It's pretty simple usually. Don't lane split and won't be no beef.
Ol_Ag_02 said:
It's pretty simple usually. Don't lane split and won't be no beef.
AndesAg92 said:Ol_Ag_02 said:
It's pretty simple usually. Don't lane split and won't be no beef.
Cruising on memorial between chimney rock and Voss. It's two lanes. A cyclist hugging the right shoulder while passing a sign that says bicycles prohibited on the roadway. I have to meander over into the on coming lane to pass the guy. A solid sidewalk on both sides of the street on this stretch.
I have been ticketed before when I had a gathering at my house and had cars blocking the sidewalk because it's a "hike and bike path".
Just don't see a solution to that situation other than don't bike on the GD road when it says not to!
Yep, that pissed me off the last time I was there. They could've instead punished the bikes that failed to yield to oncoming traffic instead of punishing the people that weren't the problem. But why solve the problem by enforcing an existing rule when you can take credit for making a new rule?txags92 said:
The pedestrians who live there have persuaded the parks to in effect ban bikes from riding on the "bike path" in Terry Hershey Park by enacting a blanket 10 mph speed limit, and writing tickets for violations that are more expensive than driving 55 through a school zone, and can't be eliminated via taking defensive driving.
Nope. It used to be, but late last year they changed it to 10 mph at all times. It was Raddack's final FU to cyclists on his way out of office after a long career doing whatever he could to screw over cyclists.drumboy said:
I thought Terry Hersey 10mph limit was only when passing pedestrians?
agnerd said:Yep, that pissed me off the last time I was there. They could've instead punished the bikes that failed to yield to oncoming traffic instead of punishing the people that weren't the problem. But why solve the problem by enforcing an existing rule when you can take credit for making a new rule?txags92 said:
The pedestrians who live there have persuaded the parks to in effect ban bikes from riding on the "bike path" in Terry Hershey Park by enacting a blanket 10 mph speed limit, and writing tickets for violations that are more expensive than driving 55 through a school zone, and can't be eliminated via taking defensive driving.
I would love for cyclists to speed more. Instead they selfishly hold up traffic all so they can get a good workout in.txags92 said:Drivers speed more, veer out of their lanes more, and drive distracted while reading their phones and texting. All of which are far more dangerous than a cyclist rolling a stop sign. Your turn to try again...Bigballin said:Cyclist run through more red lights and stop signs per capita.txags92 said:Yeah, those drivers follow ALL the rules, ALL the time. Never seen one ever not follow the rules, have you?Bigballin said:
rules for thee (driver) but no for me (cyclist)
Try again
We share the same viewpoint.HtownAg92 said:
It is still kind of annoying, but I don't mind as much when Lance, LeMond and Merxx block road and slow down traffic on weekends. But their should be a law against Tour de France training / dressing during rush hour, school drop off or pick up times, etc. Don't worry, you can still yell at motorists to "share the road" and work on your PB during non-peak times.
My favorite move, which I'm sure the Lances on here will defend, is when some DB blocks a lane without a care, gets passed by the cars he is holding up when they finally get a chance to go around, then lane splits to the front of the line at the red light to start the whole d-head process over again.
Thank you. This is how all cyclists should think in my opinion.chico said:
avid cyclist here -
I ride mostly near northside, inner-loop ship channel and east end along with Houston Ave to/from work. I invite fellow cyclists to give Clinton (Jensen to Wayside), Armour and Harvey Wilson streets a try. Very long, smooth and almost without cars on weekends. I record video front/back that has come in handy several times (dogs, drivers). I do my best to avoid cars, thus the streets I ride. I will turn off streets if cars coming from behind, will wait at lights if cars in vicinity but will cross light if no cars nearby (don't want to get in their way). It's a lot of fun, has kept me in decent shape, and I've learned a tremendous amount about the city exploring it from the seat of a bike.
