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My Bike Commuting Log Learning to ride according to Two Wheeler’s Three Laws of Motion 5 July—3 Sep Day 1 My plan is to bike Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. I expect I’ll see a few things and learn a few things, but I’m hoping my rides won’t be too interesting. The Chinese wish, “May you live in interesting times,” is not something one says to a friend. “Interesting” was how Pope Leo referred to the Huns and Vandals. Vietnam was interesting. Corporate sexual harassment codes make life interesting. I’m going for pleasurably routine. Another part of my plan is to pique others’ interest in bike commuting, and I don’t want to scare anyone. This log is not about bikes; I am neither enthusiast nor expert. It is about commuting by bike, and what I see and think while I’m doing it. . . . [more] Day 19 Cherry cocky . . . And sometimes I take chances that I know are chances. . . . At Walnut, a bus blocks the curb lane and a large panel truck is in the next lane. I roll between them, feeling nervous as the sky closes above me. There is very little chance that the drivers know I am there. I have to duck to get my shoulders under their mirrors. They pass me in the next block and again block the road at Chestnut. Without a thought, I go between them again, this time pedaling to keep my speed up. (It is counter-intuitive, but faster is better. You spend less time in the danger zone.) I duck the mirrors, pop out in front of the bus and truck as the light changes, and am around the corner before they start moving. Imagination is the enemy of action.[more]