I am luckier when it comes to cars, I generally wear defensive clothing and by that I mean I have a bright pink cycling outfit with a cycling skirt and a bright pink helmet, and often times I have people sliding to just look at me oh and I carry a speaker with music (it has my I-pod), my husband has more trouble that way than I do, he once was hit by a semi! Even the cops downtown know me, sometimes one of the Ducks comes up (it is a tourist vehicle and they all wave at me), I always get wiped out by road hazards that I do not know about in advance... they get me every time, I don't race everywhere anymore, it hasn't done me any good in the past!

Yes my husband still rides, he is recovered completely, that was in 1998. But yes, it does get dangerous and amusing.

One time while my husband was riding some kids drove up next to him and slapped him in the ass while he was flying down the street. He became enraged and chased them of course. He was still enraged when he got home, called the cops, yelled at them, I laughed under my breath. The cop said to him "did they hurt you" all of the sudden he go this look on his face it scrunched up and he said, "well they hurt my feelings" OMG I burst out laughing, I couldn't contain myself and the cop burst out laughing... OMG I could write a book about his antics on his bike! It would be extreme comedy.

The crazy wingers are turning on all the Republicans! Lindsey Graham... WTF? Well when you egg on crazies you just never know what the hell they will do.

Yeah you know, Earth Wind and Fire of course! And the September remix was great, they are great performers... and always brings me back to some of the fun of the latter 70's. Ahh....except for those green spandex pants I had, bright green, when my mom saw me she screamed, you look like a hooker! Which is tough for a 5'6" 100 pound stick girl! It still make me laugh. I also had four inch lime green pumps to go with it! Diable, think of that!!!! With a Farrah Fawcett-Majors flip, without the breast and the blond hard, you know 16 - 17 year old!!!!

Woah I forgot I put Greg Allman on this track!

Oh I agree, we seem to be in another antebellum phase....the 1830s and 1840s, yes indeed, there are definite similarities.

I agree the last 10 years many more cyclists and when gas went way up, even more. Although I commute early on the 5 am ferry so when I am going through downtown, I am literally the only cyclist, I split up with Gary on the Waterfront, he heads to Ballard I head to the U. I never been in a bicycle traffic jam! I was glad see more people out there on bikes, and now there are all kinds of folks on scooters too! I never noticed until I bought one. Oh wait let me revise that, I mean the Vespa the city of Seattle bought me one when they sabotaged the bike trail and I ended up broken! Thanks Seattle! I love my Vespa.

Yes it does, because you are using more of your brain I think, stimulating other parts and when you are moving it seems easier and it flows, a weird feeling but I've never had it fail on me!

Bicycling makes the world fantastic! Other than the occasional wipeout and cheating death, there is nothing like getting on your bicycle and riding the day away. I occasionally solve programming problems in my head while riding, just cause I can clear my head and think of just the problem, go through the program line by line. I love it. In 06 bought a Vespa too, so I trade off now, Vespa and bike. Too much fun.

Is such a fucking dick. Ugh....

Yes you all saw it I posted twice... sorry... my impatience is showing.

Yes Fester and Cuch are the current statesmen, the Bastard, he is our jester, I think of him as being occasionally like the jester in King Lear, but with modern day vulgarity, I think Shakespeare might approve!

Yes Fester and Cuch are the current statesmen, the Bastard, he is our jester, I think of him as being occasionally like the jester in King Lear, but with modern day vulgarity, I think Shakespeare might approve!

Poor conservative don't know vicks is something all actors use to insure tears! Geez, without actors we wouldn't even know Preparation H is great for bags under ones eyes if you've partied to much the night before work! I love actors and their tricks.

I've been a bicycle commuter for almost 21 years, mostly downtown, but there was a time I commuted to Mercer Island from West Seattle and then to my house 5 more miles from the ferry, I'd have to go to Harper Island (Port or Seattle) downtown, through the International District up across I-90 (yes we have a bike trail next to the Interstate) and then to the Island where I worked in the same building as Jack Sikma. I didn't know who he was not being a basketball fan, but he thought I was crazy because I was riding 48 miles a day. He was a great guy though, he used to give me coolers full of salmon, as he had a fishing company among other things and my co-workers used to get kind of jealous! I just talked to him every morning because we got to work earlier than everyone else. One day my husband said, who gave you the fish, I said Jack Sikma a guy who owns a business in the building, he nearly fell out of his chair and he told me who he was. :)