We’ve received a shitload of issues right here in New York Metropolis, and approach, approach, approach down on the backside of the pile is the smallest downside of all of them–horses within the bike lanes:
I haven’t even seen Streetsblog complaining about this, so I can solely assume the Put up is masking it for 2 causes. The primary purpose after all is the horse puns:
I’ve neigh downside with that.
And the second purpose is that it’s a possibility for the Put up to make cyclists appear like whiners and “woosies:”
The terribly distant probability you may get kicked within the head by a horse in New York Metropolis is but one more reason you need to at all times put on that helment, similar to I do if somebody’s paying me and says I’ve to:
Although the step-through is all me:
In New York Metropolis you’re most likely extra prone to get kicked within the head by a fixie rider doing that leg-over-the-handlebar observe bike mounting factor than by a horse, so I’m doing my half by reducing the bar, each actually and metaphorically.
As for the horse carriage drivers, they too have clearly discovered that when accused of something you need to at all times level the finger at ebikes:
In fact horses do often go rogue:
Rattling brakeless horses.
Extra lately, one even ran onto the West Aspect Freeway:
So far as I do know a horse has not managed to take out a pedestrian in latest reminiscence, however I think about there are so few horse-on-pedestrian accidents within the metropolis for the straightforward purpose that there are so few horses. Issues have been so much completely different again within the outdated days:
[From here–and that’s a good horse pun.]
Regardless, that is clearly a non-problem, however that’s not stopping not less than one politician from making an attempt to leverage the non-existent outrage:
Erik Bottcher is after all the identical councilmember behind the daring “Sluggish Your Roll, Respect The Stroll” PSA:
I’m wanting ahead to his new “Cease The Trot, For A Bike You Are Not” marketing campaign.
As for the town’s bicyclists, they’re too upset about The Puddle to fret about horses. Sure, I’ve lengthy mocked their obsession with a moist patch on the Brooklyn Bridge:
However now their worst nightmare has come true, and it has solidified right into a lethal ice patch:
Keep in mind, in case you encounter a small patch of ice within the lifeless of winter whereas driving your bicycle in New York Metropolis, instantly dismount, then lie right down to evenly distribute your physique weight and slowly crawl throughout it. As for the bike, you’ll have to simply depart that behind, since going again for it’s clearly far too treacherous.
Or, you could possibly experience a bicycle with a really lengthy wheelbase when it’s icy out, which is what I do:
Because of Rivendell’s lengthy chainstays, until you encounter a glacier, the possibilities that each your wheels will ever be on ice on the identical time are about the identical as your possibilities of getting kicked within the head by a horse.
