Comments on: From Mad Messenger to More Peaceful Cyclist http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/01/14/from-mad-messenger-to-more-peaceful-cyclist/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: BicyclesOnly http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/01/14/from-mad-messenger-to-more-peaceful-cyclist/comment-page-1/#comment-43031 BicyclesOnly Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:08:26 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/01/14/from-mad-messenger-to-more-peaceful-cyclist/#comment-43031 Bicycling keeps you young! http://www.flickr.com/photos/bicyclesonly/2194539717/ Bicycling keeps you young!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bicyclesonly/2194539717/

]]> By: Spud Spudly http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/01/14/from-mad-messenger-to-more-peaceful-cyclist/comment-page-1/#comment-43028 Spud Spudly Tue, 15 Jan 2008 17:05:52 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/01/14/from-mad-messenger-to-more-peaceful-cyclist/#comment-43028 The Tom Friedman of Streetsblog strikes again. I read the first sentence and then scrolled down to see if it really was Alex writing again. And it was. The Tom Friedman of Streetsblog strikes again. I read the first sentence and then scrolled down to see if it really was Alex writing again. And it was.

]]> By: Alex Marshall http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/01/14/from-mad-messenger-to-more-peaceful-cyclist/comment-page-1/#comment-43025 Alex Marshall Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:22:37 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/01/14/from-mad-messenger-to-more-peaceful-cyclist/#comment-43025 Responding to "BicyclesOnly" comment, I admit that for dramatic effect I perhaps over emphasized my old dufferness. I still get out. Although it's also true that there is nothing like a bad back, something I've been struggling with lately, to make you feel old. Thanks to commenter number Six and Number Seven for the info on that falling asleep thing. That's really interesting that I'm not the only one who has experienced this, and that there is a name for it. Responding to “BicyclesOnly” comment, I admit that for dramatic effect I perhaps over emphasized my old dufferness. I still get out. Although it’s also true that there is nothing like a bad back, something I’ve been struggling with lately, to make you feel old.

Thanks to commenter number Six and Number Seven for the info on that falling asleep thing. That’s really interesting that I’m not the only one who has experienced this, and that there is a name for it.

]]> By: BicyclesOnly http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/01/14/from-mad-messenger-to-more-peaceful-cyclist/comment-page-1/#comment-43017 BicyclesOnly Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:26:52 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/01/14/from-mad-messenger-to-more-peaceful-cyclist/#comment-43017 Alex, if you took time off from college in 1979 you are about my age--way too young to be talking that way. Go watch some Lucas Brunelle videos and hit the streets! Alex, if you took time off from college in 1979 you are about my age–way too young to be talking that way. Go watch some Lucas Brunelle videos and hit the streets!

]]> By: paulb http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/01/14/from-mad-messenger-to-more-peaceful-cyclist/comment-page-1/#comment-43012 paulb Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:07:52 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/01/14/from-mad-messenger-to-more-peaceful-cyclist/#comment-43012 That falling feeling, described here: http://www.discovery.com/area/skinnyon/skinnyon971114/skinnyon.html That falling feeling, described here:

http://www.discovery.com/area/skinnyon/skinnyon971114/skinnyon.html

]]> By: Andy B from Jersey http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/01/14/from-mad-messenger-to-more-peaceful-cyclist/comment-page-1/#comment-42994 Andy B from Jersey Tue, 15 Jan 2008 02:49:39 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/01/14/from-mad-messenger-to-more-peaceful-cyclist/#comment-42994 "I would close my eyes and start to drift off to sleep. Then I would often jerk awake, because I would catch myself losing my balance and falling off my bicycle. I was still mentally on the bike." Holy Moly! I'm not the only one who's done this! “I would close my eyes and start to drift off to sleep. Then I would often jerk awake, because I would catch myself losing my balance and falling off my bicycle. I was still mentally on the bike.”

Holy Moly! I’m not the only one who’s done this!

]]> By: anonymous http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/01/14/from-mad-messenger-to-more-peaceful-cyclist/comment-page-1/#comment-42993 anonymous Tue, 15 Jan 2008 01:56:37 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/01/14/from-mad-messenger-to-more-peaceful-cyclist/#comment-42993 I'm a few years older than Alex, and a NYC bike commuter. To not bike snobby and bike vet: As you are, so was I As I am, so shall you be. but only if you're really lucky I’m a few years older than Alex, and a NYC bike commuter. To not bike snobby and bike vet:

As you are, so was I
As I am, so shall you be.

but only if you’re really lucky

]]> By: not bike snobby nyc http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/01/14/from-mad-messenger-to-more-peaceful-cyclist/comment-page-1/#comment-42988 not bike snobby nyc Mon, 14 Jan 2008 23:38:37 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/01/14/from-mad-messenger-to-more-peaceful-cyclist/#comment-42988 the point is that, even though he himself and others may think of alex as an old geezer who can just pass muster on his mountain bike now, he once had his wild, heady days as a messenger. Rrrrrrrowf! you old dog, you! the point is that, even though he himself and others may think of alex as an old geezer who can just pass muster on his mountain bike now, he once had his wild, heady days as a messenger. Rrrrrrrowf! you old dog, you!

]]> By: Bike Vet http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/01/14/from-mad-messenger-to-more-peaceful-cyclist/comment-page-1/#comment-42982 Bike Vet Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:39:04 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/01/14/from-mad-messenger-to-more-peaceful-cyclist/#comment-42982 Utterly tedious. What is the point of this? Utterly tedious. What is the point of this?

]]> By: Sainsbury http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/01/14/from-mad-messenger-to-more-peaceful-cyclist/comment-page-1/#comment-42979 Sainsbury Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:38:40 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/01/14/from-mad-messenger-to-more-peaceful-cyclist/#comment-42979 The myth of a car-less roads being safer is bizarre. I was messenger in the early nineties. I can handle my bike well. Still ride a fixed gear. But, I won't go near a bike path on weekends. Cars are reasonably predictable. Pedestrians and other cyclists are not. On the road, my biggest fear is a car door, not a moving vehicle. The myth of a car-less roads being safer is bizarre. I was messenger in the early nineties. I can handle my bike well. Still ride a fixed gear. But, I won’t go near a bike path on weekends.

Cars are reasonably predictable. Pedestrians and other cyclists are not. On the road, my biggest fear is a car door, not a moving vehicle.

]]> By: socialscientist http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/01/14/from-mad-messenger-to-more-peaceful-cyclist/comment-page-1/#comment-42978 socialscientist Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:16:22 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/01/14/from-mad-messenger-to-more-peaceful-cyclist/#comment-42978 I am sure there is a thrill in tempting fate, but it breaks my heart to see the memorials for dead cyclists. We should ask ourselves, do we want our children to ride in traffic? Let's first rid the urban street of the private auto, then we can all ride and walk more safely. I am sure there is a thrill in tempting fate, but it breaks my heart to see the memorials for dead cyclists. We should ask ourselves, do we want our children to ride in traffic? Let’s first rid the urban street of the private auto, then we can all ride and walk more safely.

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