Woman cyclist forced to stop at side of road after she catches up with the men
Switzerland’s former national road champion cyclist Nicole Hanselmann took an early breakaway lead during the annual Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. Her big lead was too big it seems, as she was delayed once...
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Norway decides NOT to drill for oil in the Arctic off of the beautiful...
Norway is walking away from billions of barrels of oil and gasNorway is walking away from billions of barrels of oil and natural gas.To the dismay of the nation’s powerful oil industry and its worker...
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Saving my Schwinn... and other stuff
My garage in Oakland was full. Surrounding my car, every shelf, corner, wall and all available floor space were optimally employed. I had furniture, paintings, bedding, rugs, books, a giant roasting...
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Retro Rocket
When the never ending hell of politics starts getting to me I go ride my bike. So now seems like a good time for a cycling diary.For my winter project I decided to build a “fixie”. I’m not sure why. At...
View ArticleFor women, if it isn't one thing, its another.
I am a bicycle commuter so it was with some interest I read the results of a recent study out of the University of Minnesota. You can read a summary of the results of the study here. (Its short and...
View ArticleEbikes ~ affordable and fun commuting
I don't drive. I could never justify the expense of a car, despite needing one, at times (I was a drummer in a past life!).I have always lived near public transport, but it is a time consuming and...
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Cycling Paris (and Dublin)
Every once in a while I win the scheduling lottery and get a sweet trip that I couldn’t otherwise hold, even at my fairly high seniority.This one is pretty sweet indeed. Deadhead to Paris, fly back and...
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It was 40 years ago today...
It was just 40 years ago, late summer of 1979. For a couple of months Gary Fisher had been riding a custom balloon tire bike he had built on a frame made by Tom Ritchey. I had a bike built by Joe...
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Biking the Apocalypse
Someone recently asked me about doing a flying diary but I haven’t been flying lately. I’m currently out on a medical, nothing serious, but I don’t know when it will be sorted out.That means I’m pretty...
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Electrify Your Ride
We talk a lot about electric cars here but I haven’t seen much about electric bikes.For as long as there have been bicycles and motors, people have been trying to attach motors to bicycles. As far back...
View ArticleEarth Matters: Study—2-degree temp rise baked into climate change; 3,700-mile...
Earth Matters is a Daily Kos compendium of wonderful, disturbing, and hideous news briefs about the environment.When it’s complete, a 3,700-mile bike path will stretch across 12 states:Nearly 2,000...
View ArticleMuseums 201: Bicycles (photo diary)
By the 1890s, the bicycle was creating a social revolution in the United States. Nearly two million bicycles were being manufactured each year and were being sold throughout the country. People who...
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Portland by Bike
One benefit of seniority is that I usually get my pick of monthly schedules. Which is how I ended up with 36-hour layovers in Portland. Even better, the trip started and ended in Indianapolis, so I...
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Biden gifts a custom made-in-the-USA bicycle to Boris Johnson at the G7
I don’t know whether it is customary for U.S. Presidents and heads of other states to exchange gifts at the G7 or other international summits, but at the 2021 G7, President Joe Biden decided to give a...
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The Bicycle Museum of America
What to do on a rainy day in Central Ohio? We took a drive out to New Bremen to see the Bicycle Museum of America. New Bremen is about 90 minutes northwest of Columbus or an hour north of Dayton.The...
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Travelogue: Chilly Hilly
I love organized bicycle rides, starting with my first one in 1983, Rosarito to Ensenada, 50 miles and one brutal hill ending in a big party at Hussong’s. I have a dubious love affair with the Chilly...
View ArticleSix Felony Charges for Texas Teen Who Injured Cyclists While Rolling Coal
Hadn’t seen anything about this showing up on the main page. Remember that juvenile (both literally and figuratively) dirtbag-in-training Texas 16-year-old teen who hit multiple cyclists with his truck...
View ArticleOhio Village: Bicycle shop (photo diary)
The Ohio Village, adjacent to the Ohio History Center in Columbus, represents an 1890s village. One of the buildings is the Barrington Bicycles.
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Mind the GAP
The Great Allegheny Passage is probably one of the prettiest bike paths in the country. It runs approximately 150 miles from Pittsburg to Cumberland Maryland through some really beautiful scenery.This...
View ArticleCarillon Historical Park: The Dayton Cyclery (photo diary)
One of the buildings in the Carillon Historical Park in Dayton, Ohio is the Dayton Cyclery. In 1892, the Davis Sewing Machine Company (which would later become the Dayton-based Huffy Corporation) began...
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