>> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE, MY

NAME IS CHRIS GAINS, I'M THE NIH

PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE HEALTH

AND WELLNESS PROGRAM.

I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME YOU TO

OUR MONTHLY FOCUS ON YOU

WELLNESS LECTURE SERIES.

TODAY IS OUR ANNUAL BICYCLE

COMPUTER SEMINAR AND WITHOUT

FURTHER ADIEU, I WOULD LIKE TO

INTRODUCE TO YOU THE DIRECTOR OF

THE NIH BICYCLE CLUB, DR. DIANNE DIANNE

BOLTON.

>> I'M ONE OF THE OFFICERS IN

THE NIH BICYCLE COMPUTER CLUB

WHICH MEANS I'M A BICYCLE

COMPUTER AND I WORK AT THE NIH.

ANYBODY ELSE THAT BIKES AT THE

NIH IS AL IS H ALSO A MEMBER OF THE

BICYCLE COMPUTER CLUB.

I WANT TO POINT YOU TO A

BROCHURE IN THE BACK THAT HAS A

BUNCH OF INFORMATION THAT

SPECIFICALLY PERTAINS TO BIKE

COMMUTING AT THE NIH.

THINGS LIKE THE BIKE SUBSIDY

THOUGHT GET $20 A MONTH FROM THE

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO RIDE YOUR

BIKE INSTEAD OF PARKING OR BIKE

BUCKS PROGRAM WHERE SHOWERS ARE

LOCATED ON CAMPUS IF YOU NEED TO

TAKE A SHOWER AFTER YOU RIDE IN

WHERE BIKE PARKING IS LOCATED.

ALL OF THIS INFORMATION IS PUT

TOGETHER ON ONE WEBSITE THAT YOU

CAN FIND BY JUST GOOGLING NIH

BUYING OR OUR LITTLE HANDOUT IN

THE BACK.

BUT TODAY'S GUEST SPEAKER IS

DUPRAY HOWARD FROM THE BICYCLE

ASSOCIATION AND HE HAS A

PRESENTATION HERE TO INTRODUCE

YOU TO THE GENERAL FEMALE O THEME OF

THINKING ABOUT STARTING TO BIKE

TO WORK.

HE HAS A SLIDE PRESENTATION AND

HE ALSO BROUGHT SOME MAPS AND

OTHER HANDOUTS IN THE MAP THAT

YOU CAN TAKE OVER THE SEMINAR IF

YOU ARE INTERESTED.

THANK YOU FOR COMING AND WELCOME

AND LET'S WELCOME DOPRAY.

[APPLAUSE]

>> CAN YOU HEAR ME?

COOL.

ALL RIGHT.

I'M NOT DANIEL HOAGLAND,

OBVIOUSLIMENT I'M DUPRAY.

DANIEL IS THE OTHER GUY WHO DOES

THIS THINGS.

YOU CAN K5U CALL ME DANIEL, I WON'T

TAKE OWE PHELPS.

IT' I WON'T TAKE OFFENSE.

IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS IN THE

BEGINNING WE HAD TO TO GIVE

STATISTICS AND SUPPORT CYCLING

AS GOOD THIFNLGT I'M STARTING TO

GET AN IDEA EVERY TIME I COME TO

SEMINARS PEOPLE ARE PRETTY MUCH

SOLD ON THE STATS.

YOU'RE SMART PEOPLE.

YOU KNOW ALREADY CYCLING IS A

GOOD IDEA OTHERWISE YOU WOULDN'T

BE HERE.

YOU'VE ALREADY AGREED TO THAT.

BUT MAYBE YOU QUITE HAVEN'T MADE

THE LEAP YET, YOU'RE JUST

THINKING ABOUT IT OR MAYBE AS MY

FRIENDS LIKE TO CALL IT BIKE

CURIOUS.

YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED

INDEMNITY A LITTLE BIT BUIN IT ALITTLE BIT
.

MAYBE THERE'S SOME HIDDEN FEAR

YOU WANT TO WORK OUT.

MAYBE WE CAN GO OVER IT IN THE

QUESTIONS AFTERWARDS OR SOMETIME

DURING THE PRESENTATION AND TRY

TO ALLEVIATE THAT FEAR OR GET

YOU TO SOME SOLUTION THAT MAKES

THAT PROBLEM GO AWAY AND MAKES

YOU WANT TO BECOME A BIKE

COMMUTER.

HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE BICYCLES

NOW?

OKAY.

ANYBODY HERE DON'T KNOW, DOESN'T

KNOW HOW TO RIDE?

DOESN'T WANT TO ADMIT TO IT.

ALL RIGHT, FAIR ENOUGH.

HOW MANY OF YOU STARTED RIDING

WHEN YOU WERE ARE, I DON'T KNOW,

FIVE, TEN YEARS OLD?

OKAY.

DID ANYBODY TEACH THEMSELVES HOW

TO RIDE?

WELL DONE, WELL DONE.

ANYBODY HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER

MAYBE AN OLDER BROTHER OR FATHER

OR MOTHER OR SOMETHING?

I HAD MY UNCLE TEACH ME.

HE MADE ME DO CIRCLES IN THE

BACKYARD AND TWHRE EMPTY BEER

CANALS AT ME EVERY TIME I FELL

OFF THE BIKE.

I STARTED BEING AFRAID OF HIM

AND STOPPED BEING AW AFRAID OF THE

BIKE AND STARTED TO RIDE.

I DON'T SUGGEST THAT AS A METHOD

FOR EVERYONE.

FOR ME IT WORKED.

DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT YOUR NURSE

BIKE LOOKED LIKE BY ANY CHANCE?

>> ANYBODY HAVANYBODY HAVE A BANANA SEAT?

A BIG LONG SLOPING.

ANYONE HAVE AN ANTENNA, SOME

PLIERS OFF THFLIERS OFF THE EDGES.

DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT COLOR IT

WAS?

ORANGE.

YOU GOT THE BARBIE BIKE, RIGHT.

NEVER RIDE THE BARBIE BIKE,

NEVER.

IT'S THE ONLY ONE THERE THAT

STILL WALKS.

ANYWAY, AR MINE WAS SILVER AND

BLUE, SCHWINN, HAD A BANANA SEAT

AND ANTENNA.

I DON'T KNOW WHY THE ANTENNA WAS

IMPORTANT BUT I DEMANDED IT IN

BIG LETTERS TO MY PARENTS FOR

CHRISTMAS THAT'S WHAT I HAD TO V

ANY YOU ALL REMEMBER WHAT

BICYCLING IS ABOUT.

WE CAN'T GO BACK AND I DON'T

KNOW PLAY WITH OUR ACTION FUGZ

EXCEPT MAYBE -- FIGURES EXCEPT

MAYBE WITH OUR KIDS AND FEEL

GOOD ABOUT IT.

SOME LEGOS YOU HAVE SOME SECRET

COLLECTOR HUNDRED TO PLAY WITH

OR WHATEVER BUT YOU CAN GET ON

YOUR BIKE AGAIN AND IT'S

PERFECTLY REASONABLE TO DO THAT.

IT GIVES YOU A CONNECTION TO THE

CHILDHOOD THAT I THINK MOST

THINGS THAT WE DON'T HAVE

ANYMORE.

GO ON TO THE FIRST SLIDE HERE.

WHY DO YOU RIDE YOUR BIKE.

MOST PEOPLE HAVE A REASON WHY.

MOST PEOPLE REALIZE THAT MOST,

WHAT DO YOU CALL IT, MOST TRIPS

AROUND TOWN ARE THREE MILES OR

LESS.

EVERYBODY REALIZE THAT.

THE AVERAGE IS SOMEWHERE AROUND

THREE MILES OR LESS.

NO?

NO ONE KNEW THAT.

ABOUT THREE MILES.

WHICH IS REASONABLY CONSIDERABLE

FOR A BIKING COMMUTER.

BETHESDA IS NOT TOO HILLY.

IF I WAS TO DO THIS COMMUTER TO

THE SEMINAR LET'S SAY DOWNTOWN

SAN FRANCISCO OR SOMETHING,

MAYBE I WOULD SAY MAJOR MORE

LIKE A MILE AND-A-HALF IS A

BETTER RANGE.

BETHESDA, THREE MILES IS NO

PROBLEM.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE WE GET THE

PICTURES FROM, BUT I REALLY WISH

I WAS THIS GUY.

AT LEAST AT THIS MOMENT.

HE'S HAVING A GOOD ONE.

SO IS SHE.

I DON'T HAVE TO GO INTO

HEALTHCARE CLASSES AT NIH.

GOING TO MOVE ON.

YOU GUYS KNOW THIS STUFF

ALREADY.

BUT THIS ONE MAYBE YOU DON'T

KNOW.

$1500.

68 HOURS.

WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH 68 MORE

HOURS?

I COMMUTE FROM MARYLAND,

EVERYONE KNOW WHERE THAT IS, TO

COLUMBIA EVERY DAY.

IT'S ABOUT TEN MILES OR SO.

I COLLECT, JUST TO SEE, I DID A

COUPLE DAYS BY COMMUTING BY BUS

AND THEN A COUPLE DAYS BY METRO

JUST TO SEE AND THEN I BIKED IT

OF COURSE AND THEN I TRIED IT

WITH A FRIEND OF MINE DRIVING

ME.

EVERY TIME DURING RUSH HOUR THE

CAR CAME IN LAST.

DEAD LAST.

SOMETIMES AS MUCH AS 20 OR 30

MINUTES LATER.

AND ONE THING WE DON'T HAVE A

SLIDE FOR AND I REALLY WISH WE

DID IS, SHOWING PEOPLE HOW

RELIABLE BIKE COMMUTING IS.

IF YOU KNOW WHERE YOU'RE

STARTING FROM, YOU KNOW WHERE

YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO END UP

ABOUT WITHIN FIVE MINUTES RANGE.

YOU'RE TAKING THE METRO TO WORK.

THERE'S SOME VARIATION THERE,

RIGHT.

SOMETIMES YOU GET THERE A FEW

MINUTES LATER THAN YOU WANTED

TO.

THE TRAIN'S LATE OR SOMETHING,

THAT KIND OF THING.

SAME THING WITH BUSES.

YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO

HAPPEN ON THE ROADS AS FAR AS

CARS ARE CONCERNED.

>> [INDISCERNIBLE]

>> DURING RUSH HOUR?

AT 8:30 IT TOOK ME ON AN

AVERAGE, LET ME GET SURE I GET

THIS RIGHT, 49 MINUTES.

THRIET8:45 IT TOOK ME AN AVERAGE OF 52

MINUTES.

I WANTED TO DO IT IN INCREMENTS

OF 15 MINUTES BECAUSE HOW RUSH

HOUR AFFECTS HOW FAR I CAN GO.

HOW FAST.

I LEFT AT 8:00, I CAN MAKE IT AT

47 MINUTES.

47 MINUTES.

AND THAT'S ABOUT AVERAGE, ABOUT

AVERAGE.

THE DRIVING ONE, THE AVERAGE WAS

AN HOUR AND 15 MINUTES.

RUSH HOUR.

IT GOT, IT DRASTICALLY REDUCED

ONCE RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC WAS OFF

AND I READILY ADMIT THAT TO MOST

PEOPLE.

