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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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. [...]
It’s a rainy Sunday morning here in R-Town. I’ve already slept in, I don’t quite feel like breakfast yet, and it looks like it may dry off for the afternoon, so no sense in getting bikes dirty in the rain. We’re about halfway through the three-seasons, and it’s been a while since I’ve updated, so [...]
While this year is turning out to be a great year for me with bikes, it’s not such a great year with riding. I’m just getting back the form and conditioning I had earlier this year. Shortly after returning from the GFLBT in June, I came down with some sort of cold/flu/mung-lung disease that took [...]
It’s been a happy day of wrenching around here today. I had plans: Laundry, library, groceries, Litespeed. The trip to the library and grocery store fell by the wayside when, just after starting the laundry, I pulled Blue Steel down off its hook and began to take it apart. Everything went really well.. As 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
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