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Embrace the rule of law and society. Old people in the crosswalk will frequently thank you and youāll feel superior to all the PPOS š·running the light and cutting people off. Plus the lights come in waves so youāll probably catch up anyway.
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so many traffic laws were broken
Apr 22, 2024
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i spent all summer being too afraid to bike but a week ago i was going to be late for an appt unless i biked so i just got a citibike and hit the road. it's scary in theory but it's actually quite nice. i rode along riverside so that if i felt intimidated by the cars i could ride on the sidewalk and if there were too many pedestrians i could switch to the street. i think ny drivers are more accustomed to sharing the street than suburban drivers. if they don't want to be behind you they'll just go around and keep it pushing. if youre worried abt being hit you could buy a helmet and learn the arm turn signals but either way after 5 minutes you'll forget why you were even afraid.
Sep 25, 2024
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Idk why I only got hip to this method of transport as my primary one this summer as this is my 4th year living in New York. I was notoriously 30 min late everyday to any class before 12pm in college or any class I didnāt care about purely because my method was train or bus then train and Iām one of those people that always just thinks they have 20 minutes to spare when it takes so long for them to put a perfect outfit together and they then negate breakfast every morning. I was often late to morning shifts of retail jobs for similar reasons or the bus just was late late lateā¦ Or Iād oversleep so much going to class didnāt even seem worth it.
But now. I realize. If I had just taken a fucking bike. I really wouldnāt have been the latest girl in the world all these years. And I love biking; itās literally how I survived lockdown. my daily routine was get high all day and ride my bike around my suburban hometown to different locations and keep smoking (until this led to an actual psychosis.)
perhaps I was intimidated by nyc chaos. I will admit electric Citi bike is not for the faint of heart. Iāve almost gotten hit numerous times. And once somewhere around Times Square on my way to the JT concert, a strange man with a high quality camera took a picture up my skirt? Hopefully it was blurry as I was going the speed of light but idk. so many of the docks are broken which may cause insurmountable frustration? And there was one time this summer I went to 5 different stations and every dock all of them were dead and it felt like the electricity system was conspiring against my ability to meet my friends at Mott Street Eatery.
Regardless. Iāve felt safer transporting myself at night without the fee of an Uber. Iām more often at time. I feel like Iām flying. Ive gotten to reconnect with my passion of the bike ride. I love to whip around with my friends who equally love biking. And I feel unstoppable.
My dad wants me and my sister to invest in collapsable helmets but that feels embarrassing like borderline voyeuristic - and Iād have to really commit to the bit as I bike probably average 4x a day now. he says young people avoid safety precautions because we have huge ego. Considering the amount of accidents these fast ass bikes cause: he has a point.
Live love laugh electric Citi bike. Itās an art you should master. I have a need for speed.
Oct 7, 2024
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