DRIVING MOST OF THE TIME NOT IN

RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC YOU MIGHT GET

THERE FASTER.

BUT IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC I

DEFINITELY DID A LOT BETTER WHEN

I WAS ON THE BICYCLE, DEFINITELY

DO A LOT BETTER.

AND THEN OF COURSE METRO AND THE

BUS WAS SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE,

ROUGHLY AROUND 110.

HOW MANY OF YOU WALKED AROUND

THE CITY BEFORE AND YOU FOUND

SOMETHING SIMPLY BECAUSE YOU

WERE WALKING INSTEAD OF DRIVING.

YOU EVER DO THAT.

OH THAT'S A NEW RESTAURANT, I

DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS THERE.

YOU'RE GOING FAST ENOUGH BY BIKE

THAT YOU CAN GET TO WHERE YOU

NEED TO GO AT A REASONABLE

AMOUNT OF TIME BUT AT THE SAME

TIME YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THE

OUTSIDE WORLD, EVERYTHING IS

PASSING YOU BY.

MAYBE YOU HAD A CHANCE OF

FINDING THAT RESTAURANT IF

YOU'RE ON THAT BIKE TOO.

SAVE YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY.

I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THAT ONE

ALREADY BUT CAN I SAY ONE THING

ALSO BESIDES $4 GAS AND

INCREASING INSURANCE RATES.

MY DAD RIDES NOW BECAUSE I

ANNOYED HIM ENOUGH TO KEEP AFTER

HIM.

BUT WHAT HE DOES IS HE HAS A

PART TIME JOB IN TOWN.

HE LIVES 60 MILES OUTSIDE OF THE

CITY.

YOU'RE GOING TO RIDE A BIKE ALL

THE WAY THERE?

OF COURSE NOT.

WHAT HE DID WAS AND WHAT I ASKED

HIM TO DO WAS PUT THE BIKE ON

THE BACK OF THE CAR AND DRIVE 59

MILES PARK IT, TAKE THE BIKE OFF

AND RIDE IN THE LAST MILE.

WHEN HE FELT COMFORTABLE DO

THAT, NOW HE DID 58 MILES,

DRIVING 58 MILES, PARK IT, RIDE

THE REST OF THE TIME IN.

MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DO EXACTLY

WHAT HE DID BECAUSE HE LIVES IN

AN AREA WHERE THERE'S A GREAT

DEAL OF PARKING BUT YOU CAN HAVE

AT LEAST SOMEWHERE ALONG THE

WAY, SOME PLACE WHERE YOU CAN

PARK AND RIDE IN THE REST OF THE

WAY.

RIGHT NOW HE'S ON SIX MILES.

HE DOES IT TWICE A WEEK.

BEFORE YOU RIDE, EVERYBODY KNOW

THESE KINDS OF BIKES?

NO?

ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH WHAT THESE

ARE THIS IS MY ALL TIME FAVORITE

RIGHT NOW.

EVERYBODY'S GETTING ONE OF

THESE.

THEY'RE NOT CIRCUS BIKES.

THEY ARE FOLDIES.

WE CAN'T BRING BIKES ON THE

METRO DURING RUSH HOUR IS THE

MOST IMPORTANT TIME TO HAVE YOUR

OWN TRANSPORTATION.

IF YOU HAVE A FOLDING BIKE AND

YOU FOLD IT DOWN YOU CAN BRING

THIS ON THE METRO DURING RUSH

HOUR.

THOSE RUSH HOUR TIMES YOU WANT

TO BRING A BIKE WITH YOU, BRING

A FOLDY.

IT FOLDS DOWN TO ABOUT THIS BIG

AND YOU CAN HOLD IT, CARRY IT ON

WITH YOU, IT WORKS OUT GREAT.

I HAVE A COUPLE FRIENDS WHO DO

THAT.

THEY LIVE OUT IN GLENMONT,

THAT'S A PLACE, RIGHT, GLENMONT.

THEY LIVE IN GLENMONT AND THEY

RIDE TO THE METRO STATION IS

ABOUT TWO MILES AWAY AND THEY

WERE THEY TAKE IT INTO THE CITY

AND THEN THEY RIDE ANOTHER MILE

AND-A-HALF TO WORK.

THEY DO IT IN THEIR SUIT.

THIS BIKE UP HERE IN THIS

CORNER, ANYONE EVER SEEN ONE OF

THESE?

ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THIS?

RECUMBENT.

IF YOU HAVE SERIOUS BACK TROUBLE

OR IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO HAS

SERIOUS BACK TROUBLE YOU DON'T

FEEL COMFORTABLE RIDING UP

RIGHT, MAYBE YOU SHOULD TRY

RECUMBENT BICYCLE, THEY'RE

LEANING BACK ALMOST LIKE ON A

COUCH.

IT'S HARD TO START PEDALING UP

HILL ON ONE OF THESE THINGS, BUT

BESIDES THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY

QUITE FAST.

I THINK CURRENTLY THE LAND SPEED

RECORD FOR A PSYC CYCLIST IS HELD BY

A RECUMBENT RIDER.

I RIDE ONE OF THESE BIKES HERE

IN THE CENTER EXCEPT IT'S A

CYCLE CROSS BIKE.

THIS IS A RACING BIKE.

I WASH ONE WITH THICKER TIRES.

THIS IS THE BIKE I RECOMMEND

MOST PEOPLE RIDE IN THE CITY.

RACING TIRES ARE VERY TINY AND

IF YOU HIT A POTHOLE OR ANYTHING

IN THE ROAD MARGINALLY LARGER

THAN AN INCH YOUR TEETH MIGHT

RATTLE OR SOMETHING.

IF YOU HAVE A SLIGHTLY BIGGER

TIRES LIKE A CYCLE CROSS TIRES

YOU SHOULD HAVE NO TROUBLE

WHATSOEVER.

IT'S MUCH EASIER TO GET BUY IN

THE CITY.

THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.

MOUNTAIN BIKE.

THIS IS WHERE I TOOK MY GREAT

AUNT UP.

HAS ANYBODY ON THE CCT.

WE ALSO HAVE AN ORGANIZED RIDE

EVERY YEAR FOR THE BLIND SCHOOL.

THEY NORMALLY DON'T GET A CHANCE

TO RIDE BIKES.

I GET TO PEDAL IN THE LEAD AND

THEY'RE IN THE BACK PEDALING.

IT GETS TO BE KIND OF FUN TOO.

A CHANCE TO BE ON A BIKE.

YES, SIR?

>> [INDISCERNIBLE]

>> IT'S JUST, IT'S MORE

RATTLING.

YOU FEEL IT MORE IN YOUR HANDS,

YOUR NECK, THAT KIND OF THICKEST

SPECIALLY IF YOU'RE GOING AT A

HIGH RATE OF SPEED GOING DOWN

HILL.

A LITTLE THICKER TIRE YOU CAN

AVOID THAT OR LESSEN IT.

THAT'S WHY YOU CYCLE CROSS TIRES

WHICH IS BIGGER THAN THE RACING

TIRES.

ANOTHER GOOD REASON, THEY ARE SO

ANYWHERE ON THAT TIMES THENARROW SOMETIMES
 THEY GET CAUGHT

IN THE CRACKS IN THE ROADWAY.

IF THAT HAPPENS IT'S MUCH EASIER

FOR TO YOU HAVE AN ACCIDENT.

IF YOU HAVE SLIGHTLY LARGER

TIRES, THAT WON'T HAPPEN TO YOU

AS OFTEN.

>> [INDISCERNIBLE]

>> WELL, THERE ARE DIFFERENT ...

>> [INDISCERNIBLE]

IF YOU STAY IN THE BENT OVER

POSITION FOR A LONG PERIOD OF

TIME, YOU MAY GET SOME KIND OF

SOAR BACK.

IT'S GOOD TO LIBRARY UP A LITTLE

BIT.

WHEN I WAS IN TAIWAN I SAW A LOT

OF BIKES WITH THE UP RIGHT

HANDLE BARS AND WHEN I WAS IN

VIETNAM AND CHINA, ALSO THE SAME

THING.

I THINK IT'S A DESIGN ISSUE.

IF YOU'RE IN THE LOWER RANGE

WITH YOUR HANDLE BARS LIKE THIS,

YOU'RE ARE MORE ARROW DYNAMIC.

THESE ARE RACING BIKES.

THE IDEA IS TO GO AS FAST AS

POSSIBLE.

YOU WANT TO GET AS LOW AS YOU

CAN SO YOU'RE MORE ARROW

DYNAMIC.

IF YOU'RE SITTING UP, YOU'RE

GOING TO HAVE TROUBLE.

EVERYBODY FAMILIAR WITH GOOGLE

MAPS.

DO YOU KNOW THERE'S A GOOGLE MAP

BIKE FUNCTION.

THERE IS.

GO TO GOOGLE MAPS, CLICK THE

BIKE ICON AND IT WILL TELL YOU

DIRECTIONS WHERE YOU WANT TO GO

BY BIKES IN THE CITY.

A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT

ONE.

THAT'S OFTEN TIMES THE MOST

IMPORTANT PIECE OF INFORMATION I

CAN GIVE YOU BECAUSE GOOGLE BIKE

MAPS WILL SHOW YOU BIKE ROUTES

TO A CERTAIN LOCATION.

THEY'LL TAKE YOU THROUGH THE

TRAILS.

THEE TAKE YOU BASICALLY ROUTES

YOU HAVE LESS CAR TRAFFIC

GENERALLY.

THEY WON'T PUT YOU ON 495 FOR

EXAMPLE, THAT KIND OF THING.

>> [INDISCERNIBLE]

>> EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, ARE

YES.

I WOULD SAY IT'S NOT 100% CAT

BUT IT IS, IT'S GETTING A --

ACCURATE BUT IT'S GETTING

BETTER, ESPECIALLY FROM THE VERY

BEGINNING.

ALL RIGHT.

IF YOU'RE TRYING TO RIDE TO WORK

I SUGGEST RIDING TO WORK FIRST

ON A SATURDAY OR SUNDAY OR A DAY

YOU HAVE OFF.

I KNOW THAT SUCKS BECAUSE IT'S

YOUR DAY OFF BUT AT LEAST YOU

HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE YOUR ROUTE

ONCE.

SO YOU CAN SEE, FIND OUT IF

THERE'S ANYTHING UNEXPECTED THAT

YOU WERE PLANNING ON BEING

THERE.

SOME PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE IF

THEY PLAN BY RIDING ENTIRE WAY

BY SIDEWALK THERE MIGHT BE A

SECTION THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANY

SIDEWALKS.

WE DON'T RECOMMEND THAT YOU RIDE

ON SIDEWALKS, WE RECOMMEND THAT

YOU RIDE ON THE STREET.

IF YOU FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE RIDING

ON THE SIDEWALKS THAT MIGHT BE

SOMETHING YOU MIGHT WANT TO RIDE

YOUR ROUTE FIRST JUST TO SEE.

LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ONE HERE.

CHECK WEATHER PORT.

I USED TO DO THIS ANYWAY.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND PEOPLE GET

OUT AND NOT CHECK TOMORROW'S

WEATHER REPORT.

