It’s said that in R-Town we have four seasons: Almost Winter,Winter,Still Winter, andJuly With just days before the start of Almost Winter, I’ve finally come to accept that I’m a true northerner. I cycle without complaint through the three seasons of winter, but July kills me. I seem to forget this each year when I [...]
“Bruce, you’re an animal!” Dave called out to me as I turned to leave on the solo ride home. Huh, I thought. Two weeks ago a machine, and this week an animal. I must be doing something right. Almost everything had gone right on yesterday’s birthday ride. It was a day early, but close enough [...]
Gee, I thought to myself. These hills are getting flatter and shorter every year. Then a bend in the road revealed the second half of the climb—the half that required me to stand. Even with that early mistake, the Friday night Firetower Ride at the Great Finger Lakes Bicycle Tour seemed flat and easy. Over [...]
“Bruce, you’re a machine!” said Jay as I drifted past on the way to the back of the paceline after a pull. I was taking longer pulls than I really should have since it was raining. Only the guy in front doesn’t get a facefull of spray from another guy’s tires. It’s a strong incentive [...]
It’s no secret that getting sick a year ago knocked me for a loop. It effectively killed my season, made me feel old, and left me wondering if I should take up shuffleboard instead. While it’s not a real secret, I also haven’t carried on about how many of the effects still linger, and how [...]
Note to self: When out with a road bike, and no rack or panniers, in the future say “Yes, please” when asked if you want a bag with your purchase. It is well neigh impossible to start and stop on a clipless-equipped road bike with one hand holding, say, a shoebox. New shoes I’m usually [...]
It’s a very windy day out there today, second day in a row. It’s the rest weekend I’ve been longing for since early last month. After a whole day of gusts in the 50s and 60s, and sideways rain this afternoon, it’s snowing out right now. I have no bikes disassembled either, although I still [...]
I finally got the Portland all back together today. I’d been concentrating on Blue and Jeeves, and Yellow Bike fills the commuting role well in the three-seasons, so there wasn’t a pressing need to hurry into rebuilding the Portland. I worked at it for a couple of hours a day, each day this weekend. Friday [...]
One of my regular stops on teh interwebs is at Red Kite Prayer. The writing is clear, informed, and articulate. Perhaps more importantly, they seem to tap into a well of emotion that’s not too distant from my own. I often have cause to reflect upon a piece they’ve written, and too frequently I think, [...]
I’ve always liked Yellow Bike’s levers. They’ve felt nice since day one. So nice that the left one still uses the same cable that I installed when I built the bike up four years ago. Even as recently as last week, I thought I liked its shifters. Then I rode Jeeves with its new super [...]
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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)
Putting slicks on a mountain bike is like putting a dress on your best friend Bob. He still won’t look like a woman, and he won’t ride like one either.—Platypius
They’re just bikes. Ride ’em in the rain, salt, snow and crap to fully appreciate them.—Mike Zanconato
One of the best things about bicycle commuting is that it can mitigate the displeasure of having to go to work.—BikeSnobNYC
When you approach an intersection think of the cars as affectionate cats that are going to try to rub themselves against you.—BikeSnobNYC
It’s like bikes. Give yourself a budget. Then double it.—grscha
Rule 9: If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.—The Rules