Forum: Questions About Winter Riding Gear

Got this question, and threw it up on the forum, any lady cyclists with experience want to help Mari out?

Yo!

I’m a long time reader, dig the blog. Just wondering if there’s a spot where your readers might throw out some ideas on my winter attire dilemma. I bike through the winter, and have my layering and temperature system down. I’m almost always in jeans, sometimes with a long underwear layer underneath on days under 10 degrees. My issue is that my butt often still gets sweaty and my jeans get wet and freezing on those extra cold days. I’d really like a wool cycling short length base layer WITHOUT padding. Does such a product exist for women? Thanks in advance for any info or resources!

Rockin’ Riding,

Mari

Head over to the forum and offer any advice you might have. Also if you could tell me if the forum is working for you, still testing it out and its acting strange for me sometimes. Need some more testers.

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Advice On Bike Infrastructure [Forum]

jthandle over at the forums has posted the following

Hi there,
In addition to being a bike commuter, I am also the GIS and database guy for a local municipality. Our local head of roads and highway just asked for help creating a map of existing and planned bicycle infrastructure. My ears perked up, significantly.

This request turned into a long conversation about the pros and cons of sharrows and marked bike lanes. I prefer “Share the Road” signs over sharrows, in many instances, as I think they are more visible to motorists. What do you think?

I’ve advised against turning 2-4 ft road shoulders into marked bike lanes because, despite being tiny, I don’t think they are cleaned of debris frequently enough for my tastes, and cars tend to get pissy when I take the lane instead of riding in a cluttered,tiny marked bike lane. Again, what do you think?

I think a marked bike lane should only be painted if there is at least 5 ft available. I’m also recommending sharrows be placed in the left lane at intersections, in addition to the lane for proceeding straight through. Again what do you think?

I have a genuine seat at the decision making table in this muni, and I’d like to make it count.

Thanks,

jthandle

Head on over and give him any advice you might have, I know a lot of planners drop by these parts once in a while and I can guess they would have lots of things to say.

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Stolen Bike [Forum]

I get emails occasionally about stolen bicycles, like the one below:

I recently had a bike stolen from my condo building. It is a great bike (link below to busted spoke notification) and I am wondering if you had any advise or resources for me to reach out to in order to continue my search for the bike.

http://bustedspoke.com/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=54975&p=441680#p441680

The bike was stolen directly from my basement, locked storage unit sometime within the last two weeks when I was on vacation. It definitely was someone who knew the value of the bike and targeted it. Figured that it would be resold in whole or for parts – interested to know if you have any information or resources on how to track it down through the biker community? Police report has been filed and am trolling craigslist / ebay. Any other recommendations?

Thank you in advance for your help

The sad truth is I don’t really know what else you can do other than keep an eye out on ebay/craigs list and alert everyone you can (including the cops) but in an effort to help get the word out I have started a category in the forum so that anyone can post stolen bike posts in an effort to get more eyes on the problem.

You can post your stolen bike details here
Also check out the stolen bike resources the city has to offer here.

Good luck

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Forum: Info About Crash In Davis Square

Over in the forums someone is looking for info on a crash that happened, head on over and help them out if you can.

Hi all- My friend was struck by a vehicle in Davis Square this past Friday night (10/29) at around 11PM in Davis Square near Diesel Cafe. An ambulance, police, and the fire department came, but a report was not written. If anyone has any information as to what happened PLEASE respond to this post.

Thanks very much.

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Testing New Forum Code

So I have been trying to tweak some stuff on the forums, if anyone wanted to go over there and discuss some bike related things then pop back over here and tell me how it went (if it worked, if everything updated like you thought it would etc). That would be great.

You may need to clear your cookies and re-login as some people have been seeing errors. I await your report.

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