for this ride, and you all are welcome to
> come:http://groups.google.com/group/critical-manners-ride-sf?hl=en

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> Best,
> missymanners

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> On Feb 8, 10:31 am, [email hidden] wrote:

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> > Fri., Feb. 9 | 5:30pm meet, 6:00pm start, Northeast corner of Larkin
> > &
> > Grove, SF , rescheduled if rained out:CriticalManners: a
> > revolutionary act of courtesy. Come put the nice back in the bike
> > world withcriticalmanners! A helmet-wearing, bell-ringing, blinkie-
> > sportin' good time for you and all your bike friends. Practice
> > synchronized signaling, single file riding, stopping at stop signs
> > and
> > NOT blowing red lights.CriticalMannerswill brake for pedestrians,
> > trolleys, and even the occasional SUV. If you've ridden inCritical
> > Mass, you know about the "testosterone brigade". Maybe it's time you
> > rode withCriticalManners. We take obedience of the law ridiculously
> > seriously.

That was an uplifting feel good article, but there was a comment in it
about
good cyclists putting a foot down at stops. That could certainly alienate
tricyclers and velomobilists. I ride a trike and I consider myself a law
abiding rider and I don't put a foot down at stopping situations.

OTOH a modern trike doesn't meet some of the rediculous specifications
that
I have read through various links posted on recumbent fora (you may do
your
own search).

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As long as you can stop, you can ride with us. We have to put our foot
down because that's what's required of motorcycles to come to a
complete stop.

What about three wheeled motorcycles?

But you're not riding motorcycles, you're riding bicycles/ hpvs. What do
your rules of the road say about bicycles and other hpvs? What about the
skilled riders who can do a trackstand and remain relatively motionless?

Of course you know I'm just screwing around here.

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In alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 17:43:27 -0500

gotbent said:

But you're not riding motorcycles, you're riding bicycles/ hpvs. What do
your rules of the road say about bicycles and other hpvs? What about the
skilled riders who can do a trackstand and remain relatively motionless?

My understanding is that it's a matter of the observing cop deciding
if you have come to a complete stop, and the foot down thing is a
common way of deciding that.

I can touch a foot to the ground on my motorcycle without stopping, so
it's not infallible 🙂

If you are done for failing to stop, then you get to convince the court
to disregard the evidence of the upholder of the law in favour of your
scruffy suspect bicycle (or tricycle) riding self. Should get something
like 1000-1 from Ladbrokes...

Zebee

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In alt.rec.bicycles.recumbent on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 17:43:27 -0500

gotbent said:

But you're not riding motorcycles, you're riding bicycles/ hpvs. What do
your rules of the road say about bicycles and other hpvs? What about the
skilled riders who can do a trackstand and remain relatively motionless?

My understanding is that it's a matter of the observing cop deciding
if you have come to a complete stop, and the foot down thing is a
common way of deciding that.

I can touch a foot to the ground on my motorcycle without stopping, so
it's not infallible 🙂

If you are done for failing to stop, then you get to convince the court
to disregard the evidence of the upholder of the law in favour of your
scruffy suspect bicycle (or tricycle) riding self. Should get something
like 1000-1 from Ladbrokes...

Zebee

It is very easy to see if a wheeled vehicle is stopped just by watching a
wheel. Rotation is easy to see. If you observe car's wheels at a stop sign
for instance, you can easily tell which cars come to a stop and which cars
do a rolling stop.

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