Gearing Up
It occurred to me this morning that “gearing up”, the actual act of dressing to ride, serves to focus a rider’s mind to the task at hand. It’s akin to dressing for battle. You are, after all, entering a situation… (READ MORE)
It occurred to me this morning that “gearing up”, the actual act of dressing to ride, serves to focus a rider’s mind to the task at hand. It’s akin to dressing for battle. You are, after all, entering a situation… (READ MORE)
“All The Gear, All The Time”. Not this guy. Not that I endorse this but it is entertaining…
Commuting can get hairy at times and there are situations and roads that call for me to use my high beams during the day for safety reasons. In general I don’t but in the case of 4-lane roads with traffic… (READ MORE)
I’ve gotten into the habit of tapping my brakes when I have traffic behind me and I’m about to initiate a turn or there’s congestion or an obstruction ahead. Motorcycle turn signals are entirely too small and hard to see…. (READ MORE)
On the way home I noticed another situation that can get ugly in a hurry. The car in front of me was waiting to turn left on a 2-lane road with traffic approaching in a 4-way intersection. In that instance,… (READ MORE)
One evening I was headed home through a mall shortcut I take that keeps me away from a large, dangerous intersection. A driver ahead of me and to my right was waiting to pull out into my direction of travel…. (READ MORE)
There are different schools of thought on whether or not to put a bike in neutral at a stop light. I ordinarily stay in gear. The only time I go to neutral is when the person behind me has come… (READ MORE)
When pulling up behind someone at a light I always take notice of what they’re doing. Are they on the phone? Are they looking for something in the car? Are they eating? I do the same with people next to… (READ MORE)
During my commute I’m always on the lookout for large, slow moving trucks (box trucks, semis, cement trucks, etc.). The reason is people commuting don’t want to get stuck behind them and as a result will often change lanes without… (READ MORE)
I had another occasion where a light turned green and rather than pulling right out, I waited a second or two while clearing both opposing lanes visibly before proceeding. Sure enough a car coming from the side, ran the light… (READ MORE)
I needed gas on the commute this morning so I pulled into the local “pump and munch” to fill up. While looking for an open pump I slowed to let a pedestrian cross. As I did a car began backing… (READ MORE)
July 22 was one of the hottest days of the summer. I believe the temperature was nearly 100F. During my commute home I found myself following a fellow rider on a Kawasaki Vulcan. We road through Plumsteadville, Pa. together. As… (READ MORE)
I’ve mastered the ability, out of necessity, to shift while never removing my thumb from the horn trigger. This skill has been developed over a period of years of commuting on 4-lane roads. It seems today’s drivers are too preoccupied… (READ MORE)