BIKE: Whether BicycleAustin is updated, and cross-country route

[Fred Meredith]

Congress Avenue is definitely the better route from Slaughter lane to 
the Capitol.

South First is the better route from FM 1626 (or by dog-leg connection 
from Old San Antonio Road) to Slaughter (and if you cross Slaughter on 
South First, take a right at Ralph Ablenado and go over to South 
Congress that way to avoid lots of traffic and the intersection of 
South Congress and Slaughter.

I ride it frequently.

What's the big plus difference between most of South First and most of 
South Congress? CURBS! On South Congress there is a margin for bailing 
out and/or using a paved shoulder in some places. And that's based on 
lane width and curb or no curb -- without regard to the presence or 
absence of bike lane stripes.

Good competent cyclists know where in the lane to ride.

Fred (I can teach you if you don't know) Meredith

P.S. Just funnin' around until the poker players get here.

On Jan 7, 2005, at 2:39 PM, Michael Bluejay wrote:

>
> On Jan 5, 2005, at 1:12 PM, Stuart Werbner wrote:
>
>> This unfortunate response, which I fully expected, is also part of 
>> the problem, I believe...
>
>
> Okay, let me just see if I have this straight:
>
> 1. Someone complains that BicycleAustin isn't current, complaining 
> that "1999 is way too 20th century".
>
> 2. I post a ten-page listing of all the updates I've actually made 
> since 1999 through present.
>
> 3. That response is deemed "unfortunate".
>
> What the hell?
>
> Maybe the complaint wasn't that the site isn't updated, maybe it's 
> that I keep older items on the site along with the new?  In that case, 
> I'll have to say it disappoints me that some people don't see the 
> value in maintaining earlier articles.  Like they say, those who don't 
> know history are doomed to repeat it.  The New York Times maintains 
> articles going back to 1851.
>
> And of course, some stuff just doesn't get dated.  I daresay the 
> article on how to fix a flat tire is as useful today as it was when I 
> wrote it years ago.
>
> Here's one outfit that "takes BicycleAustin seriously":  Adventure 
> Cycling.  Today they sent me a new cross-country route map for the 
> section that goes from Del Rio, TX to Navasota, TX, using the map I 
> suggested from BicycleAustin that goes directly through Austin rather 
> than requiring a cumbersome spur to get to and from it.  One change 
> they made was to have the route take Congress from Slaughter to 12th 
> Street, while BicycleAustin suggested S. 1st.  Is Congress the better 
> route?  I think I've ridden both but neither frequently or recently 
> enough to compare.
>
> -MBJ-
>
>
>>>
>>> On Jan 5, 2005, at 12:20 PM, Stuart Werbner wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yo MBJ,
>>>>
>>>> At the risk of hurting your feelings, after visiting your website, 
>>>> I  can understand why more people dont visit it.
>>>>
>>>> I notice that you've got dated items still on there all the way 
>>>> back  from 1999. Dude, like that's way too 20th century!
>>>
>>>> I have visited your site a number of times and have found some 
>>>> useful  info on it. But, I would venture a guess that if you kept 
>>>> your site  more up to date, more people would take it more 
>>>> seriously.
>>>
>>>
>>> This does indeed piss me off since it's not true.  Here's a list of  
>>> updates made since 1999.  This is available as the very second link 
>>> on  every single page on BicycleAustin, under "Site Updates".
>>>
>>> While I still do a fair amount of updating to the site, it's true 
>>> that  I no longer do as much as I used to.  There's a reason for 
>>> that.   (Stuart's bitching is part of that reason.)
>>
>>
>
>
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