
PSA for the day: DO NOT BUY (or let your kids buy) random branded bicycle helmets off Amazon. A lot of them ABSOLUTELY FAIL US safety standards. If you are going to buy a helmet nowadays, buy a MIPS helmet. #bicycles #helmets #bikes #BikeTooter
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PSA for the day: DO NOT BUY (or let your kids buy) random branded bicycle helmets off Amazon. A lot of them ABSOLUTELY FAIL US safety standards. If you are going to buy a helmet nowadays, buy a MIPS helmet. #bicycles #helmets #bikes #BikeTooter
PSA for the day: DO NOT BUY (or let your kids buy) random branded bicycle helmets off Amazon. A lot of them ABSOLUTELY FAIL US safety standards. If you are going to buy a helmet nowadays, buy a MIPS helmet. #bicycles #helmets #bikes #BikeTooter
I was saddened to read this story headlining the #RNZ website this morning about the death of 19-year old Fyfa Dawson, killed while riding her bike through roadworks. Christchurch has a car problem and it should be a much safer place to commute by bike.
We’ve got a few separated cycleways, which are great. Everywhere else now is a dangerous double cab ute parade and our roadworks are still managing traffic by blocking off the road verges with traffic cones and forcing bikes into the flow of traffic. We’re even building new road intersections that ask commuter cyclists to get off the road and become pedestrians just to cross the intersection.
“the coroner found errors in the "vehicle-centric" design and implementation of the temporary traffic management plan largely caused the crash”
Things could be so much better.
I hope this verdict by the coroner means that changes are made and we don’t lose another Fyfa.
My deepest sympathies for Fyfa’s family.
I was saddened to read this story headlining the #RNZ website this morning about the death of 19-year old Fyfa Dawson, killed while riding her bike through roadworks. Christchurch has a car problem and it should be a much safer place to commute by bike.
We’ve got a few separated cycleways, which are great. Everywhere else now is a dangerous double cab ute parade and our roadworks are still managing traffic by blocking off the road verges with traffic cones and forcing bikes into the flow of traffic. We’re even building new road intersections that ask commuter cyclists to get off the road and become pedestrians just to cross the intersection.
“the coroner found errors in the "vehicle-centric" design and implementation of the temporary traffic management plan largely caused the crash”
Things could be so much better.
I hope this verdict by the coroner means that changes are made and we don’t lose another Fyfa.
My deepest sympathies for Fyfa’s family.
Thanks to Virginia Tech's bicycle helmet test results, I just replaced a two-star helmet with a five-star helmet!
If you're gonna wear a bike helmet, try to get one that works!
Thanks to Virginia Tech's bicycle helmet test results, I just replaced a two-star helmet with a five-star helmet!
If you're gonna wear a bike helmet, try to get one that works!
Just encountered some "real" biker hate towards ebikes and it's just so....I dunno? Testosterone-laden self-satisfied purism?
Also it's ableist...I can ride a non-electric bike less than a mile but regularly ride my ebike on a 10-mile roundtrip. It's been in the shop for a repair for a week now and my mental health is suffering from not getting my rides in.
Bike Friends, uhhh… my wheel fell off? The fork slid apart. How much of a concern is this? I rode with no issues but I do hang my bike by the front tire all the time.
Bike Friends, uhhh… my wheel fell off? The fork slid apart. How much of a concern is this? I rode with no issues but I do hang my bike by the front tire all the time.
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