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  1. Word. I got a ticket at MKE/Ashland for being in the center lane bc there's no bike lane there. luckily the cop who wrote the ticket couldn't make a cohesive sentence and the Asst. DAs didn't know to charge me for. So they dropped

    Is that law you posted referencing NY only? Is there something equivalent for Chicago?

    That law is for NY....

    Google is your friend....

    11-15-1505- Position of bicycles and motorized pedal cycles on roadways - Riding on roadways and bicycle paths

    (a) Any person operating a bicycle or motorized pedal cycle upon a roadway at less than the normal speed of traffic at the time and place and under the conditions then existing shall ride as close as practicable and safe to the right hand curb or edge of the roadway except under the following situations: 1. When overtaking and passing another bicycle, motorized pedal cycle or vehicle proceeding in the same direction; or 2. When preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into a private road or driveway; or 3. When reasonably necessary to avoid conditions including, but not limited to, fixed or moving objects, parked or moving vehicles, bicycles, motorized pedal cycles, pedestrians, animals, surface hazards, or substandard width lanes that make it unsafe to continue along the right hand curb or edge. For purposes of this subsection, a "substandard width lane" means a lane that is too narrow for a bicycle or motorized pedal cycle and a vehicle to travel safely side by side within the lane. 4. When approaching a place where a right turn is authorized. (B) Any person operating a bicycle or motorized pedal cycle upon a one way highway with two or more marked traffic lanes may ride as near the left hand curb or edge of such roadway as practicable.

    P.A. 95 231, eff. 1-1-08

    Seems Chicago law also gives you discretion to ride in the bike lane/far right of the road...

    so its NOT absolutely required!

  2. http://gothamist.com/2010/10/27/cop_blocks_bike_lane_to_ticket_cycl.php

    "Cop Blocks Bike Lane To Ticket Cyclists For Not Using Lane"

    Fuck you, NYPD.

    FUCK

    YOU

    Its fucking bullshit... Asshole cop out to make quota...

    34 RCNY § 4-12(p) Bicycles. (1) Bicycle riders to use bicycle lanes. Whenever a usable path or lane for bicycles has been provided, bicycle riders shall use such path or lane only except under any of the following situations: (i) When preparing for a turn at an intersection or into a private road or driveway. (ii) When reasonably necessary to avoid conditions (including but not limited to, fixed or moving objects, motor vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians, pushcarts, animals, surface hazards) that make it unsafe to continue within such bicycle path or lane.

    You are NOT required to be on a bike lane. The law grants you the discretion to ride in the bike lane or not... Summons/Tickets would be dismissed , but a fucking hassle to go fight that shit...

    example... Grand st, the bike lane isn't "usable"... its available but its impossible to ride on it... steel plates from construction on the floor will either dent your rims, or pop you tubes... pedestrians (old chinese ladies or Fat Tourists be blocking the lanes...

    or Centre St by the courthouses, everyone is double parked on it.... Traffic cops standing there not giving a shit about it either...

  3. The reason I choose to ride brakeless is because I like the feeling that I am one with the bike. My legs make me go, my legs make me stop. There are no assists whatsoever.

    I know its safer with a brake, and Im thinking about putting one on. Just for the fact that if I get hit by a car and the insurance company finds out that there are no brakes, it could completely void any settlement I get.

    another reason to throw on a brake... when your chain pops as you're riding across the bridge...

    actually seen that happen... and it wasn't pretty

  4. I have a trick bike

    Running 42 x 17 (165mm sugino rd with 700c rims with 32 tires).

    It just doesn't feel right.

    I'm as strong as a 12 year old boy who hasn't even hit puberty.

    What's a good tricking ratio for a weak ass motherfucker like me?

    try a replacing the 17t with a 20t or 22t cog?

  5. There's that one online site, that will send you saddles to try out.

    It cost something like $50 or something to do it, but it goes towards your final purchase of X saddle.

    Benscycle.net did it with the Fizik Saddles...

  6. I asked this cute redhead out last thursday for drinks and dinner for friday night. She agreed and that we would meet at 6pm at this event that was having free dranks. I get there round 6:30 and send a text message saying that I'm there. Waiting and 7:30 passes and I realized that I've been stood up. Tried calling but the phone would ring and go to voicemail but the voicemail box is full. So I sent a text message saying that perhaps we should meet up again sometime soon.

    Waited a few days and decided to see if she would call. No call, Nothing. Decided to call and left a voicemail saying what had happened and stuff like that. If I dont hear from her, is it worth even contacting ever again? Its not big deal but at the sametime, quite rude to be stood up. I think I just wanna prove a point.

    Go American Psycho on her?

  7. I posted this in random thoughts, but I guess I could post it here, plus ill add more on to this post

    I knew it was a bad idea to ask, though I did anyway.

    Dreaded "how many guys before me" question...

    I had a feeling she had a bit of history, but what can you do. I don't like the number, especially for her age, 20. She says obviously none of those people matter anymore, and she was a much different person then.

    I really do love her a lot, can see us being together for a long, long time, but ever since she told me it's been constantly on my mind.

    Have I doomed this relationship by asking? Or am I just overreacting and should move on, everyone does things...

    It will only retract from the discussion if I don't say the amount, i'm #12.

    I really feel like an idiot for asking, I love this girl so much, and she realy is head over heels in love with me it seems, and she tells me all these wonderful things, like really great things, and she cares about me, she really does.

    Basically she is fucking wonderful in every sense, but I think about the fact that shes been with other guys so much now it kills me, it really does I hate it, and I wish it would stop, but I cant stop thinking about it.

    It is invading every part of my psyche, I see a guy post on her facebook, oh she fucked him, i'm with her and she runs into someone she knows, she fucked him, it goes on and on and on.

    I hardly think she thinks about it, its totally my problem, I never brought it up to her again after I asked her.

    Im contemplating talking to her about it, but I dont even know why, and something tells me thats not a good idea. This shit is seriously driving me crazy, fucking poisonous question. I wish id never asked.

    I love her a lot, and really want to be with her...but I feel like something changed, and I cant really explain it but it seeps itself into every fucking aspect of the relationship. Like shell say something, and ill take it a certain way because I know shes been with these other guys, versus if I didnt know I would take what she said differently.

    Its just like im filled with this weird constant paranoia, don't even know.

    http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=195672

    MarkI?

  8. can anyone help me choose a cheaper (like 150-200ish) flip phone that can stand up to a bit of punishment? I need something when I go mountain biking, hiking, camping, snowboarding etc. I've already smashed two iphone screens. I was thinking maybe an LG kf300 or nokia 6650, any thoughts?

    do nextel/boost still make them work phones? they can withstand quite a bit

  9. so i had dim sum with this chinadoll. she from hk.

    we had the regular stuff which included blackbean spareribs.

    she literally ate the bones and shit. the ethnicity i rep eats bones (mainly fish/sea and land animal cartilage for various specific dishes), but not from no pork ribs.

    is this typical of chinas?

    also i am stereotyping (but thats just how i do), but goddmanfuckit! taiwan people are the most difficult people to deal with as far as biz goes imo. so fucking cheap and they don't understand the simple give and take concept. for them it's take and take. fuck them. never do biz with a chinaman from taiwan.

    Cartilage and Marrow? yes... actually eating the bone? no... that broad u smashing is nuts...

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