hard out here for a cyclist
forget pimps. from where i sit their "job" seems pretty easy: collect money for the services of others, whom they sass and control (and no, i didn't watch all of "hustle and flow", it grew tiresome almost immediately).
it's hard out here for a cyclist! the big city, and i doubt LA is unique in this, is a tough place to ride a bike. for that matter, rural areas are a bit tricky too, what with perhaps not having paved roads. but in the big city, you have to compete with cars for right of way, dodging monstrous potholes and glass shards and random nails and tacks.
and grumpy, grumpy aggressive drivers who operate under the delusion that cyclists are supposed to stay off the road, when in fact, we are supposed to be ON the road. not on the sidewalk. friendly west hollywood has signs along sunset to this affect, trying to teach both drivers and cyclists that bicycles are not allowed on sidewalks. a lot of accidents are caused when drivers turn into a driveway, and hit a cyclist on the sidewalk they did not expect.
but many times that i'm biking, people yell angrily, honking and cursing me from their cars because i'm in the road. or dudes whistle, which baffles me, because i honestly think they're doing it to irritate, because they look back at you to see if you flip them the bird, and seem pleased if you do (so i must stop reacting in that fashion). then i get angry and am reactionary and bike with a chip on my shoulder. i get grumpy when i get a blister on my thumb from replacing my tube because a monster pothole popped my tube. i get quite rude when bus driver's have broken bike racks and give me sass about it. it makes me sad as a designy/planny person when there is nowhere safe to lock a bike.
but then...there's the times when i'm whistling carefree down highland, feeling the sun on my back. or how it takes 25 minutes to get to work no matter what, and i don't have to navigate a parking lot. or when i'm coming home on hollywood, cackling inwardly as i pass with great ease and speed by all the party traffic. haha! eat my dirt! maybe it's the good life after all...
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it's hard out here for a cyclist! the big city, and i doubt LA is unique in this, is a tough place to ride a bike. for that matter, rural areas are a bit tricky too, what with perhaps not having paved roads. but in the big city, you have to compete with cars for right of way, dodging monstrous potholes and glass shards and random nails and tacks.
and grumpy, grumpy aggressive drivers who operate under the delusion that cyclists are supposed to stay off the road, when in fact, we are supposed to be ON the road. not on the sidewalk. friendly west hollywood has signs along sunset to this affect, trying to teach both drivers and cyclists that bicycles are not allowed on sidewalks. a lot of accidents are caused when drivers turn into a driveway, and hit a cyclist on the sidewalk they did not expect.
but many times that i'm biking, people yell angrily, honking and cursing me from their cars because i'm in the road. or dudes whistle, which baffles me, because i honestly think they're doing it to irritate, because they look back at you to see if you flip them the bird, and seem pleased if you do (so i must stop reacting in that fashion). then i get angry and am reactionary and bike with a chip on my shoulder. i get grumpy when i get a blister on my thumb from replacing my tube because a monster pothole popped my tube. i get quite rude when bus driver's have broken bike racks and give me sass about it. it makes me sad as a designy/planny person when there is nowhere safe to lock a bike.
but then...there's the times when i'm whistling carefree down highland, feeling the sun on my back. or how it takes 25 minutes to get to work no matter what, and i don't have to navigate a parking lot. or when i'm coming home on hollywood, cackling inwardly as i pass with great ease and speed by all the party traffic. haha! eat my dirt! maybe it's the good life after all...
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