The rain held off today until I got home. Within an hour, steady rain had saturated everything. I went on the Tuesday Night Urban Assault ride anyway, knowing that I could drop at any time depending on my vision, conditions or if I felt too cold. I rode with the group for [...]
It’s tough not to have fun on the Tuesday Night Urban Assault ride. Even tougher when one rider shows up in the worst drag I ever did see, and another is in a white lab coat that says Medical Examiner, and is towing a coffin on his BOB trailer.
Across the street from the Adams [...]
The two blocks east of Kodak Office (world headquarters of Eastman Kodak Company), between State Street and the river gorge, used to be called Brown’s Race. It was so named because a guy named Brown built a mill race, diverting waters from above High Falls for the several water-powered mills that gave the city [...]
it rained all night last night and all day today. A light, but steady rain. Enough that the ground is saturated and the puddles are huge. The leaves clogging the storm drains aren’t helping either.
Still, I got a couple of great rides in. Commuting to and from Presbytery was a nice [...]
Interesting is the only word that comes to mind to describe my first time on the Tuesday Night Urban Assault ride.
Two hours, 36 riders, two or three flats, one crash and seemingly endless circles and stairs. At 11.8 MPH average, it qualifies as the slowest ride I’ve ever done. Most of that is [...]
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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