tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2709321900557973879.post3805696464727906885..comments2020-04-16T09:14:08.741-04:00Comments on The Thoreau You Don't Know by Robert Sullivan: Schluffing!Robert Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17459806143037573928noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2709321900557973879.post-27533592657123436292009-04-16T15:41:00.000-04:002009-04-16T15:41:00.000-04:00How about staying off the sidewalk?
I bike most pl...How about staying off the sidewalk?<br />I bike most places I go. <br />I never have that problem. I stay out in the street where bikes belong.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02833866676254642109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2709321900557973879.post-27177786282269744072009-03-19T03:04:00.000-04:002009-03-19T03:04:00.000-04:00how fast can you go, then switch to Schluffing? 20...how fast can you go, then switch to Schluffing? 20mph?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2709321900557973879.post-8057221601894527662009-03-18T22:05:00.000-04:002009-03-18T22:05:00.000-04:00Stop saying bikers. It's cyclists. Get it right ...Stop saying bikers. It's cyclists. Get it right if you're going to criticize.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2709321900557973879.post-34789641701468038682009-03-18T12:56:00.000-04:002009-03-18T12:56:00.000-04:00please stop writing about cycling in nyc, you are ...please stop writing about cycling in nyc, you are doing us more harm than good. this is just idiotic, i guess if i give running a red light a cutesy name it will be ok.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2709321900557973879.post-76601106070356345142009-03-16T09:55:00.000-04:002009-03-16T09:55:00.000-04:00More people in NYC are killed each year by cars _o...More people in NYC are killed each year by cars _on the sidewalk_ (about a dozen) than by bikes (less than one).Steve O.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13905833445106549609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2709321900557973879.post-89859033817214361962009-03-08T11:09:00.000-04:002009-03-08T11:09:00.000-04:00Hi Robert, just saw you on NY1 and read the Wild B...Hi Robert, just saw you on NY1 and read the Wild Bunch.<BR/><BR/>I noticed that you didn't make a distinction between commercial and non-commercial bikers. The guys (and I mean guys, it's never a woman) I'm scared of are the bike messengers in Manhattan and the delivery guys here in Queens. <BR/><BR/>The delivery guys almost always ride on the sidewalks and never use a bell. They just zoom down the sidewalk silently and clip you -- or come damn close to it -- on their way to delivering a pizza. The messengers sometimes ride on the sidewalk, never obey traffic lights and I am sure they try to clip you, especially if you're female. <BR/><BR/>I think commercial bikers need to indicate what company or restaurant they're working for and their business should be accountable. Maybe commercial bikers should be licensed, I don't know but some sort of training should be mandatory and companies that don't comply should be fined. <BR/><BR/>In your article you indicate that more people have been killed by cars than bikes, but it seems to me that you could be seriously injured by a bike, too. I live at the bottom of a hill and I'm sure a guy on a bike zooming down the sidewalk could do some serious damage to my 105-pound frame or to a kid.<BR/><BR/>I appreciate your good intentions, but nothing will change until you get the commercial bikers in line.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2709321900557973879.post-661220035100885142009-03-07T12:32:00.000-05:002009-03-07T12:32:00.000-05:00Nice, but there is an alternative that affords jus...Nice, but there is an alternative that affords just as much control while actually taking up less space on the sidewalk. You can keep atop the bike with thigh and butt on the top tube while striding with one foot on the the ground and the other on the pedal. This technique presents a narrower profile; you and the bike are in a single file, not two abreast. Being off the saddle and on the top tube presents a respectful posture towards pedestrians by conceding that your not actually riding. Then again, try telling that to a cop. Maybe schluffing looks more legal. <BR/><BR/>- BrodyNYSEAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00910464695733729626noreply@blogger.com