Marc Ducote owns Bicycle World in Jefferson Louisiana. He was Just Riding Along his usual route on the Mississippi River levee dressed in full roadie kit when he saw smoke, and then fire. He rode down to investigate and saw a dump truck had hit a trailer home and knocked it clean off of its read more
For the benefit of those outside of the United States, we had our token holiday honoring American socialist heroes this last weekend. I hope your Labor Day Holiday went better than mine. I spent much of it in bed recovering from a vicious sinus infection. What little time away from the bed was spent enjoying read more
Happy Friday, everybody! Yummy bike porn at Good.Is: The Art of the Handbuilt Bicycle. “Don’t Kill the Messenger,” about bike messengers in Washington DC, highlights the danger of biking in DC, so whatever. I’m not a messenger nor do I ride like one, but I’ve been cycling with traffic for over a couple of decades read more
I’m running behind today because of the weather. I got up, saw the rain, and went back to bed. Yes, I know how to stay dry on the bike. Yes, I know I won’t melt. And yes, I know you folks in Seattle are probably wondering “what rain?” (Cue Bike Hugger and “You’re doing it read more
Mikael Colville-Anderson of Copenhagenize was in San Francisco last week to talk about his out five ways that cycling should be promoted in the United States. Among his other proposals, Mikael suggests that we don’t focus so much on the subculture of cyclists. The bikes we wore. I knew I’d be at the meeting with read more
I hope you all had a lovely Monday! Video from Jill Morris for the Upright Citizen’s Brigade. Warren and his Rock Star Parking. Has anybody tried these cedar shoe inserts? Mountain biking San Francisco: Save Mt Sutro Trails. Huh, I just learned this: since January 2009, employers in San Francisco have been required to offer read more
