Goodnight Kiddies!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here ya go Cher-This is the Pic I was referring to that was looking like she had a stick up her...Well you know where. Hey everyone, please feel free to place a pin on the map of where you are logistically. I did mine. Its the Globe Icon that says "View my Guestmap" to the right of this post!

So i was walking down the street, and I looked up, and who do i see up on a roof? I think its Cher but who knows for sure! You be the judge! Check out her site and compare the photos to this one. Oh BTW Cher Criss Angel is on tonight at 10 Central time too-Muahahahaha!!!

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2,000 Mile mark!
Just turned over the 2k mark on the road racer. It was a TOUGH 20 miles, because I took a week off, and believe you me...I could feel the difference...WHEEEEZ!!! SHAZAM! BIZOW!

Mortgage biz is making a rebound. Going biking on saturday. Life is getting back to normal. What the hell was I thinking trying to get into installing TV systems?

Temporary INSANITY!

The Director that would film the story of my BORING ass life would be:

Roger Corman Your film will be 51% romantic, 36% comedy, 45% complex plot, and a $ 35 million budget.

An action-complex tale about a complex character that is you. Corman was responsible for a very early Jack Nicholson film, 1963's The Terror (Francis Coppola was associate producer), filmed in three days! The actor who plays you will emote complexity like Jack ... maybe Christian Slater or Gwyneth Paltrow. Also, Roger filmed the original Little Shop of Horrors film -- which in the 1980s was the basis for a hit Broadway musical and another film. All his films were shot for mere thousands of dollars, sometimes completed within the week. Roger knows talent, and knows how to keep costs down with complex stories such as your life story. His versions of Edgar Allen Poe stories are considered classics (The Raven, The Pit and the Pendulum), and also directed Deathsport and Bloody Mama in the 1970s. Oh, yeah, man, this guy will make your film a cult classic!

My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 35% on action-romance You scored higher than 59% on humor You scored higher than 66% on complexity You scored higher than 37% on budget

Link: The Director Who Films Your Life Test written by bingomosquito on Ok Cupid, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

As some of you may know-The new job aint happening for many reasons. I appreciated them for thinking of me for the position, but after hearing the whole story, I knew i would hate it, and probably put myself and others in bad positions if I faked it so I opted to quit before I started. A mans GOT to know his limitations. Clint Eastwood was DAMN right!



I asked this guy-I think hes a "Job fairy" to wave a magic wand and help me decide what to do when I grow up. The dickhead had the nerve to tell me that:

1) He isn't God, and

2) Grow the hell up, and figure it out for myself.

I came to realize that he was right. I need to figure this out, and I am taking action towards that end.

But until then...WHY THE HELL WAS I TAKING ADVICE FROM THIS NUTJOB???!?!?!

Starting new job today-NOT looking forward to it! First days SUCK!

This was on Nikkis Blog...AKA Blonde Zilla I can totally relate to it!

Ok, so I also visit a blog called
Recently she made a post Pyscho of the Day where she was describing a jackass troll who was attempting to sexually blackmail her into having relations with him. His profile can be found here- Quantum_42 Note the EGO phrases on it...Pretty funny stuff!

Pretty laughable stuff, because Nikki is the LAST person who would be intimidated by a jackass like this. She urged all who wanted to to contact this guy and call him out on his bullshit, so I cheerfully complied. The following is a copy of that conversation:

(Note that my handle is twolf1920 in my signature RED and for this guy I have chosen his name under BULLSHIT BROWN and his words would be just PURE BULLSHIT. My CURRENT thought on it are in blue

Here's the IM I sent him after hearing what a DICK he was to my friend-It was NOT incendiary, and you will note I wasn't as inflammatory as I could have been.

