Tulsa ranked in America's Top 50 Bike Cities

[guido911]

Looking for bicycle-mounted Roman candle/bottle rocket jousting while on my run this evening. Any tips on locations where this version of the Darwin awards is being played out?

[Conan71]

Looking for bicycle-mounted Roman candle/bottle rocket jousting while on my run this evening. Any tips on locations where this version of the Darwin awards is being played out?

From the 17th floor of Liberty Tower, looked like all over the place.  Looked like someone down in Garden City blew their whole TANF check on one heck of a display prior to the 21st St. bridge one.  Either that or it was some well-to-do tweakers.

[nathanm]

I was driving back from my uncle's house south of Fort Smith around dusk and found that the fireworks were pretty much continuous from Muskogee to Tulsa, between the various cities, HOAs, golf courses, and individuals setting off fireworks. It looked like more than a few people bought those high dollar light show cannons. There was some fire fountain of doom going on out by the Bass Pro Shop. Not long after that, CoT's show became visible.

There were several shows that competed on burst frequency, but nobody had shells the size of the ones the city was setting off. The show was easily visible from the 21st/Harvard area.

[carltonplace]

I thought last night's show was one of the best I've seen in Tulsa.

Good thing were weren't San Diego.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/san-diego-fireworks-show-blows-up-in-15-seconds/2012/07/05/gJQALajePW_video.html

[Conan71]

I thought last night's show was one of the best I've seen in Tulsa.

Good thing were weren't San Diego.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/san-diego-fireworks-show-blows-up-in-15-seconds/2012/07/05/gJQALajePW_video.html

Kind of like Tulsa's show two years ago, eh?

[sauerkraut]

We had fireworks going off all night in my neighborhood, someone was shooting them in the sky.

[Hoss]

We had fireworks going off all night in my neighborhood, someone was shooting them in the sky.

What?  As opposed to into the ground?

[guido911]

Cher weighs in on cyclists and their use of roadways?

http://twitchy.com/2012/09/30/cher-rants-about-pacific-coast-highway-bicyclists/

[Conan71]

Love this one

@cher Bicyclists are worse than people in Escalades! They think they own the fkn road!

[nathanm]

I don't know about you, but I'm never under any illusion as to who owns the road when I'm out on my bike on a busy road. 

[Conan71]

I don't know about you, but I'm never under any illusion as to who owns the road when I'm out on my bike on a busy road. 

Believe it or not, I find I'm less stressed on the bike on a public road than driving on a Tulsa expressway in my car.

[Townsend]

Believe it or not, I find I'm less stressed on the bike on a public road than driving on a Tulsa expressway in my car.

Either way that jackass in the old pickup is still out to get you.

[Ed W]

When I was riding to work and back regularly, bike commuting actually became kind of boring. I saw the same drivers every day, the same dogs, the same gravel trucks.  I didn't meet any homicidal maniacs driving cars.  No one tried to kill me.

Driving on US169, on the other hand, has been an exercise in frustration and annoyance.  The road goes from three lanes down to two at 56th Street North, and there's a sign telling drivers that about a mile further south.  Rather than merge smoothly with traffic, however, a considerable number of fellow motorists have to gain a critical couple of seconds by passing everyone by driving in that right hand lane until it ends.  Then they merge suddenly, causing a chain reaction as drivers attempt to avoid them.

What is it about driving a car that disables basic courtesy?  For that matter, the ability to do simple math seems disabled too, as there's little to be gained by driving aggressively.  Perhaps that aggressive driver gains 15 seconds on following traffic.  Is there a prize awarded for "First Place at the Next Traffic Light"?

Riding a bike taught me not to get concerned over traffic.  My bigger concern was the wind and weather.  A good tailwind took 5-7 minutes off the commute, while a stiff headwind added 10-15.   

[nathanm]

Believe it or not, I find I'm less stressed on the bike on a public road than driving on a Tulsa expressway in my car.

I don't doubt it. Drivers aren't terribly courteous when I'm on my bike, though. Not assholish, except down south where they like to yell things, but still very clearly more involved with whoever they're talking to on the phone than with whomever happens to be traveling the road with them.

[Red Arrow]

Is there a prize awarded for "First Place at the Next Traffic Light"?

Yes.  You don't know about it?