Flexposts and “Interested, But Concerned” Cyclists
Do flexposts provide enough physical separation from drivers to attract Interested, But Concerned cyclists to ride our streets? I don’t know. What do you think?
Author: Scot Key
Slow Cycling Through Jarales
Perhaps more so than is true for drivers, there are a great many types of cyclists. But you wouldn’t know that from looking at media/Internet. Everything from old print holdovers such as “Bicycling Magazine” (remember magazines) to the widely known but actually limitedly used Strava continue to paint pretty much only one picture of cycling… Read More Slow Cycling Through Jarales
UNM Makes the Buena Vista Notch Official
The long-beloved bouncy-paved trail between UNM’s Redondo and the notch at Central and Buena Vista is getting respectable. I have mixed feelings. Riding through it earlier today, I had to take the grassy knoll alongside because: The lo-fi bumpy trail leading to the almost killed notch (because ART) is now all grown-up and respectable. Good… Read More UNM Makes the Buena Vista Notch Official
Low-Stress Network Connectors Only You Know About
The City is putting together its next iteration of the “Bikeways & Trails Facilities Plan,” which was a 312-page behemoth in its last edition back in 2015, copies of which are now standing, never read and almost never referred to, on bookshelves of scattered bureaucrats and cycling nerds (your humble blogger raises hand sheepishly). Planning… Read More Low-Stress Network Connectors Only You Know About
Who Are ABQ Bike Lanes Really For?
Riding down the bike lane on Indian School from just west of Tramway all the way to Broadway this past weekend, I got to thinking about whether bike lanes actually encourage more folks to bike. Of course, one is not supposed to be thinking about anything other than staying alive when biking in the street,… Read More Who Are ABQ Bike Lanes Really For?
Low-Stressing on the Edges of Town
The warm weekend opened plenty of low-stress bike riding opportunities, starting with some transit assist up to Central/Tramway. Once done with the transpo madness through Central/Tramway and under I-40, the ride mostly focused in a wander of residential streets on the “other side” of Tramway. Coming back down the hill, though, I discovered Brentwood Hills… Read More Low-Stressing on the Edges of Town
Better Burque 