Archive for October, 2012
Happy Halloween!
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Tags: bakfiets, mermaid, Neptune, pirate
I spent the day in Boston riding the Hubway all over town. It was fantastic. More shortly. In the meantime: I will never understand the helmet vending machine. If you want a bike share to be successful, you have to build the streets to make it so. I love that Bixi has exploded so quickly […]
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Tags: boston, dissonance, hubway, infrastructure
All the bikes on the fence
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Tags: bridgestone, magna, Schwinn, Trek
Wet
Nearly made it into work through the mist but luck wasn’t with me. The last ten minutes were under legitimate rain. Got to my 8am meeting looking like a drowned rat. Didn’t leave early enough for drying time. Oh well. Most rainy days are only actively wet on either end, I’ve found. It’s a rare […]
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Tags: commute, rain
All the bikes on the fence
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Tags: bakfiets, bridgestone, giant, kent, public, Schwinn
Post-party bakfiets on the lam
We’re in the candy protection program.
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Tags: bakfiets, candy, Kids, party
How to salmon
Old man, white hair, 60 degrees, shirt open. Grocery bags on the handlebars. Downhill, 12% grade, wrong way into traffic. Fire engine, sirens, lights, oncoming, didn’t flinch. This man was not a weak fish.
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Tags: bicycle, bike, fire truck, salmon