May 2025

It’s Monday morning.  You’re riding in the bike lane trying to get to work, checking over your shoulder for trucks coming up from behind.  Out of nowhere a car backs out of a driveway on the right.  Before you can think, you’ve already darted into the traffic lane and steered around the rampaging commuter.

Fortunately, there was nobody racing from behind and you didn’t get hit.  Now you can quickly swerve back into the bike lane.  Before you can collect your thoughts, your body has sweated though your clothes even on this cold morning.  “How did I survive that?” you think, after your heartrate returns to normal.