Comments on: A Trip to the Welding Store http://www.sweetpeabicycles.com/blog/2008/04/06/a-trip-to-the-welding-store/ This is the bike that will love you back. Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:26:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tom Palermo http://www.sweetpeabicycles.com/blog/2008/04/06/a-trip-to-the-welding-store/#comment-443 Tom Palermo Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:53:57 +0000 http://www.sweetpeabicycles.com/blog/?p=206#comment-443 Pretty cool. I was amazed at how nice riding in Portland was. We're just starting to get lanes in Baltimore. Dunno if the bike box thing would fly here, but the lanes have been nice. Pretty cool. I was amazed at how nice riding in Portland was. We’re just starting to get lanes in Baltimore. Dunno if the bike box thing would fly here, but the lanes have been nice.

]]> By: Don http://www.sweetpeabicycles.com/blog/2008/04/06/a-trip-to-the-welding-store/#comment-442 Don Tue, 08 Apr 2008 02:48:51 +0000 http://www.sweetpeabicycles.com/blog/?p=206#comment-442 Hmmmfff, haven't heard about this yet. I know a few cities in NE Ohio started dropping bike lanes in everywhere... seems some drivers will just always be idiots, that's all I have to say on the subject. Now, to go look up bike boxes on the interwebnet thingy :-P Hmmmfff, haven’t heard about this yet. I know a few cities in NE Ohio started dropping bike lanes in everywhere… seems some drivers will just always be idiots, that’s all I have to say on the subject. Now, to go look up bike boxes on the interwebnet thingy :-P

]]> By: Natalie http://www.sweetpeabicycles.com/blog/2008/04/06/a-trip-to-the-welding-store/#comment-441 Natalie Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:44:41 +0000 http://www.sweetpeabicycles.com/blog/?p=206#comment-441 You know that classic zen line about how even a dog has the Buddha nature? Well, I am gradually learning that even the welding guy has the bikey nature. What would happen if I approached even the seemingly most unlikely sort as if they were already bike advocates? And what shop to I go to? Well, I went to United Welding Supply on MLK that day, but I really probably go to most of the welding stores in town every now and then. You know that classic zen line about how even a dog has the Buddha nature? Well, I am gradually learning that even the welding guy has the bikey nature. What would happen if I approached even the seemingly most unlikely sort as if they were already bike advocates?

And what shop to I go to? Well, I went to United Welding Supply on MLK that day, but I really probably go to most of the welding stores in town every now and then.

]]> By: chad http://www.sweetpeabicycles.com/blog/2008/04/06/a-trip-to-the-welding-store/#comment-440 chad Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:35:31 +0000 http://www.sweetpeabicycles.com/blog/?p=206#comment-440 I am curious what shop you go to? My experience in welding shops and not being in the "trade" has always been hit or miss so i would love to support one that is bike friendly. I am curious what shop you go to? My experience in welding shops and not being in the “trade” has always been hit or miss so i would love to support one that is bike friendly.

]]> By: Jami http://www.sweetpeabicycles.com/blog/2008/04/06/a-trip-to-the-welding-store/#comment-439 Jami Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:13:40 +0000 http://www.sweetpeabicycles.com/blog/?p=206#comment-439 I love these bike boxes! I have never seen one in real life though. Here in Omaha, we barely have enough wheelchair accessible sidewalks, bike lanes aren't even close to a reality here. Maybe someday we will have bike friendly streets. Until then, I have to claim my lane, and dream of living somewhere bike friendly like Portland. I love these bike boxes! I have never seen one in real life though. Here in Omaha, we barely have enough wheelchair accessible sidewalks, bike lanes aren’t even close to a reality here. Maybe someday we will have bike friendly streets. Until then, I have to claim my lane, and dream of living somewhere bike friendly like Portland.

]]> By: Jessica Roberts http://www.sweetpeabicycles.com/blog/2008/04/06/a-trip-to-the-welding-store/#comment-438 Jessica Roberts Mon, 07 Apr 2008 05:58:22 +0000 http://www.sweetpeabicycles.com/blog/?p=206#comment-438 That's fantastic...I have been bracing for the driver backlash against bike boxes, and so far, I haven't heard a peep. In fact, I recently had a cab driver (another profession that often feels like it hasn't felt the march of time) engage me on them, and like your experience, he thought they were a great thing, even though he wasn't a cyclist. I have a hunch that maybe the downside for drivers of more visible cycling infrastructure (such as no right turn on red, or more street space given to bikes) is more than made up for by a perceived increase in clarity of who goes where when. That’s fantastic…I have been bracing for the driver backlash against bike boxes, and so far, I haven’t heard a peep. In fact, I recently had a cab driver (another profession that often feels like it hasn’t felt the march of time) engage me on them, and like your experience, he thought they were a great thing, even though he wasn’t a cyclist. I have a hunch that maybe the downside for drivers of more visible cycling infrastructure (such as no right turn on red, or more street space given to bikes) is more than made up for by a perceived increase in clarity of who goes where when.

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