Dontcha hate when individuals park within the bike lane? Me too–even once they’re unloading bikes!

[Disclaimer: photo is 15 years old, that bike shop isn’t even there anymore.]

Properly, your troubles are over, as a result of cities throughout America are fixing the issue by committing to actually separated bike lanes with correct limitations that utterly stop motorized vehicle entry.

Nah, they’re simply gonna rent some tech firm:

See, frequent sense would dictate that when you’ve got an issue with contamination it’s a must to bodily preserve out the contaminant. If there’s crap in your water you filter it. If your own home is drafty you insulate it. If there’s vermin moving into your house you seal the holes. However when you’ve got large motor autos killing your bicyclists you don’t make it unattainable for individuals to drive their automobiles within the bike lanes, you simply make use of AI to create “tradition change:”

Sure, by leveraging the ability of buzzwords, Hayden AI helps cities monetize their very own incompetence:

This will likely be particularly profitable in cities like New York the place completely no one has fraudulent license plates:

I can really feel the tradition altering already.

Talking of change, over the weekend I thumbed my nostril at it by driving a bicycle with glued-on tires and pedals to which you will need to tie down your toes:

Due to the “new” washers the shifters at the moment are holding their adjustment and the Cervino is working superbly. I additionally stay happy with my trendy slotted cleat setup, to the extent that you could be happy with a pedal system that requires you to strap your foot in such as you’re about to present it shock remedy:

Like a lot different outdated know-how, the important thing to utilizing to clips is remembering that you simply’re utilizing toe clips. Certain, you’ve bought to recollect you’re utilizing clipless pedals, too, however when you get the hold of them you possibly can snap out of them in a fraction of a second–plus in a crash your toes typically eject themselves from the pedals like pilots in misery anyway. With the straps you’ve at all times bought to have the truth that you’re utilizing them behind your thoughts and un-fasten them in loads of time to place your foot down, in the identical method it’s a must to bear in mind to take a automotive with a handbook transmission out of drugs earlier than you stall.

For some individuals this entire “remembering” factor is a part of the enjoyable–you’re extra engaged together with your machine, and having to function numerous features of it manually is satisfying. For others, it’s merely tedious and pretentious. Why fuss with all these items when know-how has made it pointless, aside from the sensation of superiority that comes with having to pay barely extra consideration? In fact no one’s proper and incorrect with regards to this form of factor, and even these with an affinity for old-timey automotive and bike know-how often compartmentalize it. Certain, we might experience classic bikes, however we’re not writing with quill pens or lighting our properties with whale oil.

[“Hey, speak for thyself, asshole!”–This Guy]

However I suppose the vital distinction is that, a minimum of post-safety bicycle, with regards to bikes in the end the brand new stuff isn’t actually all that a lot completely different from the older stuff. If you already know what you’re doing on a motorcycle the variations are pretty minor: the pedals are extra cumbersome, the shifters are rather less conveniently positioned, and the gearing vary is a bit of narrower. And in case you don’t know what you’re doing the variations are actually meaningless: a brand new riders is falling over on the mild with both toe clips or clipless, and is looking for a experience whether or not the flat is on a tubular or a clincher.

Fuck it, I’m getting a pennyfarthing.