twolf1920: You should lay off the blonde gal from Michigan (Nikki). I know MANY people in the FBI and Military, and can report you for the harassment you have decided to inflict upon her. Consider this a friendly warning!
(Of course this is bullshit-I have NOONE I know in the FBI or the Military that can do jacksprat about any of this, but HE doesn't know it!)
quantum_42: I am a Federal Agent
twolf1920: whatever
quantum_42: also a Navy Seal
(Maybe you wore a seal suit and played horns in the circus?)
twolf1920: In your dreams pal
quantum_42: I am classified
(As a complete PYSCHO in the dictionary)
quantum_42: alright
quantum_42: you are busted
quantum_42: I will issue a federal warrant
(Sure you will pal-First you will leave an electronic trail of harassment for ALL to see, then you will have those you HARASSED arrested because you have these GODLIKE government POWERS...Oh wait..That's right..Its ALL IN YOUR MIND!!!)
twolf1920: BRING IT
quantum_42: for solisitation of prostittion
(for what? Your spelling is worse than mine oh great one)
twolf1920: You should be seen by a psychiatrist
quantum_42: I also have my PHD
(Yeah I can tell you have a PHD by your AMAZING grammatical skills)
twolf1920: LMAO
quantum_42: hey fat boy
(Ouch that one hurt...NOT!)
quantum_42: bring it on
twolf1920: Keep it coming-This is great entertainment
twolf1920: have a nice day fuckface!
twolf1920: A perfect example of some jackass pimple faced kid that tries to make everyone think he's an adult-I have reported you to yahoo-I hope your "hacker" skills are good!
twolf1920: Now get outta here before I call your mom and tell her to whip yer ass!!!

More Observations

Why do motorists get mad at bicycles? Maybe one reason is because 8 out of 10 think they don't have to obey the traffic laws. That number is based on me actually COUNTING what bicycles I have observed at traffic lights do when faced with a red light, or stopsign. That's right. 8 out of 10 will run it before it turns green!!! As a former lawbreaker myself, I was guilty as charged, but after a few near misses, I have changed my ways. For the past 3 months, I have strived to obey all rules of the road. I have found that I have had fewer run-ins with Jackasses on the road, and have really lost little if ANY time on my rides by doing so.

AND I have seen MANY near misses by Bicylists almost getting hit by cars. I would say I have seen about 4 almost tragedies. NOW-here's a scary thought: THEY WERE ALL DUE TO BICYLISTS BREAKING LAWS.

Summation: Its OUR responsibility to be part of the SOLUTION. If we as bicycles wish there to be change, we need to start with our OWN conduct FIRST.

By Demand of CHER-Heres the new post:

Ladies and gentleman....Intorducing the boat the Vikings partied on!!! (Note the name of the boat)

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It's Official. I am a dumbass. I installed a new comment-commander, and ALL the GREAT comments from the old one for ALL my FUCKING posts were erased, and now my Blog has no comments.

THIS SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!

DAMMIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

More wisdom from the road

Part 1
Courtesy and Frigging Common Sense


1) If you have an IPOD...I have one, so I understand they rock...And you want to bike or rollerblading...MAKE SURE YOU CAN HEAR ME WHEN I YELL I AM PASSING YOUR ASS, OR I WILL HAVE TO KICK YOU IN THE LEFT CHEEK.

I am serious-I will jab you good!

2) If you are passing me, and lets be clear-You have to go pretty damned fast to do this...Yell out PASSING so I can hear you too. It's a courtesy. I would do it for you.

3) If you are one of those "rollerblading Cross Country Skier Guys" watch it with those damned poles. If I get skewered with them cause your dumb ass wasn't looking where you were going, I will make sure that you will be seeing a proctologist for the removal of aforementioned items.

I promise you it will be a painful experience that will require you to attend years of therapy!

4) bicycles-Quit blowing through stopsigns and lights-Especially if you are doing so when I am crossing legally. I was almost hit by one of you today, and I promise you this:

I WILL curse you out, and do my best to embarrass you in front of your girlfriend and everyone and:

Ladies, I promise that I am an equal opportunity asshole, and will do the SAME TO YOU if you do it too.

Yes its true. I am imposing my newfound enlightenment on all of you because I am right, and its just the American way to impose our will on the masses.

If I did any of the above things myself, I would fully expect same or similar treatment, and would never expect to be treated differently if I screw up.

So there!

