I rode the exact bicycle route where I was disabled while riding to work 10 years ago. It was raining, but I needed the psychology of completing that short ride. I never ride in traffic as I am unable to see over my left shoulder and hold my line. I must get out of position, sit up and twist my lower back. Anyways, there was a truck illegally double parked in the exact same place as the SUV that very nearly killed me when they suddenly made a U-turn. It was an awkward moment, some irony, and a bit of PTSD thinking about the same thing happening on the ten year anniversary.
I have to keep my head down. It doesn’t matter most of the time because I ride a dedicated bike trail route. I also ride at the end of my day or even at night. I don’t want to know more than I need to about cars. My PTSD is too bad for traffic. I mostly only ride for physical therapy now. It is not really a problem for me to ride like this. I’m at over 170k miles, riding most days since 2009. I can tell what is going on around me just by sound at this point. The people behind are not the real problem. It is the u-turns that will get you. I’ve had 2 bad crashes out of 6 total and both bad ones were u-turns.
I rode the exact bicycle route where I was disabled while riding to work 10 years ago. It was raining, but I needed the psychology of completing that short ride. I never ride in traffic as I am unable to see over my left shoulder and hold my line. I must get out of position, sit up and twist my lower back. Anyways, there was a truck illegally double parked in the exact same place as the SUV that very nearly killed me when they suddenly made a U-turn. It was an awkward moment, some irony, and a bit of PTSD thinking about the same thing happening on the ten year anniversary.
Oof. Would a mirror help? Either clip onto handle bar or clip onto glasses/sunglasses?
I have to keep my head down. It doesn’t matter most of the time because I ride a dedicated bike trail route. I also ride at the end of my day or even at night. I don’t want to know more than I need to about cars. My PTSD is too bad for traffic. I mostly only ride for physical therapy now. It is not really a problem for me to ride like this. I’m at over 170k miles, riding most days since 2009. I can tell what is going on around me just by sound at this point. The people behind are not the real problem. It is the u-turns that will get you. I’ve had 2 bad crashes out of 6 total and both bad ones were u-turns.