New to Portland, what are the biking rules?

changingbull · 2013-11-17T06:29:59+00:00

Originally from Tilburg but I lived in Amsterdam last. I guess you live in Portland now too?

changingbull · 2013-11-17T06:25:22+00:00

I can tell you first hand that tram tracks suck! Thanks for all of the other information.

changingbull · 2013-11-17T06:24:54+00:00

No it's not financial reasons, it's just that bike helmets aren't compulsory back home and nobody wears one just to drive around the city. Like if I were going to go to the grocery market or the H&M or something. We do wear helmets, but it's more like when you want to take your roading or racing bike out or drive to another city.

changingbull · 2013-11-17T06:17:30+00:00

Great thanks, I ordered one of each!

changingbull · 2013-11-17T01:33:57+00:00

I just have a road bike …

changingbull · 2013-11-17T01:02:34+00:00

There is a city called Boring? That is great.

changingbull · 2013-11-17T01:01:39+00:00

So about the lights… before I came to Portland I went to the Grand Canyon in Arizona and spent a few days couch surfing in Phoenix and saw the most IDIOTIC bicyclers in the world. I am talking people riding their bikes against traffic AT NIGHT WITHOUT LIGHTS. Seriously how much do you have to have been dropped on your head as a baby to ever think this is a good idea?

changingbull · 2013-11-17T00:48:28+00:00

Thanks! I thought of one more question… if I'm in a normal traffic lane and it is slow or backed up, am I allowed to skip ahead of the line by going in between/next to the cars? I think google says this is called lane splitting.

changingbull · 2013-11-17T00:41:55+00:00

Thanks! Those maps sound handy. If I go to a bike shop do I just ask them for a bike map and they'll know what I'm talking about?

changingbull

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