Bicycle Safety : How to not get hit by cars.

http://bicyclesafe.com/

should pin this... earl-ku

tho diagram is for left hand drive..
just reverse it...



This post has been edited by H2D: Oct 1 2013, 04:04 PM

What's wrong with bicycle helmets?

http://bicyclesafe.com/helmets.html

very good read

excerpt ...

Helmets distract from what's really important: safe-riding skills

Unfortunately, helmets have become a panacea:
Many parents and city & state governments think they can slap a flimsy piece of styrofoam on a kid's head and they've done their part to make sure that kids are safe.

But it's actually the opposite. That approach is akin to outfitting somebody with a flak jacket and then having them run through a firing range.
If you had to choose between giving a child a helmet or the education about how to ride safely, you should choose the education and ditch the helmet every time.

Of course you don't have to choose between one or the other, but the point is that most people are choosing,
and they're choosing the helmet only.

For example, helmet laws are popping up all over the country(USA), but how many of those same jurisdictions are mandating classes in how to ride safely? Almost none.

In Adam Sandler's movie Click, his character sends his kids out biking at night, dutifully decked out with helmets—but no lights! Choosing helmets over lights means that the kids are much more likely to actually die on the road.

And that's what the problem is: A misguided focus, a belief that bike safety begins and ends with putting a helmet on your head.

additional read...

BICYCLE HELMET RESEARCH FOUNDATION
http://www.cyclehelmets.org/1131.html

This post has been edited by H2D: Oct 1 2013, 04:11 PM

if u can find out what type/kind of lithium batt they are using...
and u can get replacement easily without have to order from them...
or the space can fit a modded batt...

some points when choosing a light...

bro yun,
i noe ur route well, is it along balai polis there ar kena chase?

well, my place here, the dogs rulez the street day and nite,
and as a dog owner ( my mutts don't roam the streets )
i can assure that 99.9% the mutts won't cause u any harm.

they just like to chase and they will chase even big lorries..
some daring ones will try stunts like running along very close to u..

so u don't have to speed up, just keep on riding as usual,
don't stop and stare or shout at them ( it is provoking already )
just ignore them and cycle on...
they just wana lepas stim.. that's all ....

if u fedap or find it damn annoying, can invest on the AirZound.
utube vids shows it kinda 'stunts' dogs tht barks n chase this cyclist...

yes pepper spray....
but the keychain stuff we get here is kinda too small to be effective...?

its Q4 folks...!
those wana shop at taobao better hurry up...
the whole world is buying frm china..
festive seasons xmas newyear cny.. winter mayhem...

end of last year.. china shipping was backlogged til march 2013...

biologic post pump....

haiya dun have to waste time stepping off the bike..
if the dog scared, it will just run away if u shout at it,
it not it will con't to chase once u pedal again, or the next time it sees u...
best way it to ignore it.. unless its pit bull or rott or smthing liddat,
most of the dogs there, are just street mongrels...

the post pump is dahon's ori pump, i'm not sure if it fits other bikes...
need to check the post diameter...
if u need a pump as backup, might as well just get those mini hand pump...

This post has been edited by H2D: Oct 2 2013, 09:06 PM

abit heavy yea.. good as backup..
i've never use mine...
unless got emergency pancit...

u can try,,,
but bear in mind this is not the correct/rekemended way to deal with dogs...
esp try to stare it straight in the eye...
some timid dog will run if u chase it back...


the post is 33.9mm diameter. 65cm long...
sells for RMB 118
it is taken out from dahon bikes..

great
y do u choose this bike??

how much for this bike?

congrats

i din noe the handle post folds that way...

this is after discount right.. not bad...

the latch does it have a safety lock?
can't see any from pics...

duno oh..
i saw this pix it goes to the other side...

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-wcnqMUxb...5D.jpg%20width=

can't really tell..

anyway, if the latch can't be pulled easily, it is ok,

a safety pin is like this, and u need to first release it, then only u can
pull the latch.
khs maybe use other mechanism ... ? if any...

the handle post, khs type don't need a safety, its smthing like a brompton's...



This post has been edited by H2D: Oct 2 2013, 10:07 PM

ss13 flagship store??
never been there...

alot under one roof.. but $$$$? how to survive...??

yea that should be it...

what causes the puncture?

where got state any goody??

this organiser getting greedier... blardy hell....

last year CR RM 45... now RM 53..

summore create two more category for foldies..

foldy com ride.. RM 58..
why need to have this category? when they allow foldies in CR as well??
saja saja wana get extra $$$$ thinking foldi wana cycle among themselves ....


foldy challen 20mins?? RM 74...

goody bag ar... LOL....

if u read samo blog u will know how the goody bag evolved from the 1st time to 2nd time 2013...
summore reg fees increased... goody bag decreased....

now fees increase even more... goody bag leh....

fuel price naik these fler oso naik...

the organising team (probly just a few flers), dun even have time to reply my email
when i complain this year...

the whole event was supported by volunteers from local colleges...