INSOMNIA SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dear Motorists-This is from the Drivers manual all of us who drive should know-So read this:


Bicycles

Bicyclists must signal all turns, lane changes, and stops. They use the same hand and arm signals as motor vehicle drivers. Bicyclists may also hold their right arms straight out until they begin to make a right turn. Bicyclists traveling on public roads should stay as close as possible to the right edge of the road. However, a bicyclist may move further onto the road to pass another vehicle or to prepare to make a left turn.

Motor vehicles should avoid driving in bicycle lanes. Motor vehicles may only enter bicycle lanes to park, to enter or leave the road, or to prepare for a turn. Before crossing a bicycle lane to make a turn, you must make sure it is safe to do so. Yield the right of way to approaching bicycles or vehicles. When the bicycle lane is clear, signal your intention, then move into the bicycle lane before making the turn.

Use caution when passing a bicyclist There should be at least three feet between the side of your vehicle and the bicycle. At faster speeds, your vehicle can create air turbulence that could unbalance a bicycle.

If you are unable to pass a bicyclist safely because the road is too narrow, do not follow too closely and do not frighten the rider by using your horn. Stay at a safe following distance and try to warn the bicyclist of your intention to pass before doing so. If possible, use the lane next to the bicyclist.

Bicycles can be difficult to spot in traffic. Watch for bicyclists in intersections, on sidewalks, and when you enter or leave alleys and driveways.
Some bicycles are not equipped with effective lights or reflectors, which can make riding at night dangerous. Bicyclists who ride at night are required to wear a light, if their bicycle is not equipped with one. Motorists should watch for bicycle traffic at night. Bicyclists should take safety measures to make themselves visible to drivers.

Actual Laws regarding operation of Bicycles on Public Roads (if there was any confusion, there shouldn't be any now)

