Comments on: Do You Schluff Enough? http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/03/16/do-you-schluff-enough/ Covering Los Angeles's livable streets movement Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:23:58 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Damien Newton http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/03/16/do-you-schluff-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-4786 Damien Newton Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:01:29 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=1877#comment-4786 Oddly, the only person I ever saw biking this way was......Tom LaBonge! Oddly, the only person I ever saw biking this way was......Tom LaBonge!

]]> By: Peter http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/03/16/do-you-schluff-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-4785 Peter Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:30:51 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=1877#comment-4785 that's funny. i saw someone doing this a couple of months ago or so and started doing it almost immediately. there are lots of times when i just want to walk with my bike, so i do, but sometimes i'll be walking along a boring stretch of street so i schluff until i'm back in pedestrian traffic or to another interesting part of the street. i stay away from the cross-over move, too -- it's easy to lose your 'coolness chic' if you get a little too relaxed. schluffing with the cross-over footwork is definitely good for when mounting and dismounting from your bike, though. :) that's funny.

i saw someone doing this a couple of months ago or so and started doing it almost immediately. there are lots of times when i just want to walk with my bike, so i do, but sometimes i'll be walking along a boring stretch of street so i schluff until i'm back in pedestrian traffic or to another interesting part of the street.

i stay away from the cross-over move, too -- it's easy to lose your 'coolness chic' if you get a little too relaxed.

schluffing with the cross-over footwork is definitely good for when mounting and dismounting from your bike, though.

:)

]]> By: David Galvan http://la.streetsblog.org/2009/03/16/do-you-schluff-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-4782 David Galvan Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:55:56 +0000 http://la.streetsblog.org/?p=1877#comment-4782 I do this, but only at the very end of a "real" ride, like as I'm approaching the door of my department building at UCLA. It lets me ride right up to the door, and then easily hop off and immediately open the door. Took me a few tries before I could keep my balance after swinging my leg over the bike and keeping my other foot on the peddle. I've also seen many a cyclists do this for the last 10 feet or so between them and the door of the green line train car door. Probably against the rules to be "schluffing" on a train platform, but I see it all the time. I do this, but only at the very end of a "real" ride, like as I'm approaching the door of my department building at UCLA. It lets me ride right up to the door, and then easily hop off and immediately open the door. Took me a few tries before I could keep my balance after swinging my leg over the bike and keeping my other foot on the peddle. I've also seen many a cyclists do this for the last 10 feet or so between them and the door of the green line train car door. Probably against the rules to be "schluffing" on a train platform, but I see it all the time.

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