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10 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Folsom Street business... · 0 replies · +10 points

I was sure I was the only avid cyclist in opposition to these changes. I feel that the odd traffic patterns put me at risk, and the bollards make it a PITA to pass cyclists safely. Like you, I'll take Folsom when I have to, but now prefer 30th or 19th streets.

I wish I had the old Folsom back. It was near perfect for cycling as it was.

11 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Doug Barakat: Wheels v... · 0 replies · -13 points

After 50 passings, getting passed by a cyclist would be almost routine and hardly worth announcing? With that much volume, it seems reasonable that they might only announce when it might be dangerous, unexpected, or where additional room might be needed. Maybe yours were none of those?

11 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Bicycle-on-bicycle cra... · 0 replies · +4 points

In my experience, biking the creek path west of 30th street has to be the most dangerous place to ride a bike in the city. Many fast blind corners and too many different types/speeds of traffic. And there isn't a commonly respected etiquette like keep right and pass left, so there's a ton of convergence.

I imagine the number of accidents is far under-reported in this area. I usually detour to nearby bike lanes and surface streets, because mixing it up with two tons of steel often seems less risky than the chaos of some sections of this path.

12 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - KC Kelly: City should ... · 1 reply · +9 points

KC is so ill-informed it's laughable. The author certainly hasn't ever talked with anyone remotely knowledgeable about the airport.

Most of the planes the author is so concerned about, including the one that went down in the field recently, are actually owned and operated by a local club. It's not a commercial business and nobody's getting rich off those tows.

As a pilot who recently earned his wings from a Boulder flight school, I'm glad that Boulder has such a great facility for those interested in flight. It's a real asset to our community.

12 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - CU-Boulder bid to land... · 1 reply · +4 points

It's technically a "powered glider", because it is designed to glide for parts of its mission with the motor and prop stopped. That particular model is intended to harness wind energy to fly in and near storms and other weather phenomena.

A lot of kinship with your typical radio controlled plane, but also fairly different.

13 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Boulder County rescue ... · 0 replies · +3 points

N number was visible in the video above. Schweizer 2-32, registered to Soaring Society of Boulder. It's a club aircraft.

13 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Ray Keener: Bicycling ... · 0 replies · +24 points

Go, positivity!

13 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Chris Jewell: Cyclists... · 13 replies · +5 points

The problem is that if you're on the left side of the trail, we can't just "slow down". If there's no room to pass, bikes have to quickly stop (or go in reverse!) to wait for the right time to get around you. It's simply not practical, and that's why the rules are the way they are.

The old dogma of walking into oncoming traffic comes from jogging on roads, not from bike paths. Different situations require different rules. On the multi-use paths, walking on the left side of the path creates a hazard.

I'd argue that you can see oncoming traffic just fine from the right side of the path.

13 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Chris Jewell: Cyclists... · 15 replies · +5 points

Actually, richiep is stating the proper approach on bike paths. Unless you're willing to step off the trail for all oncoming traffic, you're just getting in the way, because you're coming towards them and they HAVE to pass you, where if you're going in the same direction they can more easily slow down a bit and wait for an appropriate time.

There are numerous signs on the creek path and others with the "keep right pass left" rule on them, but many people fail to pay attention.

14 years ago @ Daily Camera.com: - Boulder County to star... · 0 replies · +2 points

I hate chip seal on any road and any vehicle. Big disappointment when I saw the sign go up on Lefthand this week.

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