I totally get the safety aspect of it, and if they wanted to get really hard core about the unsafe passing in the segment between Hw6 and Beltway 8, I would be on board with that. But setting the speed limit west of Highway 6 to 10 mph is ridiculous. Particularly from the cop shop down the equestrian parking area, there are almost no pedestrians, and the ones that do go down there have a huge wide gravel road to walk on beside the paved path. Setting a 10 mph speed limit out there is what made it clear to me that the goal was just to eliminate cyclists from the parks entirely.ATM9000 said:agnerd said:Yep, that pissed me off the last time I was there. They could've instead punished the bikes that failed to yield to oncoming traffic instead of punishing the people that weren't the problem. But why solve the problem by enforcing an existing rule when you can take credit for making a new rule?txags92 said:
The pedestrians who live there have persuaded the parks to in effect ban bikes from riding on the "bike path" in Terry Hershey Park by enacting a blanket 10 mph speed limit, and writing tickets for violations that are more expensive than driving 55 through a school zone, and can't be eliminated via taking defensive driving.
When I lived in the area, I either ran or biked the trail daily. I was out of the area for about a month and a half and had a unique experience of leaving the area prior to Covid and coming back in the middle of lockdown. Day after I returned, I jumped on my bike around 5:00 and was shocked at the amount of pedestrians out and about on the trail at the time probably due to not having anywhere else to go especially between the Dairy Ashford and Memorial leg. From that point on, I kept my rides to mid-day until I moved a few months ago.
I only say that because I get it from a safety standpoint during rush hour and have no doubt the rule was a direct result of the new foot traffic on the trail. What probably would have been ideal is to enact the rule during the parks rush hour only or something vs all the time.
it's not all fun & games. Good friend of mine (wearing a helmet) had a titanium plate put in his skull after a truck ran through a sign and hit him several years ago. Another friend had his ankle broken after a truck clipped him. Keep your eyes open for the all white "ghost bikes" around town; these are places where cyclists have been killed riding their bikes.AndesAg92 said:Thank you. This is how all cyclists should think in my opinion.chico said:
avid cyclist here -
I ride mostly near northside, inner-loop ship channel and east end along with Houston Ave to/from work. I invite fellow cyclists to give Clinton (Jensen to Wayside), Armour and Harvey Wilson streets a try. Very long, smooth and almost without cars on weekends. I record video front/back that has come in handy several times (dogs, drivers). I do my best to avoid cars, thus the streets I ride. I will turn off streets if cars coming from behind, will wait at lights if cars in vicinity but will cross light if no cars nearby (don't want to get in their way). It's a lot of fun, has kept me in decent shape, and I've learned a tremendous amount about the city exploring it from the seat of a bike.
I have been cycling that area multiple times a week for months and had no issues going 15+ mph.txags92 said:I totally get the safety aspect of it, and if they wanted to get really hard core about the unsafe passing in the segment between Hw6 and Beltway 8, I would be on board with that. But setting the speed limit west of Highway 6 to 10 mph is ridiculous. Particularly from the cop shop down the equestrian parking area, there are almost no pedestrians, and the ones that do go down there have a huge wide gravel road to walk on beside the paved path. Setting a 10 mph speed limit out there is what made it clear to me that the goal was just to eliminate cyclists from the parks entirely.ATM9000 said:agnerd said:Yep, that pissed me off the last time I was there. They could've instead punished the bikes that failed to yield to oncoming traffic instead of punishing the people that weren't the problem. But why solve the problem by enforcing an existing rule when you can take credit for making a new rule?txags92 said:
The pedestrians who live there have persuaded the parks to in effect ban bikes from riding on the "bike path" in Terry Hershey Park by enacting a blanket 10 mph speed limit, and writing tickets for violations that are more expensive than driving 55 through a school zone, and can't be eliminated via taking defensive driving.
When I lived in the area, I either ran or biked the trail daily. I was out of the area for about a month and a half and had a unique experience of leaving the area prior to Covid and coming back in the middle of lockdown. Day after I returned, I jumped on my bike around 5:00 and was shocked at the amount of pedestrians out and about on the trail at the time probably due to not having anywhere else to go especially between the Dairy Ashford and Memorial leg. From that point on, I kept my rides to mid-day until I moved a few months ago.
