Several years ago, a local journalist asked for somebody to write about for a “Bike To Work” event. The bike shop manager gave her my name and number. I was pretty excited and told her the reasons I bike to work: I like it, it feels good, I like getting outdoors, I work a desk […]
Martin Krieg climbing Hanover St. in Palo Alto, CAMartin descending Hanover Street A little bit back I rode with Faye Saunders and Martin Krieg on a leisurely pace around Palo Alto. I borrowed Faye’s Bike-E, she piloted her EZ-Racer, and Martin impressively demonstrated hill-climbing on an Eagle (shown above). The excursion was my first on […]
I would have voted for Carlton Reid, but he’s not one of the choices! I thought maybe they’re looking for USA only bike journalists, but Chipp is one of the choices. I picked Urban Jeff for this poll. As of the time I voted, Jeff was in the lead by a lot!
From the Guardian: Why did it seem beyond the imagination of designers to come up with garments suited to the demands of the cyclist that didn’t risk the wearer being mistaken for a member of the team mending the water mains? For the past few years, a growing number of designers have quietly been doing […]
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: A friend of a friend tells me he saw a cow orker looking troubled in the break room. This cow orker (we’ll call him Stan) talked to my friend of a friend (“Dave”). “Dave, you know I’m not religious but I had the strangest experience. I picked […]
I participated in the latest Spokesmen Cycling Podcast. This podcast ran a little long but David Bernstein, Rich Kelly, Tim Jackson, Carlton Reid and I had a fun time putting it together. For whatever reason the show notes aren’t appearing for me, but you can listen to the show with iTunes or directly on your […]