Cycling in Rochester just got better.
This morning at Full Moon Vista Bike & Sport, owner Scott Page held a press conference with Mayor Robert Duffy to announce major changes to the Rochester Twilight Criterium.
New formatIn its fifth year, the crit becomes part of a three-day cycling event, called an omnium. On the Friday [...]
Full Moon Vista Bike & Sport is having a cycling photo exhibition. They have asked me to be sure to enter. Each photographer may enter three photos. One from each photographer will be enlarged, mounted and shown in the exhibition. (Rules)
Help me pick which three to enter. I’ve set up a poll in my gallery. [...]
So when I stopped on the way home from work to vote, the election ladies fell silent when I walked into the room. Do you think it was because:They were blinded by my hi-viz rainjacketThey were silently swooning over my shapely butt and legs as revealed by my cycling tights, orThey were afraid I [...]
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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