I DO IT THREE OR FOUR DAYS AHEAD

OF TIME.

SUNGLASSES, SUN SCREEN.

THE BASIC AVERAGE THING.

BASICALLY WHATEVER YOU'RE GOING

CAMPING WITH OR HIKING WITH IS

THE STUFF YOU WANT TO REMEMBER

YOUR BIKE COMMUTING.

YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE

SOMETHING MORE ACCURATE, IT IS

MORE LIKELY TO RAIN.

ANYBODY OUTSIDE FOR A LONG

PERIOD OF TIME YESTERDAY AROUND

3, 4:00 IN THE AFTERNOON?

NO?

YOU'RE IN MOST OF THE TIME.

WELL I WAS OUT IN IT.

ACTUALLY I LIKE RIDING IN THE

RAIN.

THAT'S WHEN I GET MY BEST IDEAS.

Y NOT SURE WHY.

MAYBE IT'S THE SOUND OF RAIN ON

MY HELMET OR SOMETHING.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT IS.

THIS WINTER HAS BEEN EXTREMELY

MILD.

I WAS OUT OF THE COUNTRY SO ...

YES?

>> [INDISCERNIBLE]

EXCELLENT QUESTION.

TWO THINGS.

SOME PEOPLE RIDE WITH BIKES WITH

FERNLDZ.

I FENDERS.

IF YOU HAVE A BUYING WITH

FERNLDZ YOU DON'T GET THE WATER

KICK BACK FROM THE TIRES.

BUT JUST THE RAIN COMING AT YOU

I SOMETIMES HAVE GOGGLES I'LL

BRING.

THE SECOND THING I HAVE IS THE

BRIM OF MY HAT.

I CAN AN IT SLIGHTLY SO I DON'T

GET WATER IN MY EYES THAT WAY.

THE THIRD THING I USE, REMEMBER

WE WERE TALKING BEFORE ABOUT

BEING IN AN AERO DYNAMIC

POSITION.

THIS POSITION IS ACTUALLY EASIER

FOR YOU TO RIDE IN THE RAIN THAN

ACTUALLY SITTING UP RIGHT.

I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY REASON WHY

THAT'S BUT AT LEAST IT FEELS

THAT WAY TO ME.

I ALWAYS CARRY WITH ME, I ALWAYS

PUT THIS IN THE BOTTOM OF MY

BAG.

VERY LIGHT WEIGHT, JUST SIMPLE

JACKET AND THERE'S ANOTHER PAIR

OF LIKE RAIN PACTS FOR THIS TOO.

IT WEIGHS NEXT TO NOTHING AND I

JUST LEAVE IT IN MY BAG AND I

NEVER WORRY ABOUT WHETHER I HAVE

RAIN GEAR OR NOT WHEREVER I AM.

I'M NOT THE KIND OF RIDER THAT

RIDES IN DAY GLOW.

MY VANITY WON'T ALLOW ME TO RIDE

IN BRIGHT COLORS.

IT'S PERFECTLY FINE IF YOU FEEL

FINE IN DOING IT BUT I CAN'T

BRING MYSELF TO DO IT.

BUT I ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT

WHATEVER CLOTHES I DO HAVE DOES

HAVE SOME KIND OF REFLECTOR

SURFACE ON IT SO IF I'M RIDING

AT NIGHT YOU NOTICE MY HELMET

HAS REFLECTIVE TAPE AND MY

JACKET AND THE BACK OF MY SHOES.

ACTUALLY THESE PANTS ARE SPECIAL

BIKE PANTS.

THEY HAVE A REFLECTIVE STRIPING

THAT COMES INSIDE THE JEANS.

THEY'RE ABOUT 2% NYLON, LEVI'S.

THEY'LL GET SOME.

ALL RIGHT.

WHAT CAN I SAY.

THEN WE TALKED ABOUT, OH, WATER

IS SO IMPORTANT.

THE HOT SECTION, CARRYING EXTRA

WATER.

NOT NECESSARILY CARRYING IT BUT

REMEMBER TO BE HYDRATED.

I ALWAYS GET IN TROUBLE IN THE

SUMMER BECAUSE ONCE I'M OUT, OH,

I DON'T NEED A DRINK AND I'LL

GET OUT AND I'LL FEEL -- BECAUSE

I PUSH MYSELF TOO HARD WHEN I'M

RIDING SOMETIMES.

THE HURRICANE, RED ALERT DAY.

THE ONE THING I WANT TO TALK

ABOUT IS HAIL.

THAT'S THE ONE THING THAT'S EVER

STOPPED ME GETTING TO WORK BY

BIKE, HAIL.

IT HURTS.

I WILL STOP AND GO GET ON THE

METRO OR SOMETHING.

PEOPLE ASK ME DO I RIDE IN THE

SNOW.

YES I DO AS LONG AS IT'S THE

WHITE POWDERY STUFF NOT THE

SLUSH.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING BUT

NOT THE SLUSHY SNOW BUT THE

POWDERY SNOW.

THAT'S ACTUALLY, I FIND IT LESS

DIFFICULT TO RIDE IN THE POWDER

ARE THAN I DO IN VERY HARD RAIN.

BECAUSE THE ROAD ISN'T SLICK

ANYMORE.

THE POWDER IS ACTUALLY MUCH MORE

STICKY.

KEEPS YOUR TIRES UP RIGHT.

KEEPS YOUR TIRES WHAT'S THE

WORD, THE FRICTION KEEPS IT.

BEFORE YOU RIDE, WHEN I WAS IN

HIGH SCHOOL, MY DAD TAUGHT ME

HOW TO DRIVE.

HE SAID FIRST THING YOU HAVE TO

DO IS WALK AROUND THE CAR.

CHECK OUT YOUR TIRES, THAT KIND

OF THING AND THEN GET INSIDE.

YOU WANT TO DO THE SAME THING

FOR YOUR BIKE THAT'S ALL.

CHECK YOUR TIRES MAKE SURE YOU

GOT AIR IN THEM, CHECK YOUR

BRAKES, CHECK YOUR CHAIN WHICH

USUALLY MEANS PICKING UP YOUR

BIKE AND MOVING THE PEDAL BY

HAND.

IT TAKES ABOUT FIVE SECONDS TO

DO BUT YOU WANT TO SQUEEZE YOUR

BRAKES TO MAKE SURE THEY

ACTUALLY WORK.

IT'S MUCH BETTER TO FIND OUT

THAT THEY DON'T WORK WHILE

YOU'RE STANDING IN YOUR PARKING

LOT THAN YOU WILL IN ABOUT FIVE

MINUTES WHEN YOU'RE GOING DOWN

THAT HILL.

HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE, DO YOU

KNOW WHAT QUICK RELEASE TIRES

ARE BY ANY CHANCE?

DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHAT QUICK

RELEASES ARE?

DO YOU KEEP YOUR QUICK RELEASES

ON YOUR BIKE?

>> WE HAVE A QUESTION MARK

CONCERNING QUICK RELEASES.

IF YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO BE

RIDING FROM YOUR HOME AND THEN

BACK TO YOUR HOME AGAIN, QUICK

RELEASES ARE PROBABLY OKAY.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO PARK YOUR

BIKE ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE CITY,

I MEAN BETHESDA LOOKS LIKE A

NICE PLACE BUT THERE ARE SOME

PARTS OF D.C. WHERE QUICK

RELEASES THE REASON WHY THEY'RE

CALLED QUICK RELEASES IS BECAUSE

THEY'RE WELL QUICK TO RELEASE

AND YOU CAN LOSE YOUR TIRE VERY

EASILY IF YOU JUST LOCK UP THE

BIKE TO A POLE OR SOMETHING AND

YOU HAVE QUICK RELEASE TIRES.

SO WHAT WE OFTEN DO IS WE

RECOMMEND TO HE PEOPLE TO BOY

LOCKING SECURES AN SKEWERS AND I'LL TALK

ABOUT THAT.

WITH THE WHEELS ATTACHED PART

JUST MAKE SURE YOUR QUICK

RELEASES ARE ACTIVELY FIRMLY

ENGAGED.

THAT'S WHAT THAT'S ABOUT.

RIDING VISIBLY.

WE TALKED ABOUT REFLECTORS AND

STUFF ON MY JACKET.

BUT SOMETHING I WANT TO MENTION

HERE.

I LIVE IN THE CITY SO

OCCASIONALLY SOMEBODY WILL COME

ALONG AND ACTUALLY STEAL MY

LIGHT OFF MY BIKE.

WHAT I'VE DONE IS ACTUALLY ADDED

MY LIGHTS TO MY BAG.

THAT WAY I TAKE THEM WITH ME

EVERY TIME I LEAVE THE BIKE

BEHIND.

AND IF YOU LEAVE YOUR BIKE AT

LIKE A MET TREE STATIO TRO METRO OR SOMETH
ING YOU

DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT

BECAUSE IT'S ON YOUR BAG.

YOU HAVE A WHITE LIGHT IN FRONT,

RED LIKE IN BACK.

HAVE A REFLECTOR AS WELL.

>> [INDISCERNIBLE]

>> OH NO.

I NEVER HAD THAT PROBLEM.

I'VE HAD A STRAP CATCH

UNDERNEATH MY SEAT BEFORE WHEN

I'M TRYING TO LEFT OUT OF THE

SEAT BUT I NEVER HAD ANYTHING

THAT DOESN'T GO THAT FAR ENOUGH

DOWN TO CATCH MY CHAIN.

>> [INDISCERNIBLE]

>> ACROSS MY CHEST.

YES.

WHAT WAS I GOING TO SAY.

MARYLAND LAW REQUIRES YOU TO

HAVE REFLECTOR AND A LIGHT AT

NIGHT.

AGAIN, I ALWAYS TRY AND MAKE

SURE I HAVE REFLECTORS AND

REFLECTIVE TAPE ON SURFACES.

THREE TO FIVE FEET AWAY FROM

PARKED CARS.

THE BODY LANGUAGE IN RIDE IS

WHERE DRIVERS ARE LOOKING FOR

YOU.

ALL THAT STUFF REFERS TO THE

FACT YOU SHOULD BE RIDING TO THE

RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF THE ROAD.

IF YOU CAN.

BUT YOU WANT TO BE LIKE I SAID

THREE TO FIVE FEET AWAY FROM

PARKED CARS.

I USED TO RIDE A LOT CLOSER OF

THE CARS BECAUSE I WAS AFRAID OF

CARS COME UP PAST ME AND THE

MORE I REALIZED, AND FROM

STUDYING BIKE SAFETY AND FROM

GOING TO A LOT OF THESE SEMINARS

AND WHAT, THAT YOU CAN'T DO THAT

ANYMORE OR YOU SHOULD NEVER, I

HAVEN'T HAVE DONE IT IN THE

FIRST PLACE.

RIDING TOO FAR TO THE RIGHT MEAN

THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE,

YOU'RE GOING TO BE RIDING IN THE

GRAVEL FIRST OF ALL.

MAYBE RIDING IN ALL THE DEGREE

ON THE STREETS AND THE CARS

AREN'T SEEING YOU OVER THERE ON

THAT EDGE.

THEY'RE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO SEE

YOU IF YOU'RE ACTUALLY IN THE

LANE.

