I picked-up Yellow Bike today. [ Does the happy dance. ] The snafus that delayed its repair continued right up through today. I figured we’d be on the road by noon, maybe one. Instead it was 4:30. So we have only three short rides together so far, and there’s been no time for pics. Tomorrow, [...]
I dropped-off Yellow Bike on the way home this afternoon. It’s been two years since I bought, stripped and rebuilt it, and it’s about time it had a professional laying on of the hands. The wheels are a little out of true, the brakes are wearing funny and won’t stay centered, and there were a [...]
Weather around here is notoriously hard to predict. In February, it’s harder still. Yesterday was supposed to be windy with a 20% chance of rain in the morning, rising to 80% in the afternoon. When I got up in the mid-morning, it was still. The church across the alley has those old, industrial, backdraft preventers [...]
After much anxiety, my new wheels arrived late Thursday afternoon. All’s well that ends well, I guess, but it sure was frustrating when they hadn’t arrived on my drop-dead date of Wednesday and I couldn’t get any response from the wheelbuilder. Then, I had them delivered to the library so that there was no way [...]
A day off the bike works wonders for how I feel when I get back on. Especially after last week which began with a 68-miler. I rode all seven days last week, something I seldom do. This Sunday we had the first rainy day in weeks and I stayed in. Monday started rainy as well, [...]
My new digicam arrived today. I bought a Kodak C875 based on this review at Digital Photography Review. While I didn’t necessarily base my purchase decision on buying from the local yellow box (after all, the camera was made in China anyway), I decided that if I could find a camera in their line that [...]
I ordered new wheels for Yellow Bike today. As you may recall, Yellow Bike came with a set of blue wheels that match its blue decals and trim. Then I lost one. I replaced it with a cheap one, strictly on an interim basis. Matching wheels are a must for me. Shopping around I couldn’t [...]
Have I mentioned lately how much I like riding Yellow Bike? I rode with the Monday Night Small Ring Ride tonight on several roads I’ve ridden before, but on Bike. Heading out, it was hard for me to stay behind the group. I had to coast a lot. It was weird. Everyone else is pedaling [...]
All three of the weather forecasts I use screwed up today. They all predicted rain this afternoon. Instead the clouds parted and blew away, the sun warned everything up and the winds slowed down just a bit. I waited for rush-hour traffic to clear, then geared up, carried Yellow Bike downstairs and rode off into [...]
I finally picked-up Yellow Bike after work on Saturday. Seana went downstairs there to retrieve it for me while I chatted with a woman about her Seven Alaris. Sevens are just such beautiful bikes. The pictures on their web site just don’t do them justice. The welds are nearly invisible, the curves in the chainstays [...]
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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