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that was one nasty crash
I feel for him, but here, if I had been driving in the lane as he was, it would have been 100% my fault. Interesting how things are different from country to country.
Yes, very nasty. One commenter said in his country it would have been the cyclist’s fault.
Wondering where that is? Not in the U.S.(if the laws are enforced that is.)
Commenting from a right side driving country (Canada).
Here, the law would have required me to stick all the way to the right side of the road (even though it was a turning lane). Riding between the turning lane and the straight lane would have put it my fault. The only time we’re allowed to not be on the far side is when making an opposite (left) turn. To be frank, that law might seem harsh, but seeing how people drive here, it’s for our own safety :|
To make it worse, that will vary from province to province as bike regulation are provincial laws. Helmets, for some unknown idiocy, are not mandatory in my province.
And to make matters even worse, some cities require you to register your bike, adding another level of confusing laws.
I believe that this was in Queensland Australia where they drive on the left side of the road, so this was equivalent to being on the right side of the road in the US and Canada (and many other places). It looked like there was a solid line on the road which means that there is no crossing to overtake. The Jeep was at fault, and the driver was penalized.
If you don’t mind me asking: where did you buy your 500$ road bike? Is there a clearance sale in Paris I’m not aware of?
Sounds like a sweet deal!
Hi Ray,
Found this pretty cool from Wahoo Fitness, take a look for next weeks review!
link to youtube.com
Also, just wondered why you dont just talk your way thru the Vector pedal exchange instead of writing it down … I bit less work for you! But the underlying question is: “What did you use to put that text in the video?”
Great blog, read you all the time!
…regarding Hammerhead crowd funded video – completely mind-boggling to see a marketing video of someone cycling without a helmet!
Interesting idea for a game: link to kickstarter.com
Any idea how the pool swim functions of the 910XT and Swim relate? Improvements were part of the 910XT update. The last Swim update was ~6mo ago.
Looks like hammerhead is still in development: link to facebook.com
Wonder if it will ever come out
Interesting. Not seeing a ton of updates on the app side (which I maintain will be trickier than they think), but the hardware is looking more solid.
Love how products that don’t exist make it to the list :link to fortune.com
Dang, it’s more or less the entire list of products that don’t exist.