A cycling buddy of mine, made a trip to the local Cumberland Farms for a gallon of the milk. Unfortunately, he made the mistake of not locking his bike. At most, he was inside for a couple of minutes, enough time for someone to snatch his bike. Obviously he should have locked the bike, but …
Category: Cycling
May 25
Bicycle Lift
San Francisco may have trolleys, but Trondheim Norway has the World's first bicycle lift. Oddly, the hill in the pictures doesn't look too bad, I wonder how it would work on a hill with a steeper grade? We have a local hill that could benefit from such a contraption, now we just need to get …
May 24
Bike To Work Day
I have no idea how good these estimates are, but… According to Clarke (executive director of the League of American Bicyclists ), Americans who participated in Bike to Work Day last Friday . . . —saved more than 56 tanker trucks of gasoline —saved $5.7 million in driving costs —prevented 4,580 tons of carbon dioxide …
May 17
Another Way to Commute
This isn't strickly cycling, but I thought it was an interesting alternative commuting idea. David Grimes, an IT manager across the pond from us, avoids rush hour traffic by kite-surfing to work. If I've done the math correctly, it looks like he travels about 10 miles, it certainly is tempting to think about. I'll have …
May 15
Underbiking
I had my first true taste of "underbiking" over lunch today. For those that aren't familiar with the term, it typically refers to a riding an off road trail with a road bike. The trails are typically of the type that anyone with a mountain bike would be bored, but they can take on a …
May 10
Good Quote
"Let us have a moment of silence for all Americans who are now stuck in traffic on their way to a health club to ride a stationary bicycle." — Congressman Earl Blumenauer (Oregon)
May 01
Bike Month
It's the first day of May and for me, this means Bike Month. The League of American Bicyclists has a part of their webpage dedicated to bike month and even has a document covering fifty ways to celebrate bike month. Some of the events going on in my area include the annual ride of silence …
Apr 09
Stranded
Well, my bike finally let me down. For the first time since I've been commuting by bike, I had a failure that I couldn't fix on the road. I broke a spoke on my front wheel and it just wasn't ridable. Fortunately, my parents were in town and my Dad was kind enough to swing …
Apr 03
National Bike Summit
I've been listening to a cycling podcast, called The Fred Cast , for a while now. Its a convenient way to get some cycling news while traveling up and down the bike trail to and from work. Recently, David, the host, attended the League of American Bicyclists National Bike Summit and provided his thoughts and …
Apr 01
All These Years…
I'm continually amazed by how much I have to learn about bicycle care. After all these years, I would have thought I knew how to clean a chain, but obviously I had it completely wrong. Check out this definitive guide to chain cleaning offered by Sheldon Brown.
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