169.222 Operation of bicycle.
Subdivision 1. Traffic laws apply. Every person operating a bicycle shall have all of the rights and duties applicable to the driver of any other vehicle by this chapter, except in respect to those provisions in this chapter relating expressly to bicycles and in respect to those provisions of this chapter which by their nature cannot reasonably be applied to bicycles.
Subd. 2. Manner and number riding. No bicycle shall be used to carry more persons at one time than the number for which it is designed and equipped, except (1) on a baby seat attached to the bicycle, provided that the baby seat is equipped with a harness to hold the child securely in the seat and that protection is provided against the child's feet hitting the spokes of the wheel or (2) in a seat attached to the bicycle operator.
Subd. 3. Clinging to vehicle. Persons riding upon any bicycle, coaster, roller skates, toboggan, sled, skateboard, or toy vehicle shall not attach the same or themselves to any street car or vehicle upon a roadway.
Subd. 4. Riding on roadway or shoulder. (a) Every person operating a bicycle upon a roadway shall ride as close as practicable to the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway except under any of the following situations:
(1) when overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction;
(2) when preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into a private road or driveway;
(3) when reasonably necessary to avoid conditions, including fixed or moving objects, vehicles, pedestrians, animals, surface hazards, or narrow width lanes, that make it unsafe to continue along the right-hand curb or edge.
(b) If a bicycle is traveling on a shoulder of a roadway, the bicycle shall travel in the same direction as adjacent vehicular traffic.
(c) Persons riding bicycles upon a roadway or shoulder shall not ride more than two abreast and shall not impede the normal and reasonable movement of traffic and, on a laned roadway, shall ride within a single lane.
(d) A person operating a bicycle upon a sidewalk, or across a roadway or shoulder on a crosswalk, shall yield the right-of-way to any pedestrian and shall give an audible signal when necessary before overtaking and passing any pedestrian. No person shall ride a bicycle upon a sidewalk within a business district unless permitted by local authorities. Local authorities may prohibit the operation of bicycles on any sidewalk or crosswalk under their jurisdiction.
(e) An individual operating a bicycle or other vehicle on a bikeway shall leave a safe distance when overtaking a bicycle or individual proceeding in the same direction on the bikeway, and shall maintain clearance until safely past the overtaken bicycle or individual.
(f) A person lawfully operating a bicycle on a sidewalk, or across a roadway or shoulder on a crosswalk, shall have all the rights and duties applicable to a pedestrian under the same circumstances.
Subd. 5. Carrying articles. No person operating a bicycle shall carry any package, bundle, or article which prevents the driver from keeping at least one hand upon the handle bars or from properly operating the brakes of the bicycle.
Subd. 6. Bicycle equipment. (a) No person shall operate a bicycle at nighttime unless the bicycle or its operator is equipped with a lamp which shall emit a white light visible from a distance of at least 500 feet to the front and with a red reflector of a type approved by the Department of Public Safety which is visible from all distances from 100 feet to 600 feet to the rear when directly in front of lawful lower beams of headlamps on a motor vehicle. No person may operate a bicycle at any time when there is not sufficient light to render persons and vehicles on the highway clearly discernible at a distance of 500 feet ahead unless the bicycle or its operator is equipped with reflective surfaces that shall be visible during the hours of darkness from 600 feet when viewed in front of lawful lower beams of headlamps on a motor vehicle. The reflective surfaces shall include reflective materials on each side of each pedal to indicate their presence from the front or the rear and with a minimum of 20 square inches of reflective material on each side of the bicycle or its operator. Any bicycle equipped with side reflectors as required by regulations for new bicycles prescribed by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission shall be considered to meet the requirements for side reflectorization contained in this subdivision. A bicycle may be equipped with a rear lamp that emits a red flashing signal.
(b) No person shall operate a bicycle unless it is equipped with a brake which will enable the operator to make the braked wheels skid on dry, level, clean pavement.
(c) No person shall operate upon a highway any bicycle equipped with handlebars so raised that the operator must elevate the hands above the level of the shoulders in order to grasp the normal steering grip area.
(d) No person shall operate upon a highway any bicycle which is of such a size as to prevent the operator from stopping the bicycle, supporting it with at least one foot on the highway surface and restarting in a safe manner.
Subd. 7. Sale with reflectors and other equipment. No person shall sell or offer for sale any new bicycle unless it is equipped with reflectors and other equipment as required by subdivision 6, clauses (a) and (b) and by the regulations for new bicycles prescribed by the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Subd. 8. Turning, lane change. An arm signal to turn right or left shall be given continuously during the last 100 feet traveled by the bicycle before turning, unless the arm is needed to control the bicycle, and shall be given while the bicycle is stopped waiting to turn.
Subd. 9. Bicycle parking. (a) A person may park a bicycle on a sidewalk unless prohibited or restricted by local authorities. A bicycle parked on a sidewalk shall not impede the normal and reasonable movement of pedestrian or other traffic.
(b) A bicycle may be parked on a roadway at any location where parking is allowed if it is parked in such a manner that it does not obstruct the movement of a legally parked motor vehicle.
Subd. 10. Bicycle events. (a) Bicycle events, parades, contests, or racing on a highway shall not be unlawful when approved by state or local authorities having jurisdiction over that highway. Approval shall be granted only under conditions which assure reasonable safety for all participants, spectators and other highway users, and which prevent unreasonable interference with traffic flow which would seriously inconvenience other highway users.
(b) By agreement with the approving authority, participants in an approved bicycle highway event may be exempted from compliance with any traffic laws otherwise applicable thereto, provided that traffic control is adequate to assure the safety of all highway users.
Subd. 11. Peace officer operating bicycle. The provisions of this section governing operation of bicycles do not apply to bicycles operated by peace officers while performing their duties.
HIST: 1978 c 739 s 12; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 255 s 14; 1993 c 326 art 4 s 2; art 7 s 2; 1995 c 72 s 2
Copyright 2004 by the Office of Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota.

So I was over at Banana Blograma, and we are all talking wrestling. This is a famous wrestler that we all know, and I am posting it JUST FOR YOU Cliff and Jamwall! Theres a funny story behind it, and it goes like this:

Last year before Chrismas time, my brother smashed up and totaled his car. I know a guy over at Metro Misubishi, the general manager by the name of Brent Wade. (I know he will LOVE the free publicity) so anwho, I bring my brother over on...Get this...CHRISTMAS EVE to get a car.

