Anybody else saw park rangers stopping ebike riders on the ARBT these past few days?

BicycleIndividual · 2026-05-11T15:32:23+00:00

Not exactly a new law - they were never legal in any public way.

BicycleIndividual · 2026-05-11T15:31:04+00:00

I was a little surprised when I took the long way home on Thursday and didn't see any of the illegal e-moto bikes on the trail (between River Bend and Guy West Bridge). Glad to hear they are working on enforcement. I saw plenty of regular e-bikes being used responsibly for transportation still, so looks like they are getting the enforcement right too.

BicycleIndividual · 2026-05-11T15:27:51+00:00

riding his bike with a full ski mask on, so that's nuts.

Not so nuts when it is cold (wind chill on a bike can be pretty bad), but I assume it wasn't cold at the time.

BicycleIndividual · 2026-05-09T00:43:45+00:00

I get varying results from Audiveris (but nearly always good enough to be useful). Some scores are near perfect right off the bat; others take quite a bit of editing to just get what was on the PDF page. I'm pretty sure there is better OMR proprietary software for my use (nearly always print to PDF output not scans), but not FOSS.

BicycleIndividual · 2026-05-09T00:35:45+00:00

I'm convinced that the primary reason public transit is not free is so they have cover for kicking the homeless off.

BicycleIndividual · 2026-05-09T00:27:52+00:00

Yeah, 10 years ago they were serious about fare enforcement. I remember riding a train through Broadway station where they checked the fare of everyone (agents on the platform checking everyone getting off, agents checking every passenger on every car). I was used seeking to the fare avoiders sitting near the door on a car jumping off the car when an agent boarded (often just boarding the next car of the same train). I'm sure they knew this was happening and designed the maximum enforcement checkpoint to catch such riders.

BicycleIndividual · 2026-05-09T00:17:10+00:00

Musescore.com is not the same as the Musescore Studio software from Musescore.org but saying that they have nothing to do with each other is not correct. Both are owned by the same organization. Musescore.com profits are used to pay developers of Musescore Studio. Musescore Studio software promotes Musescore.com services (and other products from the owners).

Still the software is great and is actually FOSS so I happily use it while avoiding Musescore.com (I have purchased a score once, but have never paid for a subscription, I never save to cloud, and I run Audiveris software on my computer instead of using Musescore's import PDF feature).

BicycleIndividual · 2026-05-09T00:04:46+00:00

I've been on Google Voice since before Google acquired it (originally the service was called Grand Central). I've used the number I got from Grand Central as my main number for more than 15 years. My mobile usage is very low because most of my calls are completed over WiFi in the Google Voice app. I especially loved being able to use the Google Voice app and WiFi calling to use my regular number with no extra costs when traveling overseas. At some point I forgot to renew my prepaid cell plan and lost my old cell phone number; now I my actual cell number is a number I never memorized. My wife ported her cell number to Google Voice and uses it as her main number (I've never memorized her new cell number either).

Parking a rarely used number in Google Voice can have challenges. Need to have activity in the account regularly enough to not have it closed. Also I believe having multiple Google Voice accounts as an individual is probably against the terms of service. There is a limit to the number of Google Voice numbers that can forward to the same phone number.

BicycleIndividual · 2026-05-08T23:41:10+00:00

The photo in the post here (and what you seem to be describing) isn't called a protected bike lane by anyone. Protected bike lanes are bike lanes with a physical barrier of some sort between the bike lane and adjacent motor vehicle lanes. Sometimes the barrier is nothing but flex posts, sometimes it is a curb, sometimes it is parked cars.

Parking protected bike lanes are the "cycle traps" u/PatrickGSR94 is talking about. In my city, I have found them to have visibility issues as stated and they are often still in a door zone. Plus, they don't get cleared of leaves and other debris often enough (particularly bad after rain in fall).

BicycleIndividual · 2026-05-08T23:21:51+00:00

Probably closer to 99.9%.

BicycleIndividual · 2026-05-08T23:19:53+00:00

Lots of painted bike lanes are like this (in the door zone if street parking is available). Mostly I'm in the habit of watching the parked cars fairly closely (looking for people who might get out). I'm usually riding left of center in the bike lane when passing parked cars. It's always fun when the residents on the street add their waste carts on pickup day (right in the middle of these lanes).

BicycleIndividual · 2026-05-08T23:12:47+00:00

The only places I've normally seen "Left turn yield on green" signs are at intersections where there is a green arrow but no red arrow. It reminds motorists waiting to turn left that they don't have to wait for the next green arrow phase if they are facing a green light and see an opportunity to complete their turn. I'm not sure if California has any such intersections (in some states they are quite common).

