this post was submitted on 21 Feb 2026
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I started biking recently. I’m a little afraid to drive on the roads, but there’s plenty of bike paths near me.
Did a long circuit, and for the first time I had to drive on the road for a couple of blocks. Nothing happened, but I was so nervous that when I transitioned back onto the sidewalk at the end I didn’t notice the ~2 inch ridge at the bottom and I took too shallow of an angle and absolutely ate it in a spectacular fashion.
Six different people came out of nowhere on this empty street to check on me though, which was nice.
Oh yeah. I remember crossing streets with embedded streetcar tracks. I learned the "always at near right angles" lesson really quickly.