Good afternoon! The weather is GORGEOUS in Silicon Valley and Santa Cruz — perfect enough for a bike ride! (more…)
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Drip dry
April 12, 20101 Comment on Drip dry
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 wrong!”) And yes, I hear from everybody about how wonderful the extended rain is for our reservoirs in northern California, but for me the relentless showers are like a Chinese water torture. Drip, drip, drip, drip.
I guess I’m starting to get acclimated to semi-arid California. I just hope Sea Otter this week will stay dry!
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April Showers
April 7, 20103 Comments on April Showers
We’re enjoying a beautiful day *ahhhh CHOO!* in the Bay Area — temperatures in the 70s F / low 20s C with gorgeous sunny skies *sneeze* encouraging scores of trees and flowers to ahchoo achoo achoo bloom. Perfect biking koff koff koff weather! I hope you’re enjoying the spring weather as much as I am!
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Monday Outrage
April 5, 20102 Comments on Monday Outrage
With the April Fools shenanigans I missed this news from New York City: Rodney Seymour was doored by a truck driver while cycling home from work. When Seymour insisted on an accident report from the responding NYPD officer, the policeman got upset and issued Seymour two traffic tickets — one for riding without a bell and another for lacking side wheel reflectors — before apologizing to the truck driver for the inconvenience and letting him go without a ticket. (more…)
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Cool story of an avid cyclist
April 5, 20101 Comment on Cool story of an avid cyclist
87 year old “still rides her bike — a 21-speed touring bike — to run errands, go to doctor appointments, and just for pleasure.”
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Prison inmates pedal to power televisions
April 2, 20102 Comments on Prison inmates pedal to power televisions
The infamous Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona announced “Pedal Vision” in which female inmates are required to pedal a stationary bike if they want to watch the tube in their Tent City prison outside of Phoenix. (more…)
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