On both of my recent cycling vacations, I employed the “vague notion” of travel.
I’d set out with only a vague notion of where I wanted to go, or what distance I wanted to travel, or what I’d like to see. Then with a vague notion, I’d set off and let opportunity be my guide.
In [...]
Here’s a rough draft of my submission to the Rochester Bicycling Club’s August Newsletter.
RBC Member Rides to Top of Highest Paved Road in North America
By Bruce Wilbur
On Wednesday morning, July 30, 2008, I wore my RBC jersey to the top of the highest paved road in North America, at the summit of Mt. Evans, just [...]
Part II(a)
Today I rode The Epic Century. I started out feeling weak, tired and sore. I rode anyway. I had to SAG twice, for five or six miles each time. And I didn’t do the 15-mile loop at the end to round out the century. But I felt pretty good [...]
This morning, Howard, Z-Man and I climbed Mt. Evans. Fourteen-thousand, two-hundred and some odd feet.
It went right according to plan. Two hours ride time, an hour for rests, making three hours total time.
There will be pics. Lost of them. Just not now. In a half-hour Howard picks me up [...]
The bike club dropped off the bike case tonight and I just finished packing the Portland. I’ll commute on Yellow Bike these next two days, then it’s off to Chicago on the Saturday night train, and after a four-hour layover, the Sunday afternoon train to Denver.
I had anticipated difficulty with packing the bike. I wanted [...]
I’m resting up a bit this week having returned from Canada on Monday night, and leaving for Colorado on Saturday night.
Or rather, I should be resting up.
I arrived home in time last night to make the Monday Night Small Ring Ride at Full Moon Vista Bike & Sport. Shana decided we’d ride the “finishing [...]
I’ve been diggin’ my mid-week metrics.
This week I threw on the cyclocross tires and rode west on the canal path. Where the pavement ends, I met up with Bikerjohn. We rode to Brockport for brunch, then out to Holley and Podunk.
The gallery upload is still broken, and probably won’t be fixed until [...]
It’s been a nice little break for me from here these past few weeks. It’s given me time to focus on me and on riding and other things.
I was sick for three weeks straight after the last entry in May. I was still sick when the weekend of the Great Finger Lakes Bicycle [...]
Time was, when you saw someone in hi-viz it meant one of three things:
they were a garbage collectorthey worked in road constructionit was a Fred on a commuter bike kitted out with fenders, lights, reflectors and a rack—or someone like me.
I have two hi-viz rain jackets, one hi-viz mesh vest, four wicking hi-viz t-shirts (two [...]
Hosts of this year’s BikeJournal Reunion recently did a pre-ride of the Epic Century route. This is the ride I’ve been training all year for, and it’s barely three weeks away.
I’ve copy-and-pasted this from the thread on BikeJournal
Ride announcement
Since Twain can’t be with us at the BikeJournal ReUnion08 on Aug. 1-3, and since he’ll [...]
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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