THAT'S MORE IMPORTANT.

AND THIRDLY, WHAT I LIKE TO CALL

THE TOO POLITE RULE.

CYCLISTS WANT TO BE POLITE.

THEY REALIZED THEY'RE SLOWER

THAN MOST MOTORIZED TRAFFIC SO

THEY TRY TO GET FAR OVER TO

THEIR RIGHT EVEN IF THEY ARE

PUTTING THEIR SAYS IN DANGER.

IT'S GOOD TO BE PLIGHT BUT NOT

TO THE POINT -- IT'S GOOD TO BE

POLITE BUT NOT WHERE YOU'RE

PUTTING YOURSELF IN DANGER.

>> [INDISCERNIBLE]

>> YES.

FIRST OF ALL WHEN YOU'RE RIDING

AND LIKE YOU'RE TRYING TO CHANGE

LANES.

LOOKING OVER YOUR SHOULDER TO

SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN THAT

TRAFFIC LANE, THAT'S A SIGNAL IN

ITSELF TO DRIVERS BEHIND YOU

THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO CHANGE

LANES BY LOOKING OVER YOUR

SHOULDER.

HAPPENEHAND SIGNALS ALSO.

THERE'S A LIKELIHOOD IF YOU'RE

STOPPING OF MOVING FROM BEING IN

THE AGGRESSIVE RACING POSITION

AND SITTING UP RIGHT.

THAT'S OFTEN TIMES A SIGNAL TO

PEOPLE BEHIND YOU THAT YOU'RE

SLOWING DOWN OR AT LEAST THAT

YOU MIGHT BE STOPPING.

THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS LIKE

THAT.

>> [INDISCERNIBLE]

>> RIGHT.

THEY'LL PUT THE CLIP OFF THE

BIKE.

SOME PEOPLE WILL LIKE I SAID

THEY'LL LOOK OVER THEIR

SHOULDER, THEY'LL SIT UP RIGHT.

THEY'LL START DOING THEIR HAND

SIGNALS, ALL THOSE THINGS CAN BE

SEEN AS BODY LANGUAGE.

LIKE I SAID RIGHT WHERE DRIVERS

ARE LOOKING FOR YOU STAY TO THE

RIGHT BUT YOU WANT TO BE IN THE

LANE ITSELF.

LANE OF TRAFFIC.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OTHER

THINGS WHERE DRIVERS ARE, OR

CYCLISTS ARE TOO POLITE AND THEY

GET THEMSELVES IN TROUBLE BY

BEING TOO POLITE IN A SECOND.

BUT THE THREE TO FIVE FEET AWAY

FROM PARKED CARS IS REALLY

IMPORTANT.

IF YOU NOTICE A LOT OF BIKE

LANES ARE THREE TO FIVE FEET

AWAY FROM THE PARKED CARS.

SO MM-MM.

HERE'S A QUESTION NOW RIGHT.

YOU WANT TO USE THE BIKE LANE

BUT THERE ARE PARKED CARS THERE.

SO DOES THIS MEAN I'M TELLING

YOU NOT TO USE THE BIKE LANES

ANYMORE.

NO, I AM NOT.

WHAT I'M TELLING YOU TO DO IS TO

BE AWARE THAT ONCE YOU'RE IN

THAT AREA, YOU'D HAVE TO BE

CAREFUL ABOUT PARKED CARS AND

YOU SHOULD PROBABLY, THERE'S A

BIKE LANE AND THERE'S A LINE OF

PARKED CARS TO YOUR RIGHT AND

YOU SHOULD PROBABLY BE OVER HERE

ON THE LEFT-HAND CORNER OF THE

BIKE LANE OR LEFT-HAND SIDE OF

THE BIKE LANE.

COMING OVER HERE -- NOT COMING

HERE BUT COMING TO ANOTHER

SEMINAR LAST WEEK, I WAS BEEN

ALMOST HIT BECAUSE IT WAS A 19,

I THINK 70 SOMETHING CUT LAST

SUPREME.

-- CU CUTLASS SUPREME.

IT WAS A WIDE DOOR.

THERE ARE A FEW OF THOSE OUT

THERE.

BE CAREFUL OF THOSE.

>> [INDISCERNIBLE]

>> HANDLE BARS ARE GREAT.

LIGHTS ON HELMET ARE GOOD TOO.

THE ONLY PROBLEM I TELL PEOPLE

WHEN THEY'RE RIDING AT NIGHT ON

TRAILS MAKE CERTAIN THEY'RE

ANGLED TOWARDS THE GROUND AND

NOT DIRECTLY OUT.

BECAUSE THOSE ARE REALLY BRIGHT

TO ON COMING CYCLISTS AND YOU

CAN CAUSE ALMOST AS MUCH DAMAGE

IF YOU SHINE THESE THINGS IN THE

EYES OF OTHER CYCLISTS AS IF YOU

DIDN'T HAVE THEM AT ALL CAUSING

DAMAGE TO YOURSELF OR RISKING

THIS FOR YOURSELF.

>> [INDISCERNIBLE]

>> THE RED LIGHT HAS TO BE IN

THE REAR AND THE WHITE LIGHT HAS

TO BE IN FRONT.

>> 

>[INDISCERNIBLE]

>> BOTH YOU AND THE BICYCLE ARE

CONSIDERED THE VEHICLE, SO

YOU'RE GOING TO BE PUT LIKE ON

YOUR HELMET OR YOUR CHEST, YOU

CAN PUT IT ON THE BIKE ITSELF.

IT'S REQUIRED THAT YOU HAVE IT.

YES, SIR?

>> [INDISCERNIBLE]

>> YOU BEAT ME TO THE LINE.

THAT'S PERFECT.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE

TALKING ABOUT IS PEOPLE, THE

MAIN PROBLEM WE HAVE IS ACTUALLY

DOUBLE DOOR, WHAT THEY CALL THEM

EXTRA WIDE CRAB TRUCK CAB TRUCKS THAT HAVE

MIRRORS THAT GO OUT FOREVER ON

EITHER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE.

THEY DON'T REALIZE HOW WIDE

THEIR MIRRORS ARE, THOSE TRUCKS

DO AND IF YOU GIVE THEM THE

OPPORTUNITY, ARE YOU'LL HAVE

LIKE A PERFECT STORM.

A GUY WHO DOESN'T WANT TO CROSS

THE DOUBLE YELLOW LINE.

YOU'RE TRYING TO BE POLITE AND

OVER AS FAR AS YOU CAN TO THE

RIGHT AND HE'S GOT A VERY WIDE

CAB WITH THOSE MIRRORS.

AND HE THINKS HE CAN MAKE IT

THROUGH, ALL RIGHT.

ALL THREE OF THOSE THINGS

OCCASIONALLY HAPPEN AND WHAT

WILL HAPPEN IS HE WILL TRY TO

GET PAST YOU WITHOUT CROSSING

THE DOUBLE YELLOW, BRUSH YOU

WITHWITH HIS MIRROR AND YOU'LL FEEL

THE WIND IN YOUR HAIR AS HE

SPEEDS BACK YOU AND HE MIGHT

CLIP YOU.

ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE TRYING TO

AVOID LET'S SAY A ROCK OR

SOMETHING, A POTHOLE IN THE ROAD

SURFACE AHEAD OF YOU.

SO FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY, JUST TRY

TO STAY IN THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE

OF THE LANE THAT YOU'RE

TRAVELING IN BUT YOU DON'T NEED

TO BE ALL THE WAY OVER TO THE

RIGHT.

LET HIM CROSS THE DOUBLE YELLOW

AND COME BACK OVER AGAIN.

AND IT DOES HAVE A THREE FOOT

LAW THAT DEMANDS THAT ALL

DRIVERS HAVE TO PASS ON THE

LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THE CYCLIST

AND GIVE HIM AT LEAST THREE FEET

OF ROOM, HIM OR HER THREE FEET

OF ROOM WHEN THEY PASS.

>> 

>>[INDISCERNIBLE]

>> THEY WILL HONK AT YOU.

>> [INDISCERNIBLE]

>> YES.

WE USED TO HAVE THIS TROUBLE A

LOT WITH CITY BUSES.

THE CITY BUSES WOULD HAVE, WOULD

EITHER HONK OR THEY WOULD JUST

TRY AND BARELY PASS YOU BY.

AND OF COURSE THAT'S EVEN WORSE

SITUATION BECAUSE YOU'RE ON A

BICYCLE SO THEY'RE PASSING YOU

AND THEN STOPPING, LETTING

PEOPLE OFF AND YOU'RE PASSING

THEM THEN THEY MOVE ON, THEY

PASS YOU AGAIN.

THIS COULD HAPPEN SIX OR SEVEN

TIMES.

I HAVEN'T FOUND A SOLUTION TO

THIS ONE YET.

I MEAN I GUESS WHAT DANIEL WOULD

SAY IS SOMETHING LIKE WHAT

YOU'RE SAYING IS SIMPLY GO OFF

AND FIND OUT ROUTE OR AT LEAST

STOP AND LET THE BUS PASS.

THERE ARE AGGRESSIVE DRIVERS OUT

THERE.

REALIZE THEY ARE DRIVING A

LETHAL WEAPON WHERE AS YOU'RE

SIMPLY RIDING WHERE YOU'RE

GOING.

SO WHEN YOU'RE GOING, I THINK

YOU MIGHT INVOLVE YOURSELF IN A

CONFRONTATION WITH SOMEBODY OR

IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT

ACTUALLY HE IS CHANGING WORDS OR

YOU KNOW TALKING ABOUT EACH

OTHER'S MOTHERS OR SOMETHING,

JUST REALIZE THEY'RE ACTUALLY

DRIVING SOMETHING LETHAL WHEREAS

YOU JUST HAVE A BICYCLE.

IT'S NOT A NEGOTIATION, NO, NO.

AGAIN, THREE FOOT RULE.

OUTER EDGE OF BIKE LANES THAT'S

THE IDEA.

MARYLAND HAS SOME STRANGE IDEAS

OF WHAT BIKE LANES ARE

SOMETIMES.

SOME ARE VERY VERY NARROW.

ON A RARE OCCASIONS THIS IS

UNDER A FOOT OR SO, WABA HAS

GENERAL IDEAS, IF THERE'S A

SORES OSERIES OF PARKED CARS NEARBY,

WABA'S VIEW IS YOU SHOULD BE

CAREFUL ON ROADS WHERE THE LANES

ARE VERY VERY NARROW WITH PARKED

CARS.

YOU MAY WANT TO TRY TO FIND ON

THE ROUTE IF YOU HAVE TO.

ALL RIGHT.

BIKE TURNS.

ANYBODY USE THIS FOR RIGHT TURN?

NO?

I'M GENERATION XY.

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THIS MEANS

EXCEPT I'M SWEARING AN OATH OR

SOMETHING.

I'M ASSUMING THIS IS BECAUSE YOU

CAN'T DO THIS OUTSIDE OF A CAR

WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING BECAUSE NO

ONE WILL SEE IT BECAUSE YOU'RE

IN CAR.

BACK IN THE DAY WHEN PEOPLE HAD

TO USE THEIR HAND SIGNALS

DRIVING A MODEL T AND WHATEVER,

THIS MEANT RIGHT TURN BECAUSE

PEOPLE COULDN'T SEE THIS.

