I’ve lived in cities with bicycle eating tracks, where I rode my bicycle. I get that technology can fix it, but it’s such a non-issue in my view. You get dunked on once, then you know to never align with the tracks when crossing them, you make sure you cross them with a larger angle (45 degrees between the tracks and your wheels seems pretty safe). And they never got dunked on by the tracks, ever again :).
It’s no different from not going parallel to a curb and being within like 2 inches of it… It’s a small annoyance but life is always going to have some hazards, you just gotta be mildly aware of your surroundings
I’m sitting here with a messed up and hugely swollen upper lip and half a dozen bandages. But not from tram tracks, just from my bike losing traction on wet painted concrete at 35-40kph and sliding on my face for a good meter or two. Somehow no broken bones or lost teeth. Hooray for helmets.
Do the tracks still eat bicycle tires?
Yes, the tracks still eat bicycle tires.
I’ve lived in cities with bicycle eating tracks, where I rode my bicycle. I get that technology can fix it, but it’s such a non-issue in my view. You get dunked on once, then you know to never align with the tracks when crossing them, you make sure you cross them with a larger angle (45 degrees between the tracks and your wheels seems pretty safe). And they never got dunked on by the tracks, ever again :).
It’s no different from not going parallel to a curb and being within like 2 inches of it… It’s a small annoyance but life is always going to have some hazards, you just gotta be mildly aware of your surroundings
That’s a goddamned shame. European tram systems have figured out how to deal with that for years now, I don’t understand why the US refuses to do it
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Greetings from Germany.
Can confirm. Crashed on my way from work a year ago. Had to go to the emergency room. Very unpleasant.
I’m sitting here with a messed up and hugely swollen upper lip and half a dozen bandages. But not from tram tracks, just from my bike losing traction on wet painted concrete at 35-40kph and sliding on my face for a good meter or two. Somehow no broken bones or lost teeth. Hooray for helmets.
Not in Amsterdam.
Almost ate shit last month while riding.
Wait really? I thought Amsterdam had that hard rubber cover thing over the tram tracks
Not everywhere. I rode there a year ago and it was mostly covered, though at least some areas are open for tire grabbing.
Not in Gravesandestraat.