One of the things I like about BikeJournal is that there are several ways to participate in virtual clubs and on virtual teams.
I log my above-freezing rides to the Rochester Bicycling Club team, and Club IceBike gets my below-freezing rides.
Currently I’m second (by only two miles) on RBC. Although the first-place rider is logging [...]
I’m going to do my best to just get this one out. I have a dozen half-finished stories kicking around, because I always want to work out the rough spots and find every last typo. (When one is dyslexic, there are plenty of those and I can never see them.) Then I [...]
My 2006 Giant Cypress DX has been stolen.
This afternoon I went to the basement to do laundry. I keep my detergent in my storage locker. I unlocked the padlock and the whole door fell off. Thieves had unscrewed the door hinges to gain access.
None of the other storage lockers appear to have [...]
Rolling in to 2008, I feel pretty good about 2007. Seldom has this happened. Ordinarily I look back thinking, Thank God that’s over, or, Maybe I’ll do better next time. But 2007? I can look back with satisfaction.
2007 was the first year since 1997 that I was on firm financial footing. [...]
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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