Archive for the 'Bike' Category

Draft Report Published: Rochester Bicycle Master Plan

Wednesday, December 8th, 2010

In advance of the public meeting this coming Monday, the City has published the draft of the Rochester Bicycle Master Plan. You can download the plan and the appendices from the Rochester Bicycle Master Plan web page, or from these links: Bike Plan Draft Dec 2010.pdfBike Plan (draft) Appendices Dec 2010.pdf I’ve skimmed it briefly, [...]

Huh. Walkable panniers

Sunday, December 5th, 2010

We’ve got a good lake-effect snow going on today. It’s supposed to last through tomorrow, maybe even into Tuesday. Lately, I’ve been grocery shopping on Monday mornings. I won’t be able to do that tomorrow, so I thought I’d go today. The store is only 0.41 miles away, and while it’s snowing enough to make [...]

Public Meeting: Rochester Bicycle Master Plan

Friday, November 26th, 2010

The final public meeting for discussion of the draft of the Rochester Bicycle Master Plan is Monday December 13, at 6pm in the Kate Gleason Auditorium in the Central Branch Library’s Bausch & Lomb building (the new one) 116 South Ave, between East Broad and Court Streets. [ map ] Bike parking is out front on the [...]

Veteran’s Day ride

Friday, November 12th, 2010

Finally, yesterday we got the weather they’d been forecasting all week. Cloudless skies, highs in the 50s. Bikerjohn and I have been riding together on weekday Federal holidays since my first year riding. We don’t make every one, but we make most of them. Yesterday was kind of a special ride. John’s going in for [...]

Nice weather’s last hurrah

Monday, November 8th, 2010

The forecast is for sunny all week and temps rising to the 60s. Since it was 28°F going to work last Tuesday morning, I guess this qualifies as Indian Summer. October wasn’t a good month for me. I had colds twice, then, silly me, I got a flu shot forgetting I’m one of the fortunate [...]

The DiNotte 300L taillight and PansyLogic

Sunday, October 24th, 2010

Over on BikeJournal.com, there’s an ongoing thread called Today I Bought. It’s part bragging, part Consumer Reports, and part envyfest. Something for everyone. I used it as a rough draft for the recent Stimulating the Economy entry here. It stimulated the following exchange:... and it comes with enough extra mounts that I need to shop [...]

Stimulating the economy

Saturday, October 16th, 2010

There’s been a lot of pent-up demand for cycling accessories, Chéz Brucew. Couple that with a lot of extra shifts at work, and a three paycheck month last month, and we had all the fixin’s for a major buying spree. I slept in this morning to rest up for it, then, this afternoon I wore [...]

Preview ride: Ten Parks Tour Leafpeeper Edition

Sunday, October 10th, 2010

Just in case it slipped past you, I love leading the RBC’s Ten Parks Tour ride. This year is the first time I’ve scheduled it in the autumn. Last winter I took a stab at a date, next Sunday, October 17, starting at 10am, and it looks like it’ll be right spot on. I rode [...]

Busy week

Friday, August 27th, 2010

New parking at work This year’s library budget included the restoration of bookmobile service, on a limited basis. Arnett Branch Library has the largest parking lot of any of the ten neighborhood branches, so the “WOWmobile” (Words On Wheels) will be based at Arnett. “Before” pic of the corner in question.   The Bike Trac, [...]

Friday Night RBC Social Ride

Friday, August 20th, 2010

The Rochester Bicycling Club runs four classes of regular rides, one of which is the Social Ride. These are relaxed, conversational pace—but still moving right along—with the emphasis on the social aspects of club riding. Usually including or followed by food. This is the first one of the social rides I could make this season. [...]