As Minneapolis celebrates another biking honor (one of the top ten bike-friendly cities in the world), let’s have a look at what Roadguy saw last evening while sitting at a light on Hiawatha Avenue:

The light had obviously turned green by the time I took this picture, but it seemed wise for me to wait a bit longer, what with a bicyclist headed toward oncoming traffic. I had been watching his meandering approach from some distance, and he was riding closer to the middle of the lane for most of that time.

I suppose there was a chance that he was a Briton accustomed to driving on the left, but I’m thinking alcohol played a key role in his decision-making. This was his next low-speed maneuver:

It was a pretty sad sight — unkempt, unhelmeted guy wandering toward and in front of traffic on a 40-mph four-lane road. I hope he doesn’t read this article about bike-related beers…. I’m pretty sure he’d already had enough.

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