THIS IS THE LEFT, I GET THAT.

BUT WHEN YOU'RE ON A BIKE JUST

STICK OUT YOUR RIGHT HAND.

YOU'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO SIGNAL

WHEN YOU'RE RIDING A BICYCLE.

THERE'S NO RULE THAT SAYS YOU

HAVE TO SIGNAL, NOTHING.

YOUR BODY LANGUAGE IS IMPORTANT

AND YOUR LANE POSITIONING IS

IMPORTANT WHEN YOU'RE CYCLING.

IT'S MORE IMPORTANT TO TELL

PEOPLE WHERE YOU'RE GOING THAN

SIGNALING WITH YOUR HANDS.

AND BY POSITIONING YOUR BICYCLE,

WHAT I MEAN IS YOU'RE MAKING A

LEFT TURN GET IN THE LEFT HAND

PART OF THE LANE.

MOST OF THE TIME IF YOU'VE BEEN

STUDLY STAYING IN THE RIGHT-HAND

SIDE AND YOU SUDDENLY MOVE OVER,

NOT SENDLY BUT IF YOU MOVE OVER

TO THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THE

LANE MOST PEOPLE WILL GET THE

IDEA YOU WANT TO MAKE A LEFT

TURN.

IF YOU'RE GOING THIS PLACE STAY

ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE.

THEN YOU MAKE THAT WRITE TURN.

>> [INDISCERNIBLE]

>> THE GUY'S DOING THIS WITH HIS

HAND.

>> [INDISCERNIBLE]

>> IT'S NOT THE BEST PICTURE BUT

HIS HAND ISN'T ON THE HANDLE

BARS.

HE'S DOING THIS, YES.

IT IS A MARK FOR STOPPING.

AGAIN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO

THAT.

IT'S USUALLY GENERALLY DONE ON

THE TRIALS IF YOU'RE WITH A

GROUP OF OTHER CYCLISTS IS THE

MOST IMPORTANT THING.

ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE TALKING AND

AN UNEXPECTED STOP IT'S REALLY

GREAT IF YOU PUT YOUR HAND OUT

THERE.

IT'S JUST A POLITENESS THING ON

TRAILS.

AGAIN LIKE I SAID YOU DON'T HAVE

TO SIGNAL AND I SUGGEST THAT YOU

DON'T SIGNAL IF YOU DON'T FEEL

COMFORTABLE DOING SO.

REALLY DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE

DOING SO.

BECAUSE YOU LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR

BIKE AND THAT'S NOT A GOOD IDEA.

ADD MOTIONS TO YOUR SIGNALS

WHENEVER POSSIBLE.

THIS IS REALLY GREAT.

MY GLOVES, I HAVE REFLECTIVE

TAPE SO AT NIGHT MY HAND

ACTUALLY LIGHTS UP.

I'LL ALSO SIGNAL, I'LL ACTUALLY

MOVE MY HAND A LITTLE BIT.

IT'S THE MOTION ITSELF THAT

PEOPLE WILL NOTICE MORE THAN

ANYTHING ELSE.

OKAY.

I'M NOT DOING THE RIGHT THING.

THIS THING.

WAIT.

RIDING VISIBLY.

ALL RIGHT.

THIS AGAIN IS WHAT I WAS TRYING

TO SAY BEFORE ABOUT THE TRAFFIC

LANES.

IN MARYLAND MOST TRAFFIC LANES

ARE ABOUT 12 FEET WIDE.

CONGRATULATIONS.

THAT'S REALLY GOOD.

VIRGINIA HOWEVER BEATS YOU WITH

HAVING 14 FOOT WIDE LANES IN A

LOT OF PLACES.

D.C. UNFORTUNATELY HAS SOME OF

THE MOST NARROW LANES IN THE

COUNTRY ESPECIALLY IN GORG GEORGETOWN

AND OLD PARTS OF THE CITY.

WE HAVE LANES EQUAL TO EIGHT

AND-A-HALF FEET SOMETIMES, NINE

FEET.

THINGS THAT AREN'T ALLOWED TO BE

CONSIDERED STREETS ARE

CONSIDERED STREETS IN THE

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

THINGS THAT ARE NOT ALLOWED TO

BE CONSIDERED TO BE TWO WAY

STREETS ARE ALLOWED TO BE

STREALTS IN THSTREETS IN THE DISTRICT OF

COLUMBIA.

>> [INDISCERNIBLE]

>> MOST OF MARYLAND IT'S LEGAL

TO RIDE ON THE SIDEWALK EXCEPT

FOR IN TWO PARTS OF BALTIMORE

AND IN GAINSBERG.

IT HAS A SPECIFIC STATUTE THAT

SAYS YOU CANNOT RIDE ON THE

SIDEWALKS IN THE DOWNTOWN

DISTRICT.

BALTIMORE HAS TWO REGIONS BUT

THE REST OF THE STATE IT'S

PERFECTLY FINE.

IN FACT MARYLAND IS MORE

PERMISSIVE IN THAT IT ALLOWS

SKELTECERTAIN PORTIONS OF ITS TRAIL

SYSTEMS TO BE BIKE ACCESSIBLE

WHEREAS OTHER PLACES NATIONAL

PARKS THEY'VE DENIED MOUNTAIN

BIKES ACCESS.

NOW WE HAVE A SPECIFIC LIE SLIDE FOR

THAT BUT THERE'S A SECTION

DOWNTOWN WHERE YOU'RE NOT

ALLOWED TO RIDE ON THE SIDEWALKS

AT ALL, 24/7.

IT'S CALLED THE DOWNTOWN

BUSINESS DISTRICT.

BOREDDEBOREDBORDERED BY -- SOUTHEAST AND

NORTHEAST BASICALLY FORMS LIKE A

STRANGE PARALLELOGRAM.

TO MAKE THINGS EVEN MORE

CONFUSING YOU'RE STILL ALLOWED

TO RIDE ON PUBLIC PARKS DOWN

THERE.

OF COURSE THAT'S THE MALL WHICH

IS RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF

ALL THAT.

SO YOU CAN RIDE ON A BIKE IN THE

MALL AREA BUT YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED

TO RIDE ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE

CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT.

SORRY.

THOSE ARE THE RULES.

NOW SEE, THE DOOR ZONE, THE LANE

IS EXTREMELY, IS PRETTY NARROW

HERE.

STAYING RIGHT HERE.

EVEN I WOULD SAY UNTIL ABOUT

THIS RANGE CLOSE TO THE CAR IS

PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE.

THIS AREA HERE WHERE YOU REALLY

WANT TO BE CAREFUL.

WHEN YOU'RE RIDING DOWN THE

STREET, WHAT SHOULD BE LIKE,

WHEN YOU SEE PARKED CARS TO YOUR

RIGHT, WHAT SHOULD YOU BE

LOOKING AT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING

AT THOSE PARKED CARS.

IF SOMEBODY'S A DRIVER AND THEY

HAD THEIR BRAKE LIGHTS ON,

THAT'S A GOOD SIGN.

I ALSO STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT

YOU LOOK AT THEIR FRONTE FRONT FEEL.

IF THE WHEEL IS TURNED TOWARDS

YOU IN TRAFFIC THEY CAN DRIVE

INTO YOU.

TURN INTO THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION

THEY MIGHT BE IN REVERSE AND

ALSO POP OUT.

IF YOU SEE THAT FRONT TIRE

MOVING, THAT'S A GENERAL SIGN

THAT SOMETHING BAD IS ABOUT TO

HAPPEN, OR POTENTIALLY BAD.

THIS IS WHAT WE MEAN AGAIN ABOUT

LANE POSITIONING.

COMING UP TO THE INTERSECTION,

STAY IN THE CENTER IF YOU WANT

TO GO STRAIGHT, STAY OVER TO THE

LEFT IF YOU WANT TO MAKE THAT

LEFT.

STAY TO YOUR RIGHT IF YOU WANT

TO MAKE THAT RIGHT TURN.

THIS IS AGAIN THE BRAD BODY

POSITIONING, BODY SIGNALING,

BODY LANGUAGE.

VERY IMPORTANT STUFF.

THE INTERSECTION STOP IN FRONT

OF OR BEHIND CARS NOT TO THE

SIDE.

SOME PEOPLE WILL STOP.

OKAY.

IT'S LEGAL TO FORK TRAFFIC.

DOES EVERYBODY KNOW WHAT FORKING

TRAFFIC IS?

TWO CARS FOR EXAMPLE STOPPED AT

AN INTERSECTION YOU CAN ACTUALLY

RIDE YOUR BIKE BETWEEN THEM AND

COME UP TO THE STOP SIGN.

A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THAT'S

ILLEGAL, IT ISN'T.

WE DON'T RECOMMEND IT AND

STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU NOT

DO IT VERY FAST.

WE HAVE A SMALL SUBSET OF RIDERS

IN THE CITY TO LOVE TO, THEY

CALL IT THREADING THE NEEDLE,

RIDING AS QUICKLY AS THEY CAN IN

THOSE SITUATIONS.

VERY HAVE NO ABILITY TO MANEUVER

AND IF SOMEBODY OAPTION A CAR

DOOR OR THE ROAD STARTS TO

NARROW ON OR THE CARS GET CLOSER

THEY HAVE NO WAY TO ESCAPE.

I SAW SOMEBODY DO THAT BETWEEN

TWO CITY BUSES A COUPLE DAYS AGO

AND I WAS LIKE YOU REALIZE IF

THOSE BUSES GET A FOOT CLOSER

TOGETHER, THAT'S DANGEROUS.

ANYWAY SO, JUST BE CAREFUL IF

YOU DECIDE TO DO THAT.

AND PLEASE, IF YOU HAVE TO, DO

IT SLOWLY.

AND STOPPING IN FRONT OF OR

BEHIND CARS, WE WANT YOU TO DO

THAT TO MAINTAIN TRAFFIC IN

PLACE.

IF YOU'RE STAYING OVER TO THE

RIGHT AT A STOP SIGN AND YOU

DECIDE TO MERGE, YOU HAVE TO

MERGE BACK INTO TRAFFIC AGAIN,

THAT CAN SLOW EVERYONE DOWN.

IT'S NOT VERY POLITE.

IT'S ALSO QUITE DANGEROUS AND

I'LL EXPLAIN THE REASON WHY IT'S

DANGEROUS ON ANOTHER SLIDE.

>> [INDISCERNIBLE]

>> I DON'T KNOW ABOUT STANDING

IN FRONT OF THEM BUT IT'S LEGAL

TO THREAD TRAFFIC.

YOU CAN THREAD THE LANE UNTIL

YOU ARE I GUESS AT THE BEGINNING

OF THE INTERSECTION.

WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS IF YOU WANT

TO THREAD TRAFFIC, REALIZE THAT

WHEN YOU DO REACH THE HEAD OF

THAT INTERSECTION WHEN THE LIGHT

DOES TURN GREEN YOU HAVE TO

MERGE BACK INTO TRAFFIC AGAIN.

TO DO THAT ON A BICYCLE IS

SOMEWHAT MORE DANGEROUS BECAUSE

YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO ACCELERATE

LIKE TRAFFIC WILL.

THEY'RE NOT EXPECTING YOU,

THEY'RE NOT LOOKING FOR YOU TO

ENTER TRAFFIC SO IT'S NOT VERY

RECOMMENDED THAT THAT IS THE

CASE.

THERE ARE SOME SITUATIONS

HOWEVER, SOME INTERSECTIONS.

I DON'T WANT TO SAY 100% YOU

SHOULDN'T DO IT BECAUSE THERE

ARE SOME INTERSECTIONS WHERE

IT'S ACTUALLY MORE DANGEROUS FOR

YOU TO BE IN THE TRAFFIC BUT

MOST OF THE TIME IT'S A GOOD

IDEA TO STAY IN THE TRAFFIC

LANE.

MOST OF THE TIME.

OKAY.

THIS IS OUR MANTRA CYCLISTS ARE

SAFEST WHEN THEY ACT --

PREDICTABILITY IS THE BIG ONE.

YOU WANT TO RIDE THAT STRAIGHT

LINE.

YOU WANT TO BE WEAVING THROUGH

TRAFFIC.

EVERYONE HERE DRIVES MAYBE A CAR

OWE SOMETHING.

YOU'RE IN A CAR SITUATION AND

YOU HAVE SOMEBODY IN A BICYCLE

AND HE'S KIND OF WEAVING TO THE

LANE AT THAT POINT YOU DON'T

KNOW WHAT TO DO, DO I PASS HIM,

DO I NOT PASS HIM.

YOU DON'T WANT TO DO THAT TO

ANYBODY ELSE BEHIND YOU.

YOU WANT TO BE PREDICTABLE.

BEING PREDICTABLE ALLOWS OTHER

DRIVERS TO MAKE REASONABLE

CHOICES ON WHAT THEY SHOULD BE

DOING SO EVERYONE ENDS UP HAPPY

AT THE END OF THE DAY.

IF YOU'RE UNPREDICTABLE, IT'S

LIKE DID I DO THAT, MY BAD.

IF YOU ARE UNPREDICTABLE, IT'S

MUCH LESS EASY, IT'S NOT AS EASY

FOR DRIVERS TO COME UP WITH THE

RIGHT ANSWERS TO PASSING YOU.

IF THEY NEED TO.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING.

DRIVERS DON'T KNOW HOW TO REACT

TO UNPREDICTABLE BIKES IS PRETTY

MUCH WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY.

>> [INDISCERNIBLE]

>> 

>> THERE ARE TWO SITUATIONS

WHERE YOU HAVE TO DO THIS, ALL

RIGHT.

PEOPLE WHO ARE RIDING THEIR

BIKES SHOULD GENERALLY WALK

THROUGH A CROSSWALK.

THINK OF THAT AS THE, WHAT AM I

TRYING TO SAY, BUT MOST PEOPLE

DON'T.

I'VE NEVER SEEN THE STATUTE

ACTUALLY ENFORCED.

I NEVER SCEN SEEN THAT RULE ENFORCED.

THE CLOSEST I'VE HEARD OF IS THE

POLICE WERE ALSO ON BOIKDZ AT

THE TIME GIVING PEA -- BIKES AT

THE TIME GIVING PEOPLE WARNINGS

PEOPLE ON CROSSWALKS.

THERE ARE SOME CROSSWALKS

HOWEVER THAT ARE PART OF A BIKE

PAT.

IF IT'S SOME SORT OF REGISTERED

BIKE PATH SYSTEM OR CONSIDERED

PART OF THE, WHAT DO THEY CALL

THEM ON BOIRK STAI BIKE SHARE THE RODE

SYSTEM, ON A CROSSWALK THE BIKE

DOESN'T HAVE TO STOP OR THE

PERSON DOESN'T HAVE TO GET OFF

THE BIKE.

YOU HAVE TO STOP BUT YOU DON'T

HAVE TO GET OFF THE BIKE AND

WALK IT ACROSS THE STREET, YOU

CAN RIDE IT THROUGH.

SO.

>> [INDISCERNIBLE]

>> I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE EXACT

WHAT YOUR INTERSECTION LOOKS

LIKE.

I'M TALKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE

THE CC2 WHEN YOU'RE COSTING LIKE

WISCONSIN -- CROSSING LIKE

WISCONSIN OR CONNECTICUT, YOU

DON'T HAVE TO GET OFF YOUR BIKE,

YOU CAN RIDE ACROSS BECAUSE

THAT'S PART OF A THAT ARE TRAIL.

SAME THING IS FOR EXAMPLE ON

13TH STREET WE HAVE A SERIES OF

PEDESTRIAN STRONG CROSSWALKS,

YOU CAN RIDE YOUR BIKE RIGHT

THROUGH THOSE.

>> [INDISCERNIBLE]

>> YES.

WE DO HAVE A FEW OF THOSE.

>> [INDISCERNIBLE]

>> I'M HOPING THEY JUST BECOME

WISER SOONER THAN LATER.

SOME OF THEM COME TO OUR

CLASSES.

IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY WHO REALLY

NEEDS TO, WHO HAS SOME PROBLEMS

WITH THEIR RIDING ABILITY, TELL

THEM TO TAKE ONE OF OUR CLASSES.

THE PAMPHLETS WE HAVE IN THE

BACK.

THAT'S ANOTHER THING I TELL

PEOPLE ALL THE TIME IS THAT WE

TEACH BICYCLE SAFETY CLASSES AND

IN OUR CLASSES WE GIVE DRILLS

THAT TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO DO

EMERGENCY MANEUVERS IN CASE

THEY'RE IN A SITUATION WHERE

THEY HAVE TO DO AN INSTANT TURN

WHERE THEY CALL IT AN EMERGENCY

TURN.

HOW MANY OF YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE

ON YOUR BIKES RIGHT NOW BY ANY

CHANCE?

HOW MANY OF YOU THINK YOU CAN DO

A THREE POINT TURN MEANING LIKE

IF YOU'RE COMING TO A 90 DEGREE

TURN IN LESS THAN THREE SECONDS

ON A GOING 15 MILES AN HOUR ON

YOUR BIKE ON A DOWNHILL.

NOBODY?

ONE.

ONE TWO.

I KNOW I CAN BECAUSE I DO IT

EVERY WEEKEND BECAUSE I TEACH IT

AND I HAD TO DO IT ONCE TO KEEP

MYSELF OUT OF THE HOSPITAL WHEN

A CAR RAN A RED LIGHT IN FRONT

OF YOU.

SO I KNOW I CAN PULL IT OFF IF I

HAVE TO.

BUT IT'S A GOOD SKILL TO KNOW.

THINK ABOUT IT.

IF YOU RIDE A LOT, COME ON OUT.

WE HAVE A SERIES OF CLASSES, WE

TEACH THEM ALL SUMMER.

I'LL BE PROBABLY YOUR

INSTRUCTOR.

THERE'S ONE OTHER GUY THAT  

DOES IT OCCASIONALLY AND WE

TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO DEAL WITH

EMERGENCY MANEUVERS SO WHEN YOU

FINISH OUR COURSE YOU WILL BE

MUCH MORE LIKELY TO SURVIVE

UNPLEASANT SITUATION LIKE THAT.

SIGNS AND SIGNALS, PLEASE STOP.

THIS IS THE THING I WAS TALKING

ABOUT EARLIER ABOUT BEING OVERLY

POLITE.

ANOTHER ONE, CARS, A LOT OF

CYCLISTS WILL RIDE BETWEEN

PARKED CARS AND THEN COME BACK

OUT TO THE ROAD BECAUSE THEY

WANT TO STAY AS FAR AWAY FROM

TRAFFIC AS POSSIBLE.

THIS IS EXCEPTIONALLY DANGEROUS.

THE ONE THING I CAN GET YOU TO

STOP DOING, BESIDES STOPPING IN

GENERAL.

ONE THING I CAN ASK YOU TO

PLEASE DO TODAY IT WOULD BE

THIS.

PEOPLE RIDE DOWN IN HERE BETWEEN

PARKED CARS AND THEN TRY TO

MERGE BACK INTO TRAFFIC AGAIN.

THIS MOMENT IS SO DANGEROUS,

RIGHT.

BECAUSE THE CARS BEHIND YOU

DON'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.

THEY DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING

TO ACTUALLY COME OUT HERE INTO

TRAFFIC.

THEY DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING

TO STOP FOR THEM.

ALL IT TAKES IS ONE BAD DRIVER

OR SOMEBODY NOT USED TO CYCLISTS

ON THE ROAD OR SOMEBODY WHO IS

IN A RUSH, IN A REA REALLY BUSH AND

YOU'RE GOING TO GET INTO AN

ACCIDENT RIGHT MERE.

THE BEST THING TO DO IS TO BE

PREDICTABLE AND RIGHT THAT

STRAIGHT LINE.

DON'T GO BETWEEN THE PARKED

CARS, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE.

IF YOU NOTICE THERE'S AN OPEN

CAR DOOR HERE, IT'S ALSO HARD TO

AVOID WHEN YOU'RE WEAVING

BETWEEN PARKED CARS.

PASSING ON THE LEFT.

IT IS LEGAL TO PASS ON THE

RIGHT, HOWEVER IN ALL THREE

JURISDICTIONS, VIRGINIA,

MARYLAND AND D.C.

YOU CAN PASS ON THE RIGHT ON

YOUR BICYCLE.

THAT'S ALSO WHAT I MEANT BY

FORKING BETWEEN CARS.

BUT WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU PASS

ON THE LEFT.

I'M SORRY ABOUT THE GOOD ROLL

MODEL.

THAT'S DANIEL, I DIDN'T DO THAT.

WHERE WAS I.

OKAY.

THIS LAST ONE WE REALLY ASK TO

CONTRIBUTE TO THE POSITIVE

PERCEPTION OF CYCLISTS.

WE JUST WANT MORE PEOPLE TO SEE

AS CYCLING, THAT THEY'RE GOOD

HONEST SILT SUNS AN CITIZENS AND THEY FOLL
OW

THE RULES OF THE ROAD.

THAT'S ALL WE'RE AFTER.

PEOPLE ASK ME A LOT OF TIMES

THERE ARE SO MANY CYCLISTS WHO

DON'T FOLLOW THE RULES

ESPECIALLY IN DOWNTOWN D.C.

AND I SAY THAT THEY'VE PROBABLY

LEARNED, AT ONE POINT IN TIME

THERE WEREN'T A LOT OF RIDERS IN

THE CITY.

THE ONLY PEOPLE YOU COULD LEARN

HOW TO RIDE FROM WERE THE

BICYCLE MESSENGERS.

THESE ARE NOT PEOPLE WHO YOU

WANT TO LEARN HOW TO RIDE SAFELY

FROM BECAUSE THEIR JOB IS TO GET

A PACKAGE FROM POINT A TO POINT

B AS FAST AS POSSIBLE AND

RISKING THEIR LIVES IN THE

PROCESS IS JUST PART OF THE JOB.

IT'S LIKE TRYING TO LEARN HOW TO

DRIVE FROM ANALYSI NASCAR DRIVERS PEOPLE

TAKING A RIGHT TURN, WHY DO

THAT.

WELL I LEARNED FROM NASCAR.

