Archive for December, 2008

Dec 09 2008

Bicyclists and Portland Police

Published by Bob under bicycling,community,daily bicycling

My mother decided she wanted to purchase my dad a police scanner for Christmas. No big deal except she has no knowledge about the devices (neither did I), wanted me to research and purchase the scanner for her. Has anyone had experience with such a device? To make it truly useful and understandable I needed [...]

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Dec 05 2008

Friday Funny

Published by Bob under daily bicycling,funny

I am not a big fan of wearing a backpack while cycling. I don’t like the high center of gravity feeling when the backpack has a load in it or how sweaty my back gets. But for this backpack’s functionality in the video and me being single, I may change my mind. Hey… this what [...]

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Dec 04 2008

Bike Repairs and Friends

Published by Bob under bicycling,daily bicycling

What would Sheldon Brown do? Today a co-worker asked me to work on their bike. Because people know I ride a bike, work on my own bikes, and have been known to help others out, I get asked every now and then. So it was no surprise when I was asked today. When asked I [...]

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Dec 01 2008

Wide Cycling Shoes

Published by Bob under daily bicycling,equipment

Some time ago someone anonymously subscribed me to Bicycling magazine. I don’t know if they did it as a favor or if they wanted to hear my comments on the publication. I do like some of the articles, but for the most part their magazine is not really geared for me. I would like to [...]

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