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Monthly Archives: February 2011
Shoe drying trick
February 22, 2011 – 8:00 am
I love Stuffits cedar stuffed shoe dryers, but sometimes I’m in a hurry and need to use a clothes dryer. Here’s a variation of a trick I learned from Noah in Kansas City several years ago.
1940: Shell Gas Share the Road club
February 21, 2011 – 3:17 pm
I ran across an ad campaign from 1938 to 1940 for a “Share the Road Club” from Shell Gasoline. The gist of the message from this club: “I’m more important than you, so get out of my way!”
Herniated bicycle tire
February 21, 2011 – 8:00 am
Should I boot this or pitch it and buy new? The sidewall rubbed through because I was lazy about brake pad positioning.
Ellen Fletcher, Holocaust survivor
February 19, 2011 – 5:13 pm
Many San Francisco Bay Area cyclists know about Ellen Fletcher’s long history of promoting cycling in and around Palo Alto. She served on the Palo Alto City Council in the late 70s and as Vice Mayor in 1980-81, where she worked to promote cycling through changes in city code, and was instrumental in lobbying Caltrain read more