We are in here, and Brent sends over a car dealwer to help my brother. I do a double take. Its GREG GAGNE. Now me and my brother both LOVED those guys when I was a nipper, so Greg not only sold my brother a GREAT car, he gave us this.

It aint bike related, but hey-I am KING BLOG here, and dammit, it's MY realm!

Joke of the day

Johnny arrives home from school every day at 4pm on the dot.
One afternoon when he gets home, he can't find his mother anywhere. He looks thru the house and eventually finds her in her bedroom, covered in oil, rubbing herself and moaning "I want a man! I want a man!"
The next day when Johnny gets home, again he can't find his mum and she's in her room, covered in oil, rubbing herself and moaning "I want a man! I want a man!"
The following day, when Johnny get's home, he finds his mum in her room again, covered in oil, rubbing herself and this time the milkman's on top of her, humping away. So Johnny thinks "Right!"
The next day Johnny comes home a little earlier and goes straight to his room. His mother, expecting him home at 4pm, starts to worry as Johnny hasn't shown up. She looks thru the house and eventually finds him in his room, covered in oil, rubbing himself and moaning "I want a bike! I want a bike!"

Jeez-My HTML Kung fu is BAD..I had to publish this pic so I couldget one on my Blogger profile. This is too much like WORK!

This is your captain squeaking...You will notice to your right that even an HTML Moron can find a bone occasionally. I have linked 3 sites of merit to mine by the power of someone elses knowledge.

Thanks to Das Kid for her Blog which I SHAMELESSLY used as a basic Template to do this!

My HTML Kung Fu sucks right now, but I SWEAR I will become a MASTER someday...(At LEAST I will know enough to be semi-dangerous)

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Shameless plugs for some Awesome Blogs!!!!

I went mountain biking with my friend Barb today. Barb has been biking a long time, and can hold her own on any bike. Shes the only one I have ridden with who rides my speed.

As a matter of fact, I had to tell her to slow the hell down a few times.

I learned 2 things:

1) Mountain Biking is JUST as fun as road biking

2) I need to learn to have "Light Days".

My legs HURT!

So part of the bike trail was washed out, so I chose to use the sidewalk (slowly) adjacent to the path as the parkway that separated it was a one way going the other way.

Another bicyclist chose to go down the wrong way down the parkway. I looked over at her, and she seemed pretty nervous as the vehicles speeding past her came pretty damn close.

Now here I am on the sidewalk. I am not sure if I am legal either, but I for DAMN sure know SHE can get a ticket.

Any comments? Were we both wrong? If so, what should we have done? It was about 1/4 mile of bike trail that was washed out, and then you could get back on it down the road 1/4 mile.

Was I too harsh on the Mom of the last story? Was I being judgmental? I mean, I am not a parent. God forbid that I will ever have the charge of the care of 2 little human beings. I am sure its a hard job, and harder still to watch them all the time. I mean I am in awe of parents..Its an AWESOME responsibility to be able to be a parent right? Who am I to judge???









Wait a minute, I almost got another hook in the eye....




Screw THAT noise-that's my story, and I am sticking to it!

Save a Fish, Hook a Bicyclist PART DEUX
(There is NO escape)

So you see I have learned a few things. I have learned to be careful around people with fishing poles. I have learned what to do in traffic. Where to ride. How to ride safely.

But there is no amount of learning..No amount of knowledge..No amount of BODY ARMOR that can protect you...
From...


IRRESPONSIBLE AND STUPID PARENTS!!!

No..Not MY parents. Yes, they have had their brain farts as do we all, but for the most part, I was well protected and loved by my parents growing up. They didn't let me do dangerous or stupid things, and if I did, I had my bell rung IMMEDIATELY, and I daresay it was seldom repeated.

And they would have beat my ASS raw if I would have done the following stuff that I am going to relate to you!

This would be describing an unknown woman that should be tarred and feathered in the square and made to wear a duncecap for allowing her rugrats to do the following LUNACY.

