Re:How decent bike parking could revolutionize cities
by jrockway on Wednesday October 28, 2009 @06:30PM
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The first comment is amusing; tow trucks for bicycles? It is easy to fix a flat on your bike; stick a stick-on patch over the hole in the tube, inflate with your CO2 cartridge, and ride on. You don't even need to remove the wheel!
(When you get home, you can fix it "forever" with a glue-on patch.)
I think one of the biggest problems facing cycling advocates is the general lack of knowledge among people "considering" cycling. They don't know how to ride in traffic, they don't know how to maintain their bike, etc., etc., so they get scared and never try. (I didn't know these things when I first started riding as an adult, but Google fixed that problem for me in about 15 minutes.)
Re:How decent bike parking could revolutionize cities
by blhack on Wednesday October 28, 2009 @07:09PM
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There really is something cool about knowing that you could completely tear the machine that you're using apart, and put it back together again with the tools in your backpack.
(When you get home, you can fix it "forever" with a glue-on patch.)
I think one of the biggest problems facing cycling advocates is the general lack of knowledge among people "considering" cycling. They don't know how to ride in traffic, they don't know how to maintain their bike, etc., etc., so they get scared and never try. (I didn't know these things when I first started riding as an adult, but Google fixed that problem for me in about 15 minutes.)