I only say that because I get it from a safety standpoint during rush hour and have no doubt the rule was a direct result of the new foot traffic on the trail. What probably would have been ideal is to enact the rule during the parks rush hour only or something vs all the time.
I'm in the Anthills group on FB and several of them got tickets in a short period. Maybe the cops moved on.HotardAg07 said:I have been cycling that area multiple times a week for months and had no issues going 15+ mph.txags92 said:I totally get the safety aspect of it, and if they wanted to get really hard core about the unsafe passing in the segment between Hw6 and Beltway 8, I would be on board with that. But setting the speed limit west of Highway 6 to 10 mph is ridiculous. Particularly from the cop shop down the equestrian parking area, there are almost no pedestrians, and the ones that do go down there have a huge wide gravel road to walk on beside the paved path. Setting a 10 mph speed limit out there is what made it clear to me that the goal was just to eliminate cyclists from the parks entirely.ATM9000 said:agnerd said:Yep, that pissed me off the last time I was there. They could've instead punished the bikes that failed to yield to oncoming traffic instead of punishing the people that weren't the problem. But why solve the problem by enforcing an existing rule when you can take credit for making a new rule?txags92 said:
The pedestrians who live there have persuaded the parks to in effect ban bikes from riding on the "bike path" in Terry Hershey Park by enacting a blanket 10 mph speed limit, and writing tickets for violations that are more expensive than driving 55 through a school zone, and can't be eliminated via taking defensive driving.
When I lived in the area, I either ran or biked the trail daily. I was out of the area for about a month and a half and had a unique experience of leaving the area prior to Covid and coming back in the middle of lockdown. Day after I returned, I jumped on my bike around 5:00 and was shocked at the amount of pedestrians out and about on the trail at the time probably due to not having anywhere else to go especially between the Dairy Ashford and Memorial leg. From that point on, I kept my rides to mid-day until I moved a few months ago.
I only say that because I get it from a safety standpoint during rush hour and have no doubt the rule was a direct result of the new foot traffic on the trail. What probably would have been ideal is to enact the rule during the parks rush hour only or something vs all the time.
Ragoo said:
I still think the city need to open the 290 HOV to cyclists every weekend.
Park and ride at the Nw station all the way into the Nw transit center by the galleria completely protected from vehicles.
Wear earplugs cause being in the middle of a freeway is not quiet.Ragoo said:
I still think the city need to open the 290 HOV to cyclists every weekend.
Park and ride at the Nw station all the way into the Nw transit center by the galleria completely protected from vehicles.
i just be missing something. That section of the HOV is still within the concrete median.lancevance said:Ragoo said:
I still think the city need to open the 290 HOV to cyclists every weekend.
Park and ride at the Nw station all the way into the Nw transit center by the galleria completely protected from vehicles.
And post a sign that between Antoine and 34th you are on your own.
5am - noon Saturday and Sunday should not be an issue I wouldn't think.drumboy said:Wear earplugs cause being in the middle of a freeway is not quiet.Ragoo said:
I still think the city need to open the 290 HOV to cyclists every weekend.
Park and ride at the Nw station all the way into the Nw transit center by the galleria completely protected from vehicles.
Yeah, I think the attention of the constables writing tickets has been focused east of Hwy 6, but the signs exist all the way to Fry, and there is nothing to keep them from writing the same ticket out there. I know at least 2 that have gotten tickets east of Hwy 6.HotardAg07 said:I have been cycling that area multiple times a week for months and had no issues going 15+ mph.txags92 said:I totally get the safety aspect of it, and if they wanted to get really hard core about the unsafe passing in the segment between Hw6 and Beltway 8, I would be on board with that. But setting the speed limit west of Highway 6 to 10 mph is ridiculous. Particularly from the cop shop down the equestrian parking area, there are almost no pedestrians, and the ones that do go down there have a huge wide gravel road to walk on beside the paved path. Setting a 10 mph speed limit out there is what made it clear to me that the goal was just to eliminate cyclists from the parks entirely.ATM9000 said:agnerd said:Yep, that pissed me off the last time I was there. They could've instead punished the bikes that failed to yield to oncoming traffic instead of punishing the people that weren't the problem. But why solve the problem by enforcing an existing rule when you can take credit for making a new rule?txags92 said:
The pedestrians who live there have persuaded the parks to in effect ban bikes from riding on the "bike path" in Terry Hershey Park by enacting a blanket 10 mph speed limit, and writing tickets for violations that are more expensive than driving 55 through a school zone, and can't be eliminated via taking defensive driving.
