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There’s nothing like narrowly missing a collision with a car while riding a bike to make you think, “Holy Shit! I’m still alive.”

And it’s exactly the reason that I JUST ride my bike while riding my bike. I try to limit the number of tasks my brain has to do so I can focus and be aware and lookout for other people. It has nothing to do with me not trusting myself, or me thinking that I am a horrible bicyclist. The issue is that I do not trust everyone else on the road. I have been in enough close calls to know that people in any type of automobile, generally speaking, do not look out for pedestrians or bikes.

What specifically happened is below

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Here’s a link to someone thinking outside the box, integrating a bike pump and lock system into the bike…

Some of the designs are pretty cool, like the one pictured below. Obviously there are imperfections, but like all innovations, the point isn’t that the design is perfect but rather it leads to actual designs, innovations, and ideas that will work and can be manufactured.

Found via TreeHugger…