FOR THE BICYCLISTS, THAT'S A

PROBLEM WE HAVE.

THAT'S WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO DO

BY HAVING OUR CLASSES.

THIS IS THAT REGION I WAS

TALKING ABOUT BEFORE THAT YOU'RE

NOT SUPPOSED TO DRIVE IN

DOWNTOWN.

AGAIN, YOU ARE ALLOWED TO RIDE

IN THE PUBLIC PARKS, SO ANYWHERE

IN THE MALL OR NEAR THE

WHITEHOUSE, YOU ARE ALLOWED TO

RIDE A BICYCLE ON THE SIDEWALK

BUT THE REST OF THIS AREA,

YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO RIDE A

BIKE DOWNTOWN.

EVEN ON THE WEEKEND.

THEY DIDN'T PUT ANY EXCEPTIONS

TO IT.

NOT LATE AT NIGHT, NOT ON THE

WEEKENDS.

YOU ARE ALLOWED LIKE I SAID

THOUGH IN ALL OF THE GREEN

SPACES WHICH IS WHERE MOST

CYCLISTS RIDE.

THIS IS THE MALL.

THIS IS THE MALL, WASHINGTON

MONUMENT'S HERE, WHITEHOUSE IS

HERE.

SO ALL THIS AREA YOU CAN RIDE.

BUT MOSTLY THE BUSINESS AREAS.

OKAY.

PAYING ATTENTION.

KNOWING WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND

THE STUFF WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE

IS THE CLASSES.

PAYING ATTENTION.

PLEASE DON'T RIDE WITH EARPHONES

OR TEXTING PEOPLE OR CALLING

PEOPLE.

OCCASIONALLY I SEE I CAN'T

BELIEVE I ACTUALLY SAW A GUY

TEXTING THE OTHER DAY RIDING HIS

BIKE DOWN THE STREET.

ANYWAY.

PLEASE DON'T DO THAT STUFF.

THE ONE THING I NOTICED LAST

TIME PEOPLE DO IS RIDE WITH

THEIR EAR PHONES.

I STRONGLY URGE YOU NOT TO DO

THAT BECAUSE YOUR EARS ARE ONE

OF YES MORE IMPORTANT WEAPONS TO

HIGHER DEFENSES, ONE OF THE MOST

IMPORTANT DEFENSES YOU'RE ABLE

TO HEAR THE CARS COMING UP

BEHIND.

YOU NEED YOUR EARS TO BE ABLE TO

DO THAT.

WHAT CAN I TELL YOU ABOUT

HELMETS.

PEOPLE BUY REALLY EXPENSIVE HELL

MOTHERS THINKING THEY'RE GOING

TO -- HELMETS THINKING THEY'RE

GOING TO PROTECT YOU MORE.

THEY DON'T HELL MOTHERS ARE

PRETTY -- HEL HELMETS ARE PRETTY

MUCH THE SAME.

SOME ARE MORE AERO DYNAMICS THAN

OTHER.

I HAVE A BIG HEAD.

THIS IS A TRIPLE X IN EUROPEAN

SIZES.

I LIKE THE HOCKEY LOOK MY OWN

PERSONAL FAVORITE MY VANITY BUT

I HAVE REFLECTIVE TAPE IN THE

BACK AND FRONT OF IT FOR NOT.

I CAN PUT IT RIGHT ON TOP OF MY

HAT.

THAT'S ANOTHER REASON I GOT THIS

ONE.

WHEN I CLIFF IT IN HERE THERE

ARE THINGS YOU WANT TO LOOK OUT

FOR THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO PUT TWO

FINGERS HERE FROM YOUR EYEBROWS

TO THE TOP OF THE HELMET LIKE

THAT.

TWO FINGERS ON THAT.

MAKE SURE THIS ISN'T REALLY

TOUCHING YOUR EARS AND YEW ABLE

TO PUT TWO FINGERS AND ONLY TWO

FINGERS INSIDE THE STRAP OR WITH

KIDS I LIKE TOAL CALIFORNIA IT

THE EYESLIE I CAKEIT -- I LIKE TO CALL IT.

IT'S ALL GOOD.

ALL RIGHT.

WHAT HAPPENED.

WHAT HAPPENED?

I MOVED.

I KEE KEEP TOUCHING 9 BUTTON.

BICYCLE SAFETY YOU GET DISCOUNTS

ON EVERYTHING, ABOUT 10%

DISCOUNT IF YOU JOIN US.

AND THIS IS PRETTY MUCH THE

STRAP I JUST TALKED ABOUT.

UNDER THE EARS, TWO FINGERS

UNDER THE BROWN, LEVEL ON HEAD.

THAT'S THE OTHER ONE.

MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T WOBBLE A

LOT.

BASICALLY DOESN'T HELP ANY IF IT

DOESN'T PROTECT THIS PART.

THIS IS WHERE MOST ACCIDENTS IF

YOU'RE GOING TO GET HIT IT WILL

BE RIGHT HERE AND THIS IS YOUR

TEMPORAL REGION.

THIS IS HOW YOUR MEMORY, YOUR

SENSE OF TIME.

YOU WANT TO KEEP THESE THINGS,

COVER IT UP.

ROCKS.

VERY IMPORTANT THING HERE.

I WISH I BROUGHT MY LOCK IN.

I HAD TO KEEP IT OUTSIDE WITH

THE BIKE OF COURSE.

A COUPLE THINGS YOU WANT TO KEEP

WITH THE LOCK.

WHEN YOU'RE LOCKING YOUR BIKE TO

SOMETHING REMEMBER TO MOVE THE

OBJECT THAT YOU'RE LOCKING THE

BIKE TO.

THERE ARE THIEVES IN THE CITY

WHO HAVE ACTUALLY LOOSENED THE

BOLTS ON THE BUYING PARKING SO

THEY CAN REMOVE IT, LIFT IT UP

TAKE YOUR BIKE AWAY PUT IT BACK

ON THE GROUND AND WAIT FOR THE

NEXT GO TO COME ALONG AND TIE

THEIR BIKE TO THIS LOOSE BIKE

PARKING.

IF THERE'S A SIGH OR SOMETHING

TRY TO LIFT IT OUT OF GROUND

BEFORE YOU LOCK YOURSELF TO IT.

DON'T LOCK TO SOMETHING THAT CAN

MOVE OR BE MOVED.

LOCKING SECURE SKEWERS IS WHAT IT'S

TALK -- WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT

BEFORE.

I URGE YOU TO REMOVE THOSE QUICK

RELEASES AND PUT IN LOCKING

SKEWERS THAT WAY YOUR TIRES WILL

BE MORE LIKELY TO BE THERE WHEN

YOU GET BACK.

LOCKING SKEWERS ARE BASICALLY

JUST AN AXLE THAT COMES WITH A

KEY THAT REQUIRES THAT KEY TO BE

ABLE TO REMOVE THE AXLES, THAT'S

ALL.

IT COSTS ABOUT BETWEEN 40 AND,

40 ON THE CHEAP SIDE AND $80 FOR

A REALLY GOOD PAIR AND THEY

GUARANTEE YOUR TIRES TO BE

THERE.

SO I RECOMMEND THAT.

THE OTHER THINGMENT HOW MANY OF

YOU HAVE LOCKS FOR YOUR BIKES?

HOW MANY USE CABLES OR CLAINS?

>HOW MANY USE CABLES OR CHAINS?

>> [INDISCERNIBLE]

>> THIS IS NEXT TO USELESS AND

THE CABLE IS ABSOLUTELY USELESS.

GO TO YOUTUBE, GO TO VIDEOS ON

HOW TO BREAK A CABLE LOCK OR HOW

TO BREAK A CHAIN.

AND YOU'LL SEE HOW QUICK IT'S

DONE.

I THINK THE RECORD IS LIKE THREE

AND-A-HALF SECONDS OR FOUR

SECONDS I THINK.

CARRY A BIG PAIR OF WIRE CUTTERS

AND YOUR BIKE IS GONE WITHIN A

MATTER OF SECONDS.

IT'S AMAZING HOW FAST THEY CAN

WORK AND NOBODY'S LOOKING.

NOBODY CARES.

YOU CAN LOCK UP RIGHT IN THE

MIDDLE HOW FAR A SERIES BIKE

PARKING RIGHT NEXT TO THE

WHITEHOUSE YOU CLIP A BIKE AND

WALK OFF WITH IT.

NO ONE, NOT THE SECRET SERVICE

AGENTS, SPECIAL FORCES GUYS, NO

ONE IS CARRYING THAT SOMEONE IS

WALKING OFF WITH THAT BIKE.

THIS IS THE ONLY THING THAT'S

WORTHWHILE.

I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO GET ONE

THAT'S NOT ON THE CHEAP END.

THE CHEAP END ONES ARE ALSO

PRETTY EASY TO BREAK THROUGH.

MOST OF THE CRYPTO NIGHT ONES

ARE THE BEST.

THE ONES I LIKE TO CALL FORGET

ABOUT IT LOCKS.

IT'S THE NEW YORK STUDY BIKE

LOCK IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE $100

BUT IT'S WORTHWHILE FOR THE

PEACE OF MIND.

SOMEONE WILL BUY A $200 BICYCLE

AND TRY TO LOCK IT UP WITH A $30

CHAIN OR BIKE LOT.

THAT'S THE INVESTMENT PEOPLE,

BUY A PROPER LOCK.

I'M TRYING TO BREAK THESE BIKE

THIEVES.

EVERY BIKE LOCK IS BREAKABLE.

BUT THE IDEA HERE IS THAT THESE

GUYS ARE NOT, THEY'RE NOT M.I.T.

THEY'RE NOT FORTUNE 500, THEY'RE

NOT TRYING TO MAKE, TO BE REALLY

WHAT'S THE WORD, THEY'RE NOT

TRYING TO MAKE A LIVING OUT OF

THIS, THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO

SURVIVE OFF OF THIS.

THEY WANT TO GET THE EASIEST

BIKE THEY CAN, ALL RIGHT.

AND IF YOU GIVE THEM THE EASIEST

BIKE THEN THEY'LL TAKE IT.

ALL THESE THINGS BASICALLY COME

TO THE POINT WHERE YOU HAVE THE

RIGHT TO TAKE THE LANE IS THE

IDEA I'M TRYING TO MENTION.

ESPECIALLY IN A SITUATION WHERE

THERE'S SOME DEGREE ON THE SIDE

OF THE ROAD OR IF THE LANE IS

TOO NARROW FOR YOU TO FEEL SAFE

ON THE SIDE, TAKE THE LANE.

TAKE THE LANE.

SIGNS AND SIGNALS.

PLEASE OBEY.

THAT MEANS STOP LIGHTS, STOP

SIGNS.

HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE BELLS ON

YOUR BIKES?

NO?

THEY'RE VERY HANDY, ESPECIALLY

ON TRAILS TO BE ABLE TO TELL

PEOPLE YOU'RE COMING UP ON THEM

FROM BEHIND.

I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO GET ONE

IF YOU CAN.

ERROR THAT OR HAVE A LOUD VOICE.

TELL PEOPLE SOMETHING WHILE

YOU'RE PASSING THEM ON THE

TRAIL.

