Month: October 2010

Pedaling squares

I was pedaling squares last night. Yehuda Moon pedaled squares today.

Mr Rogers socks

“Pedaling squares” is what avid cyclists call poor pedaling technique. Pedaling should appear smooth and fluid. If it looks clunky, awkward and slow, the cyclist is “pedaling squares.”

Pro cyclists might pedal squares at the end of a difficult, long stage of a multiday race, when they feel wobbly and must dig deeply into their suitcase of courage just to stay upright on the bike.

Pedaling squares is my normal form these days; I pedal circles only on an exceptional days. Your mileage may vary.

Besides pedaling squares, I might also peddle squares.

Back up

Sorry about the downtime today. The database where Cyclelicious blog posts are stored apparently went away sometime.


I shot this photo about three weeks. Brownie points if you can tell me where I was at! More brownie points if you can tell me what law I broke by my mere presence on this location.

Walk Bicycles Across Tracks

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Bike ban updates

You might remember the bike ban proposal for some roads in St. Charles County, Missouri. County Councillor Joe Brazil wanted to ban bikes from some rural roads. After months of often contentious discussion, the county council voted 6-0 against the ban last month.

Last night, however, St Charles County approved new rules for “organized bike rides”, which they define as “event, contest, procession or parade” with 25 or more cyclists or any number of riders with a chase or support vehicle.

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