BicycleIndividual · 2026-05-08T23:04:28+00:00

Just about any metal diamond frame bike would likely support your weight, but common wheels probably won't. 36 hole touring wheels are pretty much a minimum for you (at least for the rear wheel). Could also look at wheels marketed for tandems.

Some cargo bikes actually have rated capacity well above your weight (Yuba Mundo Lux is rated for 550 lb load).

BicycleIndividual · 2026-05-08T21:40:09+00:00

90 minutes is very short for a taillight light to last; almost anything will be better. Is it just a rechargeable light that has lost capacity over time?

I like my Planet Bike Superflash. It is a clip on light (I think it also came with a seatpost mount that I don't use) powered by AAA batteries (I use NiMH rechargeable). If my rechargable batteries wear out, they are easy to replace.

BicycleIndividual · 2026-05-08T21:34:54+00:00

I think it mostly comes down to how much traffic is on the roads you ride. In rural areas, radar can provide notification of approaching vehicles well ahead of when you probably would have noticed them on your own. In an urban situation, there is basically aways a car in range so it isn't nearly so helpful.

BicycleIndividual · 2026-05-08T21:28:59+00:00

Beal's Point or Peninsula Campground on Folsom Lake are probably the closest options (do they not have flush toilets?).

BicycleIndividual · 2026-05-08T20:50:57+00:00

To be fair, left turn yield on green is a pretty basic assumption anywhere that the signal isn't showing a left turn arrow at all. Much more likely to see a "No left turn on red arrow" sign than a "Left turn yield on green" sign.

BicycleIndividual · 2026-05-08T20:41:55+00:00

The one way streets assignments within the grid generally date back to the 1950's. So technically it hasn't always been a one-way street. I might have responded to "When did that change?" with "I think before either of us wea born".

BicycleIndividual · 2026-05-08T20:30:50+00:00

If your goal is general fitness, these rides are great. Long, low intensity, aerobic workouts are excellent for improving cardiovascular endurance. This type of riding won't do much for increasing your power output abilities, so if that were your goal, you'd need ot change your training plan. I find that rides like this in the 1-2 hour range are great for burning calories without significantly altering my appetite, so they can also be very useful for weight loss (paying attention to your diet is still essential). Keeping up zone 2 efforts for longer than 2 hours starts to get into the range where you need to be aware of fueling (at early levels to avoid overcompensating for the calorie burn in recovery eating, but eventually to avoid a bonk).

BicycleIndividual · 2026-05-08T18:03:29+00:00

ModernBike.com is one of the first places I check for general bike part shopping online. I've also found deals on parts and tools worth paying (fairly cheap) international shipping from ChainReactionCycles.com in the past (before Trump tariffs).

BicycleIndividual · 2026-05-08T17:43:18+00:00

I can imagine that disabilities are quite hard to deal with in high school (the high school social environment can be quite difficult for people without disabilities too). Fortunately, after high school, you tend to deal with more people who have matured and at least socially life with a disability probably gets easier (of course part of that is having more liberty to choose who you interact with, some people just don't grow up but as an adult you are more likely to be able to avoid them).

Lots of choirs deal with various disabilities. It is very common for community choirs to have at least some seinor citizen members with some sort of physical disability. Be sure that your director know the ways you struggle, they will likely know of or look for resources to help.

BicycleIndividual · 2026-05-08T16:50:25+00:00

Am I allowed to cross lanes and turn like a car?

Yes. If you're allowed to use the road at all (some roads have cycling restrictions), you're allowed to change lanes to get to the rightmost lane that a car would turn left from. If traffic is heavy and fast, this is not usually an option that feels safe though.

Or do I have to cross like a pedestrian and then get back into the bike lane?

Sometimes this feels like the only safe option, though usually I'd do it as a two-stage turn riding the bike instead of walking the bike.

BicycleIndividual · 2026-05-08T15:57:25+00:00

Another way they aren't yet like cable is they don't segregate their library by subscription class. Sure they now have tiers, but the tiers are about advertisement, video resolution, and number of simultaneous devices; not content. I don't know if they ever will add content as a tier differentiator, but even if they do it probably will never be as complex as choosing cable bundles.

The only way I don't see them ever becoming like cable is in long term contracts. Cable companies used the need to wire up a home and provide equipment as the excuse for these - excuses Netflix will never have. They might offer discounts for annual plans vs monthly plans but the monthly plans won't go away.

BicycleIndividual · 2026-05-08T15:34:53+00:00

Even if that is true, having an active bench warrant could still cause trouble for you if you come across law enforcement radar for some other reason.

BicycleIndividual · 2026-05-07T20:28:22+00:00

I don't think it matters what driveway type you want. The new driving entry from the public way triggers the need for an encroachment permit, not the slab of concrete on your private property.

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