LET THEM KNOW I'M PASSING OR ON

YOUR LEFT OWE SOMETHING LIKE

THAT.

THERE'S A GROUP OF PEOPLE LIKE

THAT, I DON'T KNOW WHY IT IS, A

PSYCHOLOGICAL THING BUT WHEN YOU

SAY ON YOUR LEFT IF YOU'RE

MASSING SOMEBODYPASSING SOMEBODY, ABOUT 10
% OF

THE POPULATION WILL MOVE OVER TO

THEIR LEFT.

JUST REMEMBER THAT HAPPENS AND

BE PREPARED FOR IT IN CASE IT

DOES.

TRY AND NOT TO LET IT FREAK YOU

OUT TOO MUCH BUT IT DOES HAPPY

CASELY.

-- IT DOES HAPP HAPPEN OCCASIONALLY.

>> [INDISCERNIBLE]

>> YOU SHOULD PASS ON THE LEFT.

BUT THAT'S ONLY IN CASE TRAFFIC

SHOULD BE ON YOUR RIGHT-HAND

SIDE.

THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WILL RUN

ON, INTO ON COMING TRAFFIC.

THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO WILL JOG IN

THE ON COMING TRAFFIC LANE I

THINK BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE IF

THEY CAN SEE SOMEBODY COMING

THEY FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE DOING

SO.

IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN THE

ONLY WAY YOU PASS THEM IS ON THE

RIGHT-HAND SIDE.

WITH KIDS, IN PARTICULAR, ON

BIKES, SPEAKING OF BEING ON THE

RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF THE ROAD,

KIDS ON BIKES A LOT OF THEM WILL

RIDE ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF

THE ROAD BECAUSE THEY WANT TO

SEE THE TRAFFIC COMING AT THEM

AND THEY THINK, I HAVE A LOT OF

PROBLEMS WITH SOUTHEAST, I HAVE

TO GO AROUND TEACHING KIDS THAT

THEY SHOULDN'T BE RIDING ON THE

LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THE ROAD.

FOR SOME REASON THEY GOT IT FROM

THEIR OLDER BROTHERS AND SISTERS

THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO

BE RIDING.

EVERYONE SHOULD BE RIDING WITH

TRAFFIC ON THE RIGHT, IF YOU CAN

PLEASE.

DON'T RIDE WITH CELL PHONES OR

HEADPHONES.

ANOTHER THING THAT PEOPLE ARE

DOING WITH DRIVING AND RIDING

DISTRACTED IS A LOT OF PEOPLE

WHEN THEY'RE RIDING THEIR BIKES

WILL BE LOOKING STRAIGHT DOWN.

THEY FOCUS AND HYPNO TIES --

HYPNOTIZE THEMSELVES LIKE ON

HILLS PEOPLE ARE POUNDING IT

OUT.

I UNDERSTAND NOBODY WANTS TO

LOOK AT THE TOP.

WHAT THEY'LL DO IS LOOK DOWN AT

THEIR HANDLE BARS OR AT THEIR

PEDALS OR WHATEVER TO AVOID

HAVING TO LOOK AT HOW MUCH

FARTHER THEY HAVE TO GO.

TRY TO DO SOMETHING WHERE YOU'RE

MAYBE SCANNING AT LEAST A FEW

FEET IN FRONT OF YOU.

MAYBE NOT AT THE PEAK BUT AT

LEAST A FEW FEET IN FRONT OF YOU

SO YOU KNOW WHAT'S COMING.

THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.

THESE ARE OUR FRIENDS AND

FAMILY.

I'M AGAIN WITH THE WASHINGTON

AREA BICYCLE ASSOCIATION.

PLEASE LOOK US UP.

ONCE AGAIN I'LL BE TEACHING A

BUNCH OF CLASSES THIS SUMMER.

IF YOU GUYS WANT TO GET THOSE

EMERGENCY DRILLS DOWN IF YOU

FEEL COMFORTABLE.

WE TEACH CLASSES ON HOW TO RIDE

PROPERLY ON TRAILS.

WE TEACH CLASSES ON HOW TO RIDE

PROPERLY ON THE STREET.

IF YOU DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE

RIDING ON THE STREET.

IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY WHO DOESN'T

KNOW HOW TO RIDE AT ALL, WE HAVE

CLASSES FOR THOSE A ALTHOUGH THOSE

ARE ALMOST COMPLETELY FULL UNTIL

JUNE I THINK.

YOU CAN'T IMAGINE HOW MANY

PEOPLE IN THE CITY DON'T KNOW

HOW TO RIDE A BIKE.

>BIKE.

>> [INDISCERNIBLE]

>> IF I'M RIDING IN THREE LANES

OF TRAVELING ON COMING THREE

LANES OF TRAFFIC AND I'M TRYING

TO MAKE A LEFT TURN AND I'M IN

THE FAR RIGHT HAND LANE.

I'M GOING TO LOOK OVER MY

SHOULDER, SIGNAL, GET IN THE

SECOND LANE, LOOK OVER THE

SHOULDER, SIGNAL, GET INTO THE

FAR LEFT HAND LANE AND THEN MAKE

THAT LEFT FERN.

IF -- TURN.

IF I DON'T FEEL COMFORT WHAT I

SUGGEST STAY TO THE FAR RIGHT

GOING THROUGH THE INTERSECTION

STOPPING AND THEN WAITING FOR

THE SIGNAL TO SWITCH SO I'M ABLE

TO MAKE THE LEFT-HAND TURN AND

THEN JUST FOLLOW TRAFFIC WHEN

THE SIGNAL, WHEN THE SIGNAL

SWITCHES.

IT'S CALLED A BOX TURN.

>> [INDISCERNIBLE]

>> MY DAD DOES BECAUSE HE HAS

LIKE NECK PROBLEMS AND LOWER

BACK SO HE LIKES TO HAVE A

MIRROR.

I DON'T LIKE TO HAVE EVEN A

SMALL PORTION OF MY VIEWING

PLACE WHERE I CAN'T SEE WHAT'S

GOING ON IN FRONT OF ME.

THAT FEELS KIND OF WEIRD TO HAVE

A MIRROR THERE.

SOME PEOPLE FEEL COMFORTABLE

DOING IT.

I DON'T.

BUT IF YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE

DOING IT, SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.

I HAVE ANOTHER FRIEND OF MINE

HAS A MIRROR ON HIS HANDLE BARS.

THE THING ABOUT THAT INSTEAD I'M

NOT SOLD YET ON MY HANDLE BARS

IT'S NOT BLOCKING MY VIEW BUT

I'M STILL ABLE TO SEE WHAT'S

GOING ON BEHIND ME.

>> [INDISCERNIBLE]

>> OVER PASSES?

I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU CALL THEM.

>> [INDISCERNIBLE]

>> THE BEST SINGLE THING TO DO

IS TO PUSH FOR THE CITY TO

PUT -- IN WHICH IS BASICALLY

A --

>> [INDISCERNIBLE]

>> THE MALE END I DON'T KNOW.

I KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO DO IT IN

DC BECAUSE I WOULD ASSUME IT'S

THROUGH THE MARYLAND DEPARTMENT

OF TRANSPORTATION.

IN DC IT'S THROUGH D DOT.

>> [INDISCERNIBLE]

>> BIKE SHARE.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LONG TIME

FOR THE STREET TO BE WIDENED AND

IT MAY NEVER HAPPEN ESPECIALLY

IF THERE'S PARK LAND NEARBY OR

PRIVATE LAND BUT AT LEAST THE

CITY CAN PROVIDE SIGNAGE AND

THAT GENERALLY DECREASES THE

LIKELIHOOD OF SOMEBODY HONKING

BECAUSE THEY REALIZE THIS IS A

BIKE PATH AND CYCLISTS ARE

ALLOWED.

>> [INDISCERNIBLE]

>> YES.

THAT'S USUALLY THE PROBLEM IS

SOMETIMES, THERE'S STILL A GROUP

OF CAR DRIVERS OUT THERE WHO

BELIEVE UNLESS THE STREET IS

MARKED AS A BIKE PATH THAT

YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ON IT.

AND THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER GROUP

OF CYCLISTS, I SAW ANOTHER GROUP

OF DRIVERS EXCUSE ME, THEY HONK

AS THEY'RE APPROACHING YOU AND

THEY'RE DOING IT ACTUALLY

THINKING THEY'RE BEING POLITE.

BECAUSE THEY WANT TO LET YOU

KNOW THAT THEY'RE THERE, NOT

THAT IT'S A LARGE ENGINE AND

MAYBE RADIO AREN'T ENOUGH TO

TELL YOU THAT THEY'RE BEHIND.

FOR SOME REASON THEY FEEL LIKE

HONKING WILL LET YOU KNOW

THEY'RE COMING.

THEY GIVE A VERY SLIGHT HONK TO

LET YOU KNOW THEY'RE THERE AS

OPPOSED TO SOMEBODY WHO IS

HONKING BECAUSE THEY WANT YOU TO

MOVE OUT OF YOUR WAY BUT THEY'RE

BOTH DISTRACKING AN DIS TRACKING DISTRACTI
NG AND ANNOYING.

IF YOU ARE DRIVING DON'T DO

THAT.

>> [INDISCERNIBLE]

>> I MIGHT HAVE ONE OR TWO.

THERE'S ONE THING I WANTED TO

SAY BEFORE AND THANK YOU FOR --

I'LL TAKE MORE QUESTIONS BUT

BEFORE I FORGET BECAUSE I

REMEMBERED ONE THING.

ANYONE SEE THIS COMMUTER

CONNECTIONS THING?

I MIGHT HAVE MORE OF THESE.

YOU MIGHT WANTED TO PUT THIS

TELEPHONE NUMBER DOWN.

THIS WILL HELP YOU OUT A GREAT

DEAL BECAUSE IF YOU JOIN THIS

PROGRAM IT'S KIND OF LIKE TRIPLE

A OF BICYCLISTS.

THEY WILL COME AND PICK YOU UP

FOUR TIMES A YEAR AND GIVE YOU A

TAXI RIDE TO YOUR WORK OR HOME

IF YOU BREAK DOWN ON THE SIDE OF

THE ROAD.

IF YOU HAVE LIKE SOME PAINT

INFORMANT PROBLEMS RMT - -- PAINT --

MAINTENANCE PROBLEMS, LIKE A

FLAT TIRE, THEY WILL TAKE YOU

HOME FOUR TIMES A YEAR.

>> [INDISCERNIBLE]

>> THAT'S THE CTT.

YOU'D HAVE TO GO TOWARDS, RIDE

TOWARDS GEORGE TOWN, GET DOWN TO

THE WATER FRONT AND FROM THERE

YOU CAN GET ALL THE WAY TO

BETHESE DE.

IT'S 7.2 MILES I THINK FROM

GEORGETOWN TO BETHESDA.

IT WILL GET YOU ALL THE WAY TO

THE BARNS AND NOBEL RIGHT HERE

ON BETHESDA FROM GEORGETOWN.

>> [INDISCERNIBLE]

>> YES, YOU HAVE TO COME UP

HERE.

YES.

YES, SIR.

>> THANK YOU DOPRAY THAT WAS

GREAT.

HOW ABOUT A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER

QUESTIONS YOU CAN COME UP AND