I once wrote a post about “riding while fat” because to one degree or another I’ve allowed myself to be too heavy for at least the last 20+ years of my life while all the time, still enjoying getting out on a bike. Even fat, exercising kept the devil at bay for awhile. Eventually though, as I have gotten…Continue Reading
Cycling
Numpties, Assholes and Canadians
Likely the most important base assumption that I think every cyclist should make before venturing out on the road is this; every car, every truck, every bus, every vehicle of every kind is out to run you over. You do this because if you start from this position then you are starting out in safest defensive riding mode and you…Continue Reading
Adaptive Cycle Expo 2018
Bikes and mechanical things are part of my comfort zone and, to be real, people with disabilities are usually way out of my comfort zone. So why volunteer for this type of event? Because comfort or no comfort, in my gut it seemed like the right thing to do and it also involves bikes (of sorts). I also knew that people…Continue Reading
Bike to Work 2018
I bike to work on occasion, not always, but it isn’t unusual to see me biking in. I am not out to be a diehard bike advocate riding every day and everywhere in a vain attempt to save the world, I ride to work to save just a little bit of my health and sanity. I see any bike riding…Continue Reading
Real Mountain Bikers
Real mountain bikers ride 60 pound steel bikes, wearing jeans, not wearing helmets and carrying rifles. At least they did over a century ago. Grab some popcorn, kick back and enjoy some mountain biking American history.
Al Fresco Riding
I have had several indoor trainers in my life. At different times my bike was mounted on a full set of rollers, a rear wheel only and for a short time I even had a standalone recumbent trainer. Guess which style of indoor trainer I settled on? How about none. Each of them, for a time, seemed like the way…Continue Reading