YESTERDAY, as I was on the parkway...Thinking I was immune to the fishing poles of the Tom Sawyer wananbes, I see a mother with her 2 kids (they were probably 7-8 years old) standing on the shoulder looking like they are about to toss some sticks across the road.

I was cruising pretty fast...Probably about 21 MPH and when I get closer, I see what they have in their hands.

Ye CATS, they have fishing poles..AND THEY ARE CASTING LINES ACROSS THE PARKWAY RIGHT ACROSS MY PATH!!!!! Now you have to understand, the parkway has cars on it. Its a busy road, so that makes this incident DOUBLY stupid!

WHAT the NETHER HELL??? What's the deal with idiots with fishing poles?!?!?! There is no frigging water anywhere around me!!!

Of course I hit the brakes, but being that I have had some experience, this time I make a safe stop, and proceed to glare at the mother in disgust, and say:

"GREAT IDEA MOM! Lets cast some lines out into a busy street! Hope ya get a BIG one!"

She says NOTHING. Not an apology. NADA. But then I should have expected that from someone who obviously is such a mental giant.

I now understand why sometimes it IS necessary to make your kids do as you SAY, even if (the parent) was a dumbass kid when he/she were young. Maybe Mom believes that her kids should be free to express themselves, and run free...No restraints or restrictions.

Then the children can develop, and reach their MAXIMUM potential, and turn out to be the rocket scientists of tommorow like the two kids who throw fishing lines into traffic..YEAH thats it..THATS the ticket!!!

I wonder what end this experiment was striving towards?

What a load OF CRAP!

Maybe that kind of thinking applies to fingerpaints and coloring books, but not to sharp hooks and 2000 pound cars you silly bitch!

To the mother of this story-In the future PLEASE DO NOT LET YOUR KIDS DO DANGEROUS AND STUPID THINGS even though YOU are apparently DANGEROUS AND STUPID YOURSELF!!!

In this case, "Do as I say, not as I do" really must apply.

Do you also let them play in traffic? Maybe you encourage them to throw knives and play with fire and gasoline??? Maybe next you should let them fly a plane, or juggle chainsaws.

Stick a fork in me..I am done. I have seen it all, and I can die now.

With more idiots out there, this too may happen!

Moral of the story: EXPECT the unexpected. If I lived to be a thousand years old, I would NEVER have expected this.

I can't make this shit up!

(Horrifying thought: There is still time for more crazy stuff to happen to me out on the trail. But hey, if it didn't happen, there would be no entertainment for us all, would there?)

Save a Fish..Hook a Bicyclist Part UNO


So I was riding along around lake Calhoun early in the season. Now you have to know that this is when I was really just starting my hardcore bicycling at this point, so there was definitely a learning curve involved.

Anyway, I was barreling up the bridge that merges with the pedestrian path. Now as I was coming up the hill, I yell out that I intend to pass on the left, and as I am about to do so, I notice some Schmo with a fishing pole on his shoulder with a hook bouncing from side to side as he was walking along just like a scene out of Tom Sawyer.

This is a particular nuisance due to the fact that the hook was swinging INTO THE BIKING LANE I WAS IN. I was far enough to the left, and aware of it, so I knew I would miss getting hooked, but of course the runner that was to my right wasn't, and had to duck LEFT into my path to avoid the danger.

I didn't know that I could fly, but APPARENTLY with enough speed, you CAN for at least a second mimic the flight of a rather large bird!

I hit the brakes. HARD. And at this time, I wasn't used to a really good braking system, and when I hit the levers, I hit too much front brake. Every action causes an equal and opposite reaction, and too much front brake causes the rider to go over the handlebars.

An at 39, and then around 220, I don't bounce. I hit, and hit hard. I hit hard enough to cause alarm from the runner, who thought I needed an ambulance.

But lucky me, I was over far enough to the left that I hit the dirt shoulder, and not the blacktop, and it had rained the night before, so other than a softball sized bruise on my thigh, I was ok.

Of course since I was clipped in to my pedals, I needed help getting the bike off my back.

