Aug 27 2008
What are the odds the battery in the cyclocomputer on my commuter bike would die the same time the battery in the cyclocomputer on my road bike would be dieing too? The first thing I did when I discovered my dead battery was to take the battery out of another unit. Seemed logical too [...]
Aug 24 2008
My cycling computer died today. I am not sure what is wrong with it yet, so I decided to ride without it. I will troubleshoot it later. At first I was irritated I would not know how fast, far, or long I rode, but decided I would just ride and enjoy it.
One of the first [...]
Aug 22 2008
Yesterday in the New York Times I came across: In a Cyclist-Friendly City, a Black Hole for Bikes
That is just one of many questions the police and others have been puzzling over since the arrest last month of Igor Kenk, the owner of a used-bike shop here.
Mr. Kenk’s legacy now fills a former police garage [...]
Aug 19 2008
I have encountered my fair share of drivers who have attitude, but I have also encountered cyclist who have attitude too. Most of the time I try to avoid the driver who is determined to be a posterior orifice and I always acknowledge the driver who gives me a wave to go through an intersection [...]
Aug 17 2008
Riding home from visiting friends today I took a road less traveled. As I rode along I could smell ripe blackberries coming from just beyond the railroad tracks which paralleled the road. The heat of the past couple of days must have ripened them, so I stopped to pick a few to eat. As [...]
