Jul 20 2008
Today I rode my bike to a coffee shop, took along a book to read when I got there, and after getting my coffee I sat outside to read and enjoy the sunshine. To me there isn’t a better way to enjoy a sunny morning than to ride and stop to enjoy some coffee and [...]
Jul 17 2008
Here is a video from Portland, where a drunk driver runs down a cyclist and it is caught on home video, then later reported on the news. What’s sad is if you go to YouTube and read the comments on this, some people think bicyclists deserved this sort of treatment. Bookmark This Hide Sites $$(‘div.d26′).each( [...]
Jul 17 2008
Today I needed to run some errands, so I put the panniers on my commuter bike and rolled out this morning. After accomplishing my tasks I decided to take a slightly different route home with a steep hill on it for a little extra workout. The hill I am pedaling up has a traffic light [...]
Jul 16 2008
Once I leave Portland and cross the Interstate Bridge everything seems to get quite and the pace around me seems to slow. The temperature was around 70 degrees, the Moon was nearly full, Jupiter shined to it’s left, and the light in the clear sky made for a very pleasant ride home last night. The [...]
Jul 15 2008
There is no way around it, flat tires suck! But the fact is getting a flat is a reality if you ride a bike. I know, I have had my share of flats on my various bikes except one, my Giant I use for commuting. I know it is a pain to get flat, but [...]
Jul 14 2008
Yahoo announced: North America’s Most Bike-Friendly Cities Exhibit A: Portland, Ore., just displaced Copenhagen as the No. 2 most bike-friendly city in the world. No surprise here. All a person needs to do is see how many bicyclists are on the streets. For sometime the goal of the Portland cycling community is to get the [...]
Jul 12 2008
Yesterday I decided to commute to work by bike again and experience the suffering I had earlier in the week. Actually I only suffered on a couple of hills and I lived to ride another day, so it wasn’t all that bad. I think because I am use to being in better condition, it felt [...]
