"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in bike commuting, Schwinn World Sport Singlespeed, wrecks on Nov 27th, 2008
Pretty much the title up there says it all. I, um, had a close and personal encounter with an F250 work truck yesterday and racked up two more milestones in my life: first ambulance ride, first broken bone (left collarbone, out toward the end). There’s an intersection in the West Bottoms where this big, horrible, […]
Posted in bike commuting, biking, grumbles gripes and pointless bitching on May 15th, 2008
I’ve come to the conclusion that I pretty much don’t give a crap about what other cyclists do. I don’t care if they wear a helmet, if they stop for lights, if they ride on the sidewalk, if they’re tighter than a boiled owl, riding up the wrong side of the street at 11:00 a.m. […]
Posted in bike commuting, grumbles gripes and pointless bitching on May 7th, 2008
Within the cycling community Bike To Work Week generates quite a bit of buzz. There are all sorts of promos, events, competitions, and celebrations centered around the simple act of riding a bicycle for basic transportation. While I obviously support the notion of biking to work, errand-running, and pleasure, I can’t seem to drum up […]
Posted in bike commuting, Playing With Weather on Mar 6th, 2008
Well, the geese have been honking their way northward, and the ones who live here year-round (and there are actually quite a few of those) have been getting more active and bold. On Sunday, Joel and I went riding, and part of our route took us through Berkley Riverfront Park, where the path was laden […]
Posted in bike commuting, biking, Playing With Weather on Mar 1st, 2008
Well, last night was the first time since about mid-October that I haven’t had to wear my coat while riding. My god it’s great to be riding in just regular clothes. I am so heartily sick of wearing EVERYTHING to go out and ride my bike. Last night I wore a pair of normal pants, […]
Posted in bike commuting, Trek 800 on Feb 25th, 2008
Joel had a vision regarding my old Trek, and I’m no woman to stand in the way of visions especially when the end result is going to be a better bike for my nefarious purposes. The old Trek still had many original parts on it until this winter, Both derailleurs, front and rear brake calipers (but […]
Posted in bike commuting, grumbles gripes and pointless bitching, Playing With Weather on Feb 21st, 2008
Man, the weather this week has just been loathesome. It was booger-freezing weather for the first half of the week, then sleet today. I guess it’s supposed to be snowy tomorrow, which is fine by me. Beats freezing-ass cold with wind (Tuesday) and snow tends not to soak in, nor form a crust over your […]
Posted in Adventures, bike commuting, biking on Feb 7th, 2008
(note: I wrote this up yesterday mostly in word, then couldn’t post it because the ‘net connection crapped out. Therefore this is basically yesterday’s news. Today was a largely snow and slush-free ride and I did an impromptu photo-ride on my way home which I will write a little about later) I got a nice […]
Posted in bike commuting, Distractions, dumb things I have done, Oh, for fuck's sake, Photo entries, Utter Silliness on Jan 11th, 2008
I’m a nosy piece of work, and I dig other folks’ “what’s in my bag” posts and pictures on Flickr, so I thought I would do my own. Also, I had to clean my bag yesterday (Exxon-style glitter spill), so I figured since everything was out of it, I might as well take a picture […]
Posted in bike commuting on Jan 4th, 2008
There’s a kid I encounter on my rides sometimes who’s an awfully mouthy young twerp. He’s somewhere in the 10-to-12 range, which as I recall are premium years for being a mouthy little twerp. Whenever he happens to see me or Joel, he calls out, “hey, look at that freak on a bike,” with such […]