biking_fox
Guru
- Location
- Manchester
what is it really makes for this level of commuting mastery?
As above experience and natural risk taking. But you can minimise the risks a bit:
Know the road. Where the potholes are, where the junctions are, and the traffic lights, and how thery phase. Know the bus stops.
This enables you to predict where it's safe to be in the middle because everythings not moving for 5 minutes on a long light, on a long bit of road and where it isn't safe because it's just a temporary slow down, around a couple of side roads. When to undertake a bus because the 192 always turns right here, and when to overtake it, because it has to pull in for the bus stop ahead.
Obviously you also need fast reactions (don't do it after a night out for example) - and to keep your eyes up looking around for drivers changing lanes, random peds walking out etc. - hence if you know where the potholes are, you can spend more time looking out for other dangers.