I would love to read what are the best tricks you learned in your commuting experience.
I would like to propose a format, where we use one comment for each single trick/suggestion, so if you have multiple tricks, post multiple comments. This would allow upvotes to create a ranking of best suggestions
I will start with a couple of tricks from my experience.
Set your lights to blinky mode to save a bit of battery.
Don’t bike with headphones! You can often hear cars before you see them.
Wave at drivers when they’re nice to you, and smile! I feel like sometimes bicyclists can look grouchy due to exertion, but I think it’s important to show car brains that you’re indeed having fun :)
Stop to take pictures when you’re passing something nice.
Say hi to fellow bikers as you pass them. Biking is so much more personable than driving! Let’s build community on our way to/from work.
Happy & safe biking y’all
Bone conduction headphones are totally fine to bike with, as they block out no sound at all.
In fact, I think that might just be my tip for this thread!
While that is true, they still produce their own sounds which can still mask other sounds around you, especially with high volume.
For the love of God, don’t set your lights to blinky mode. The savings are minimal, it’s less safe for you and much more dangerous for other riders. Just get a dynamo if you worry about batteries…
Thank you! It is extremely difficult to estimate direction, speed and distance with blinking lights than with steady ones.