“Dude, that’s a nice light. I’m riding with you,” said John on tonight’s Tuesday Night Urban Assault (TNUA) ride. Then, referring to my twin DiNotte 200Ls on the bars he asked, “Now is that with all three of them on?”
“Nope. Just the one,” I replied.
“Awesome!”
Schmidt Edelux headlight
Tonight was my first real test [...]
Arriving at the shop for tonight’s Monday Night Small Ring Ride, Mike hailed me asking, “Hey, did you see you’re quoted in this paper?”
He handed me the July 2009 issue of the Corn Hill Gazette, (link to PDF) a publication of the Corn Hill Neighbors Association. Sure enough, there’s an article starting on page [...]
Last night was the annual Santa Hat ride at the Tuesday Night Urban Assault. Ride leader, Scott Page of Full Moon Vista Bike & Sport, has dozens of Santa hats, custom modified to fit over bike helmets.
Traditionally, a collection is taken for a children’s charity and we drop off the money as part of [...]
When your bike starts shedding parts, it’s a good time to call it a night.
I left the Tuesday Night Urban Assault ride early tonight. The strangest combination of things caused a fender nut to come loose and rub annoyingly on the tire.
I have a bit of toe overlap on the Portland. Toe overlap [...]
During the TNUA tonight, I turned over 200 miles on the Portland. Everyone from Full Moon Vista asked how I like it. My standard reply? “I LOVE this bike.”
It was really great to be back on the TNUA tonight. I’ve missed this ride tremendously during the past six months. There are [...]
“So where is everybody?” asked one guy.
“I think they all stayed home to watch the President,” replied another.
“Don’t they know you can record that?” asked a third.
“Or that CNN will have it on perpetual replay for three days?” I added.
See? No mention was made of the weather. A smidge below freezing with snow isn’t [...]
I expected a small group for tonight’s Tuesday Night Urban Assault ride. It had rained on and off since yesterday afternoon, depending on which forecast you believed, we were in for just more rain or 5 inches of snow, and it was the day after a holiday.
Riding up Adams St I saw one rider [...]
My flabber was completely gasted tonight, when, as I was circling the the lot at the Adams St Recreation Center before the ride, I saw that Scott—Tuesday Night Urban Assault ride leader, owner of Full Moon Vista Bike and Sport, and promoter of the Saturn-Rochester Twilight Criterium—drove a car to the ride.
Sure, his bike was [...]
After a day of mostly sunshine and near-record high temperatures (60°F, 16°C), I expected a good turn-out at the Tuesday Night Urban Assault ride tonight. I was not disappointed. Sixty-six riders rode out from the Adams St Recreation Center tonight. It was a blast. Tonight was my favorite TNUA yet.
First we [...]
Monday was the official full moon, but last night was certainly close enough. That we could see the moon should tell you something. First, that we Rochesterians feel insecure when we’re not protected from the cosmos by a thick blanket of overcast, and second, that it was cold.
It wasn’t arctic as it’s been [...]
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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)