tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post7661218207917650605..comments2024-01-05T11:00:30.673-06:00Comments on DFW Point-to-Point: Simple Learning MomentSteve Ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13650405341304401203noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-42040434829959832792011-02-01T18:13:20.145-06:002011-02-01T18:13:20.145-06:00Tracy W wrote "take one or both hands off the...Tracy W wrote "take one or both hands off the bars to get my point across."<br /><br />That's almost what I refer to as "elbow signals." Elbow signals are when you use the handlebars as a surrogate for what your mom always taught you not to put your elbows on when you were growing up. It DOES get a message across of "either you go in your turn or I'm prepared to wait a LONG time..." I've never considered using "back signals" where I lie down and prepare to go to sleep on the road until the motorist takes his/her turn.Steve Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13650405341304401203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-84690269892849684352011-02-01T09:48:45.157-06:002011-02-01T09:48:45.157-06:00I always put a foot down when I'm sharing a 4-...I always put a foot down when I'm sharing a 4-way stop with a car. I make left hand turns at all of the ones on my commute and need to yield to the oncoming car. Quite often, that car will try to be polite and want me to go first (out of turn), so having my foot down signals that I'm not ready to move yet. Often, I'll take one or both hands off the bars to get my point across.Tracy Whttp://www.springfieldcyclist.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-36391628365066469732011-02-01T06:04:47.524-06:002011-02-01T06:04:47.524-06:00It makes sense, I'd never really thought too m...It makes sense, I'd never really thought too much about it before.Big Oakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06713190395281794960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-31374729168978115582011-01-31T21:08:59.122-06:002011-01-31T21:08:59.122-06:00This is great. I've helped increase Rantwick&#...This is great. I've helped increase Rantwick's keen cycling expertise without him having to actually change ANYTHING! Perhaps that explains the positive comment you got when you were wearing that sign around. The foot down was what did it. It's possible.Steve Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13650405341304401203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-25581962764896527792011-01-31T20:53:17.079-06:002011-01-31T20:53:17.079-06:00It was the motorist psychology reacting to the foo...It was the motorist psychology reacting to the foot down that really struck me and which I'd never really absorbed emotionally before in many years. It goes to show that learning sometimes comes in unexpected snippets and about things we THOUGHT we understood but maybe really didn't. <br /><br />In another lesson, a child needs to actually get OFF the bike to send the same message that an adult sends by putting a foot down. In some ways, kids have it tough.Steve Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13650405341304401203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-24783976015079302522011-01-31T20:45:30.481-06:002011-01-31T20:45:30.481-06:00I'm like PaddyAnne. Despite riding fixed in su...I'm like PaddyAnne. Despite riding fixed in summer, my track stand blows. I'll just pretend I owe the foot down to good comm from now on.<br /><br />[spablerm]<br /><br />Take that!RANTWICKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15394479078513545568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523357558654725888.post-40560402606267620252011-01-31T20:38:27.657-06:002011-01-31T20:38:27.657-06:00We learned about that foot-down-at-stops-message t...We learned about that foot-down-at-stops-message too! I thought it was nifty as well. I can't come to a stop without doing it, so it was one thing during my course I excelled at.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com