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      CommentAuthorjvandub
    • CommentTimeApr 14th 2008
     
    DoJe:

    I bomb through traffic all of the time. Plus, if I pull up to a truck at a red light I will also wait behind it so that I can see if he's going my way. If so, I'll grab on to the bed of the truck and get a pull. This is always SUPER TIRING on a fixie. You don't use any energy to pedal, but you're pedaling faster than ever!! And that's beyond tiring. But it's always fun and it's great for tackling hills.
    I will also weave my way in front of traffic at red lights. Then just pull out in front of them as if there was a bike box there.

    Yo MAX- are these some sort of official Alleycat rules? If so, where are they? I'd love to check em.

    So to get back to the original question. Yes I weave in & out of traffic a lot. I do it with a headphone in one ear. And I do it all very defensively, although, as we all know, I'm sure the auto bots feel that my riding should be considered offensive because I get in front of their precious gas guzzlers. And because I so rudely got to go through a red light as they had to wait for it.

    See you next Tuesday?

    • CommentAuthorDoJe
    • CommentTimeApr 14th 2008
     

    Bear w/ me but what's on for Tuesday?

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    DoJe:
    Rule #2 is that I'm not allowed to talk about it.

    • CommentAuthorDoJe
    • CommentTimeApr 14th 2008
     

    I thought that was rule #3. Oh wait... I get it now.

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    them's fightin' words jvan. (or a fightin' acronym, whichever way you look at it)

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      CommentAuthorJennx
    • CommentTimeApr 14th 2008
     

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=hYINYgT3c_E

    that's some weaving for you. lucas brunelle is INSANE!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    tuesdays at noon, alley cat for cash. 3rd ave stumptown.

    • CommentAuthorWalter
    • CommentTimeApr 14th 2008
     

    do they start at noon precise?

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      CommentAuthorstumptown
    • CommentTimeApr 14th 2008
     
    white folks:

    tuesdays at noon, alley cat for cash. 3rd ave stumptown.

    ugh. wish i was in town. who's throwing it?

    • CommentAuthorDoJe
    • CommentTimeApr 15th 2008
     

    Ah, cool. Thanks Whitey for the explanation.

    I won't be able to make it today. Does this happen every Tuesday?

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      CommentAuthorjvandub
    • CommentTimeApr 15th 2008
     

    Oh god...