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
European tram systems have figured out
some*
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.
