{"id":418,"date":"2013-09-12T10:24:56","date_gmt":"2013-09-12T17:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/washingtonbikelaw.com\/blog\/?p=418"},"modified":"2013-09-12T10:24:56","modified_gmt":"2013-09-12T17:24:56","slug":"grate-way-to-celebrate-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.washingtonbikelaw.com\/blog\/grate-way-to-celebrate-50.html","title":{"rendered":"Grate Way to Celebrate 50"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday Washington Bike Law took the afternoon off to go for a bike ride in honor of John’s birthday.\u00a0 I (Bob) ended up in the rear most of the way.\u00a0 But, in defense, Dave’s family bike has an electric assist and, Mister Fifty– John– is a bike racer, not just a bike commuter.\u00a0 Anyway, if you are not the lead dog, the view is always the same.\u00a0 Something like this:<\/p>\n

\"behind\"<\/a><\/p>\n

We went, on John’s request, to see an enormous yacht apparently owned by some Russian vodka billionaire.\u00a0 John was inspired, I think, but he ended up getting a bit smaller vessel\u00a0 for his birthday– and, sorry for him, one without a landing pad for a helicopter or a crew of 50– a single kayak.<\/p>\n

\"Yacht\"<\/a><\/p>\n

We rode by a dangerous sewer grate that I had noticed before, but could not remember the location.<\/p>\n

\"grate\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Thankfully, as we age, we have smart phones to record what we forget:<\/p>\n

\"location\"<\/a><\/p>\n

So this dangerous grate is not the worse I’ve seen… that would be this arm-breaker:<\/p>\n

\"grate\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The grate we saw yesterday is actually in a bike lane<\/strong><\/em>. How is it that SDOT has not replaced it?\u00a0 Let’s let them know, shall we? But how?\u00a0 SDOT has a pothole reporting form<\/a>, but no obvious way to report a dangerous condition that it affirmatively created.<\/p>\n

Cascade’s Bikewise has a form for hazards… let’s try it<\/a>.\u00a0 Hmmm… I must have forgotten my password<\/a>.\u00a0 Reset… No email helping me yet.\u00a0 I hope this danger does not continue… Can anyone else report this?<\/p>\n

One possible outcome of such a grate is a flat tire.\u00a0 That would be the least of someone’s worries, but that is what happened to me on our ride (though not because of the grate).<\/p>\n

Thankfully, a tow truck took my bike in and, by the time I walked to the bike shop, it was ready to roll.\u00a0 About that tow truck… watch it in action here: tow truck<\/a><\/p>\n

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