Yield to Life
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Pro cyclist and former San Francisco resident David Zabriskie (shown above leading the chase in today's stage of the Tour of California) has announced Yield to Life, a non-profit dedicated to making roads safer for cyclists.
This is good news for San Francisco: the most recent issue of the SF Bike Coalition's newsletter, the Tube Times, revealed to us that Bay Area cyclists feel that roads should be safer! The #1 reason folks don't ride their bikes more often: "Feeling threatened by cars."
Zabriskie has some experience in this area: he says he has been hit by cars on three occasions (like so many amateurs who can never equal the pros in their achievements, we've only managed to be hit twice).
After the jump: it's possible to fall down even if there are no cars in sight.
Zabriskie made big waves in the racing world when he snatched the yellow jersey from Lance Armstrong on the first day of the 2005 Tour de France, only to lose it three days later when he crashed in the team time trial. Like nearly every other unfortunate event in recent human history, this moment is preserved on YouTube: