In the last month, I’ve ridden the bus three times: To the sleep center and back for an overnight while the bike was in the shop for its 30-days check-up, and that night with the flat tire.
The weather kept me from riding only one day: That Sunday when the wind was gusting over [...]
I felt great when I got up this morning. I’d planned to NOT ride today. I have plenty of chores around home and some work to crank out. But the weather is approaching summer temps and humidity and need some training in that.
And looking out the kitchen door at the bike locked [...]
Dagnabbit!
Either my memory failed or I didn’t carry a one when mentally calculating today’s distance. Adding a lap around the block would have put me over 30 miles on today’s ride. Instead, I can log only 29.15.
Still, it’s my longest—and fastest—single ride ever, even if it did include a 20 minute stop to [...]
I got distracted last night leaving from work, what with getting the raingear on while shooing the patrons out. When I got home I discovered I had the keys to the conference room and the boiler room in my pocket. Not really a problem since I had to go to the grocery store [...]
This past Sunday, is the first time I’ve skipped a ride on account of weather. It was in the low 40s, threatening rain, and windy. Gusts into the 40s, trees falling down, power out to 4,500 homes; it just wasn’t worth it. I missed it too.
Later that night, it snowed. A [...]
So today I’m cycling along University Ave on the way to the library and I’m thinking, Dang, this is getting easy. I look down at the cyclometer and it’s reading about 24 mph at about 90 rpm cadence. Woo hoo! I have legs! Spin, spin spin!
Later it hits me: It [...]
Pics of yours truly, his bicycle and new, hip sunglasses are up at http://www.brucew.com/gallery/. Yes, it was a cloudy day (Imagine that!) but waiting for a sunny one to show off one’s new sunglasses can be like waiting for Godot.
It’s the first day of National Bike-to-Work Week. To celebrate, it rained today. No problem. I attached my fenders, ran the lights, wore some Gore-Tex and packed some Gore-Tex. It wasn’t raining that hard, so I packed the rainpants. I packed dry socks and sneakers too.
I had an appointment at [...]
“Wow! That was fast,” exclaimed my mom. “I didn’t expect you for another hour or two.”
I didn’t expect it to be so little time either. As it turns out, even with my detour south to the airport so I could use the bike trails instead of the streets to get out to [...]
The UPS man waved and shouted “Hi!” as I cycled by him on Goodman St today. It’s nice that he recognized me. He’s kinda cute too. Hmmm…
The phone company is still messing around at Park and Goodman. They’ve been tying up traffic there for weeks now. Today when I went [...]
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Someday we’ll all look back on this, and plow right into a parked car.
Just as man evolved from four feet to two, some have evolved from four wheels to two.
Tourers and commuters are a lot alike. Both breeds usually choose a sturdy, yet no-nonsense bike, and both usually have to carry more than your usual OCP roadie. We take tips, tricks, and underground secret information from almost every other type of cyclist, chew it up, and spit out a form of cycling science that manifests itself as a fusion of both basic transportation and recreational riding all at once.—ax0n
You shouldn’t anthropomorphize bikes. They don’t like it when you do that—JustBrowsing
Somewhere on gayforums.net there’s a thread that goes “I just shaved my legs and got some tight lycra shorts. Do you think it would make look like a cyclist or not?”—From yet another “Does wearing lycra make me look gay?” thread on bikeforums.net
I don’t hate cars per se, but the lifestyle they encourage is as lethal and self-destructive as any drug.—Cosmoline
I guess for me it boiled down to a realization that a bike was the right tool for the job. Using a 3,000 pound vehicle move me and my briefcase 2.5 miles to work everyday was like using a steamroller to press my shirts—they'd be wrinkle free, but an iron would be a better choice.—chocula
Starve a terrorist—ride a bike to work. It’s not just good for the environment, it’s good for civilization.—NotAsFat
When all the gasoline runs out, the Priuses are going to be dead on the side of the road right beside the Hummers.
Who is more patriotic, the person who commutes to work on a bike, or the guy who slaps a US flag decal on his SUV that gets 12 miles per gallon?—Jim Caple (ESPN)
I’m on the odd side of now but the right side of history.—Woodog
What’s the point of a bike if you can only ride it on weekends and you can’t even carry anything with you?—madfiNch
I don’t ride to save the environment, auto fuel, money or even to get exercise. I ride because I enjoy it and as a consequence, I get the benefit of the other things.—Charles Vail
What I need is a tandem, a squash racquet and a daring & ruthless accomplice. Is anyone in?—Chris L
My two favorite things in life are libraries and bicycles. They both move people forward without wasting anything. The perfect day: riding a bike to the library.—Peter Golkin
If one is going to be hedonistic and NOT actually in Jamaica, well bicycles ain’t such a bad way to go.—PansyPalmetto
Skilled city cyclists move through traffic like gazelles through a field of fat cows.—JoeyBike
Biking isn’t a sport because anybody can do it. I can bike, you can bike. For goodness sakes, my mother can bike! You don’t see her on the cover of Sports Illustrated, do you?—jack002
Bicycles move with the flow of the Earth—Nikki Giovanni
Let’s have a moment of silence for all those Americans who are stuck in traffic on their way to the gym to ride the stationary bicycle—US Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)