When I lived in the area, I either ran or biked the trail daily. I was out of the area for about a month and a half and had a unique experience of leaving the area prior to Covid and coming back in the middle of lockdown. Day after I returned, I jumped on my bike around 5:00 and was shocked at the amount of pedestrians out and about on the trail at the time probably due to not having anywhere else to go especially between the Dairy Ashford and Memorial leg. From that point on, I kept my rides to mid-day until I moved a few months ago.
I only say that because I get it from a safety standpoint during rush hour and have no doubt the rule was a direct result of the new foot traffic on the trail. What probably would have been ideal is to enact the rule during the parks rush hour only or something vs all the time.
Ragoo said:i just be missing something. That section of the HOV is still within the concrete median.lancevance said:Ragoo said:
I still think the city need to open the 290 HOV to cyclists every weekend.
Park and ride at the Nw station all the way into the Nw transit center by the galleria completely protected from vehicles.
And post a sign that between Antoine and 34th you are on your own.
I think what he was saying is that the hov runs down the middle of the freeway, so anybody who wants to come out and try to stop a cyclist to rob them or steel their bike is going to have to cross several lanes of traffic to get there, won't have anywhere to hide, and will be doing it in front of a bunch of transtar cameras.lancevance said:Ragoo said:i just be missing something. That section of the HOV is still within the concrete median.lancevance said:Ragoo said:
I still think the city need to open the 290 HOV to cyclists every weekend.
Park and ride at the Nw station all the way into the Nw transit center by the galleria completely protected from vehicles.
And post a sign that between Antoine and 34th you are on your own.
I follow a stolen bicycle group (where you report your bike stolen) on Facebook. People climb up 3rd and 4th floor balconies to steal bicycles. A concrete median isn't stopping anyone
my point is really that the HOv lane is a wide and lengthy stretch of roadway with a physical barrier from motorists. Completely unused on the weekends.txags92 said:I think what he was saying is that the hov runs down the middle of the freeway, so anybody who wants to come out and try to stop a cyclist to rob them or steel their bike is going to have to cross several lanes of traffic to get there, won't have anywhere to hide, and will be doing it in front of a bunch of transtar cameras.lancevance said:Ragoo said:i just be missing something. That section of the HOV is still within the concrete median.lancevance said:Ragoo said:
I still think the city need to open the 290 HOV to cyclists every weekend.
Park and ride at the Nw station all the way into the Nw transit center by the galleria completely protected from vehicles.
And post a sign that between Antoine and 34th you are on your own.
I follow a stolen bicycle group (where you report your bike stolen) on Facebook. People climb up 3rd and 4th floor balconies to steal bicycles. A concrete median isn't stopping anyone
Yeah, you are talking about safety from motorists, but Lance is talking about safety from thugs jacking cyclists like they have on some of the other MUPs around town.Ragoo said:my point is really that the HOv lane is a wide and lengthy stretch of roadway with a physical barrier from motorists. Completely unused on the weekends.txags92 said:I think what he was saying is that the hov runs down the middle of the freeway, so anybody who wants to come out and try to stop a cyclist to rob them or steel their bike is going to have to cross several lanes of traffic to get there, won't have anywhere to hide, and will be doing it in front of a bunch of transtar cameras.lancevance said:Ragoo said:i just be missing something. That section of the HOV is still within the concrete median.lancevance said:Ragoo said:
I still think the city need to open the 290 HOV to cyclists every weekend.
Park and ride at the Nw station all the way into the Nw transit center by the galleria completely protected from vehicles.
And post a sign that between Antoine and 34th you are on your own.
I follow a stolen bicycle group (where you report your bike stolen) on Facebook. People climb up 3rd and 4th floor balconies to steal bicycles. A concrete median isn't stopping anyone