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Your Biannual Equinox Reminder

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September 21, 2009
Your Biannual Equinox Reminder

When you are riding in the morning and evening, your shadow points to the other travelers who might have trouble seeing you in the glare of the rising or setting sun. —A tip from LCI Bob Bayn, Cache Valley, UT Today was the last day of summer, though you’d never know it by the temperature. Ugh. This time of...
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Beware the Equinox

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February 26, 2009
Beware the Equinox

Riding in to work on South Street this morning, the sun was blazing in my helmet-mounted mirror.  Ah yes; equinox on the way.  If you remember your astronomy, the sun rises and sets close to due east and west around the time of the equinox.  So if you’re traveling one of those straight east/west...
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The Blinding Sun

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September 19, 2008
The Blinding Sun

How many vehicles do you see on this road? As the equinox approaches and daylight closes down on our commutes, I’ve been contemplating a post about the hazards of the rising and setting sun. Tonight I stopped on my way home to take a photo. I kid you not, I had no idea...
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When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race.
~H.G. Wells