Earlier today I was leaving a comment on an entry on RocBike.com. In the entry, Jason offered for download a spreadsheet for maintaining a ride log. In the comment I said I prefer the online ones and listed two that I use, my favorite being BikeJournal.com. To be sure I’d covered all the bases, I [...]
No TNUA for me tonight, damn it. I spent all day (riding in at sunrise, riding home after sunset) wrestling with a tape backup unit and I’m just to whipped, mentally. Physically, I’m still sore from this weekend—going six weeks between long rides isn’t the best plan—but I could probably make it tonight if I [...]
My main PC is still not fully functional. It seems several components were on the verge of failure. The trauma of transplanting disks seems to have tipped two of them over the edge. Not knowing for sure what was going on, after all I was installing two different operating systems in a dual-boot configuration, I [...]
Just a quick entry to say all’s well around here. The past couple of weeks have been productively busy, as opposed to the past year or so where there’s not been much to show for having been busy. I’ve dropped all my pro bono clients, dropping off a CD to the last one on Tuesday. [...]
Overall, you scored as follows: 2% scored higher (more nerdy), and 98% scored lower (less nerdy). All hail the monstrous nerd. You are by far the SUPREME NERD GOD Ahem. While on the topic of stupid web stuff, What’s your battle cry? Prowling over the terrain, swinging a bladed baseball bat, cometh Bruce! And he [...]
In Arthur C. Clarke’s 3001: The Final Odyssey, one of the things everyone has and carries with them is a petabyte chip that conveniently stores all the data they’ll acquire over their lifetimes. A petabyte is 1,024 terabytes, which is 1,024 gigabytes. So a petabyte is a million gig. Since I have well over a [...]
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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