Comments on: The Grim Reality of Urban Bicyclists http://thepovertyjetset.com/2007/09/10/the-grim-reality-of-urban-bicyclists/ Sat, 23 Jan 2010 10:40:26 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: magdalenus http://thepovertyjetset.com/2007/09/10/the-grim-reality-of-urban-bicyclists/comment-page-1/#comment-23729 magdalenus Tue, 11 Sep 2007 20:34:53 +0000 http://thepovertyjetset.com/2007/09/10/the-grim-reality-of-urban-bicyclists/#comment-23729 Getting squeezed by a SEPTA bus is the worst, that's for sure. I wish the drivers would get it. It's like, "Dude! We're on the same team!" But that's not how they think, unfortunately, eh? Getting squeezed by a SEPTA bus is the worst, that’s for sure. I wish the drivers would get it. It’s like, “Dude! We’re on the same team!” But that’s not how they think, unfortunately, eh?

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Even though Philly is crowded, the pavement sucks, and bike lanes are few, I haven’t had any major scares riding my bike around the city . Oh, no, wait. I had a SEPTA bus insist on passing me on the narrow, car-lined 3rd St. right above Market. I nearly fell over and was burned by exhaust.

]]> By: magdalenus http://thepovertyjetset.com/2007/09/10/the-grim-reality-of-urban-bicyclists/comment-page-1/#comment-23689 magdalenus Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:54:07 +0000 http://thepovertyjetset.com/2007/09/10/the-grim-reality-of-urban-bicyclists/#comment-23689 @ enumclaw - thanks for the tip, pal. @ Jen - I hear ya... and Fishtown, esp. ain't safe. I hate riding up and down Girard Ave. It's one of the worst. @ Jimmy - I ride without a helmet, too, honestly. I really should, tho. Bad move not to. I might go buy one soon, too. @ enumclaw – thanks for the tip, pal.

@ Jen – I hear ya… and Fishtown, esp. ain’t safe. I hate riding up and down Girard Ave. It’s one of the worst.

@ Jimmy – I ride without a helmet, too, honestly. I really should, tho. Bad move not to. I might go buy one soon, too.

]]> By: Jimmy CraicHead http://thepovertyjetset.com/2007/09/10/the-grim-reality-of-urban-bicyclists/comment-page-1/#comment-23688 Jimmy CraicHead Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:45:55 +0000 http://thepovertyjetset.com/2007/09/10/the-grim-reality-of-urban-bicyclists/#comment-23688 Thanks for this sad post. I ride thru Uni of Penn everyday and do it without a helmet (stupid old school). At a certain hairy turn, half the drivers are on a cell phone with just one hand on the wheel. Tomorrow I start using the helmet. Thanks for this sad post. I ride thru Uni of Penn everyday and do it without a helmet (stupid old school). At a certain hairy turn, half the drivers are on a cell phone with just one hand on the wheel. Tomorrow I start using the helmet.

]]> By: Jen Simmons http://thepovertyjetset.com/2007/09/10/the-grim-reality-of-urban-bicyclists/comment-page-1/#comment-23686 Jen Simmons Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:44:50 +0000 http://thepovertyjetset.com/2007/09/10/the-grim-reality-of-urban-bicyclists/#comment-23686 I don't bike because of safety. I can't afford for my laptop to be damaged in a spill. I can't afford to hurt my right arm or hand, or be in a hospital. Especially as a person who works for myself, and moves through the world in a body that's closing in on 40 years old... Riding in Philly is quite risky. I do sometimes, but its not my primary mode of transportation. I use to love to ride everywhere on campus in college - on paths with no cars. Almost no one else biked, but I rode everywhere. Even when the brakes fell off my bike! But now? In city traffic? Forget it! I don’t bike because of safety. I can’t afford for my laptop to be damaged in a spill. I can’t afford to hurt my right arm or hand, or be in a hospital. Especially as a person who works for myself, and moves through the world in a body that’s closing in on 40 years old… Riding in Philly is quite risky. I do sometimes, but its not my primary mode of transportation. I use to love to ride everywhere on campus in college – on paths with no cars. Almost no one else biked, but I rode everywhere. Even when the brakes fell off my bike! But now? In city traffic? Forget it!

]]> By: Enumclaw http://thepovertyjetset.com/2007/09/10/the-grim-reality-of-urban-bicyclists/comment-page-1/#comment-23685 Enumclaw Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:16:38 +0000 http://thepovertyjetset.com/2007/09/10/the-grim-reality-of-urban-bicyclists/#comment-23685 That's all great, and sad, and wonderful buddy, but what I want to know is, when are you joining <a href="http://www.ultimateblogger3.com/" rel="nofollow">ULTIMATE BLOGGER 3</a>?!?!? That’s all great, and sad, and wonderful buddy, but what I want to know is, when are you joining ULTIMATE BLOGGER 3?!?!?

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