Lesson Learned: There is NO NEED to pass people on a bridge. I haven't repeated that performance to this day.

And I HATE idiots who don't mind their tackle!

Collision Type #3:
Red Light of Death







You stop to the right of a car that's already waiting at a red light or stop sign. They can't see you. When the light turns green, you move forward, and then they turn right, right into you. Even small cars can do you in this way, but this scenario is especially dangerous when it's a bus or a semi that you're stopping next to. An Austin cyclist was killed in 1994 when he stopped to the right of a semi, and then it turned right. He was crushed under its wheels.


How to avoid this collision:
Don't stop in the blind spot. Simply stop BEHIND a car, instead of to the right of it, as per the diagram below. This makes you very visible to traffic on all sides. It's impossible for the car behind you to avoid seeing you when you're right in front of it.

Another option is to stop at either point A in the diagram above (where the first driver can see you), or at point B, behind the first car so it can't turn into you, and far enough ahead of the second car so that the second driver can see you clearly. It does no good to avoid stopping to the right of the first car if you're going to make the mistake of stopping to the right of the second car. EITHER car can do you in.

If you chose spot A, then ride quickly to cross the street as soon as the light turns green. Don't look at the motorist to see if they want to go ahead and turn. If you're in spot A and they want to turn, then you're in their way. Why did you take spot A if you weren't eager to cross the street when you could? When the light turns green, just go, and go quickly. (But make sure cars aren't running the red light on the cross street, of course.)

If you chose spot B, then when the light turns green, DON'T pass the car in front of you -- stay behind it, because it might turn right at any second. If it doesn't make a right turn right away, it may turn right into a driveway or parking lot unexpectedly at any point. Don't count on drivers to signal! They don't. Assume that a car can turn right at any time. (NEVER pass a car on the right!) But try to stay ahead of the car behind you until you're through the intersection, because otherwise they might try to cut you off as they turn right.

While we're not advocating running red lights, notice it is in fact safer to run the red light if there's no cross traffic, than it is to wait legally at the red light directly to the right of a car, only to have it make a right turn right into you when the light turns green. The moral here is not that you should break the law, but that you can easily get hurt even if you follow the law.

By the way, be very careful when passing stopped cars on the right as you approach a red light. You run the risk of getting doored by a passenger exiting the car on the right side, or hit by a car that unexpectedly decides to pull into a parking space on the right side of the street.

Collision Type #2:
The Door Prize

A driver opens his door right in front of you. You run right into it if you can't stop in time. If you're lucky, the motorist will exit the car before you hit the door, so you'll at least have the pleasure of smashing them too when you crash, and their soft flesh will cushion your impact.

How to avoid this collision:
Ride to the left. Ride far enough to the left that you won't run into any door that's opened unexpectedly. You may be wary about riding so far into the lane that cars can't pass you easily, but you're MUCH more likely to get doored by a parked car if you ride too close to it than you are to get hit from behind by a car which can clearly see you.

So I did 45 Miles total on Saturday.

I learned something. It was 84 degrees, and I was used to the cooler weather preceding the nice weather Saturday.

I should have packed more liquids.

I haven't gone since Saturday.

I learned something about limitations. Get to know them, and work within them if you aren't training for some big event.

My body HATED me for about 2 days after. I hope that its clear long enough for a ride tomorrow!

Just thought this was funny-Since I am a smartass, I figured i would post it!

Sheriff arrests motorist for harassing cyclist

From the police blotter in today's Longmont Times-Call.
A postmaster was arrested Sunday night afer he was accused of telling a cyclist to "got back to Boulder" and then threatening to kill him, police reports said. According to the cyclist, the postmaster nearly ran him off Overland Road above Jamestown, then yelled, "I hate you ... bicyclists. Go back to Boulder. I live here for a reason and you bicyclists are ruining it." The cyclist, whose address was not released by deputies, said the man then threatened to kill him. A witness corroborated the cyclist's story and deputies arrested the postmaster at his Ward home later that evening, according to reports. The postmaster told deputies he "just popped."