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Posted 10-05-2010 at 09:58 AM by DrkAngel
Updated 10-08-2010 at 06:50 AM by DrkAngel
Copied this Blog, about one of my postings on another Bicycle Forum.
"I was impressed by the thread Bicycle Safety - The Math of Speed. First, I was, most admiring, of the concise reasoning and mathematics, of the original author.
As I followed the thread, a pattern of objection, escalating towards, full fledged hostility, emerged. Beginning with simple disbelief, multiple antagonists, doggedly attacked, morphing into unreasoning, and ridiculous rantings! Now...
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Posted 04-06-2010 at 06:46 AM by DrkAngel
Updated 04-06-2010 at 08:03 PM by DrkAngel
Absolutely the best solution to a rear impact scenario, requires good speed capability, constant awareness, and one piece of specialty equipment.
First you want to be traveling, as closely as possible, to the speed of the approaching vehicle.
Second you must have an awareness as to the velocity, angle, mass and surface composition of the vehicle. Sets of 4 mirrors, or more, recommended, if possible, arrange into a stereoscopic, full 3D configuration.
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Posted 01-04-2010 at 02:34 PM by DrkAngel
Updated 01-27-2010 at 09:43 AM by DrkAngel
Faster is Safer!
My Sister-in-Law just couldn't understand, why I felt that going faster, on a bicycle, is safer. "30 mph!" ... "You're gonna kill your self!". ... 
I feel it necessary to prove that faster is safer. Let me try a mathematical approach.
First, let me qualify;
1. My riding is in an urban area and 95% of the streets-roads are 30 mph limit.
2. I ride on the right side of the road, going "with traffic",...
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Posted 08-26-2009 at 02:12 PM by DrkAngel
Updated 08-28-2009 at 03:03 PM by DrkAngel
I hope no one objects, but I would like to comment on the dangers of "trail" riding. The "trail" I ride is 8' wide blacktop and follows a river, winding through about 5 miles of forest, across two nice wooden bridges, circles a college campus then returns, on the outskirts of town. (My typical 10 mile, ebike, "jaunt".)
I see deer, in the occasional fields, most every morning. They aren't really a danger, they stay on one side of the trail because the...
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