Archive for the ‘My Bike’ Category
Upright, con’t.
In fairness to Todd, I feel I should clarify my earlier hyperbole. Other riding positions undoubtedly have plenty of usefulness. Even cycling gear has great usefulness*. I own spandex shorts and clipless peals and shoes and a mirror that attaches to the visor on my road helmet. I have no desire to ride 90 miles […]
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Tags: bicycle, bike, city, commute, cycling, racing
Oh, corporate America. You do have your ways. One of those ways involves moving me through four spaces in two years, all within a thirty-foot radius. In a 1400-person building. Like a hamster scratching out a path in cedar chips. At least the facilities guys will always have jobs. So I took some things out, […]
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Tags: bakfiets, bicycle, bike, canopy, rain, rain cape
Crane Bell Co.!
I was up at the best bike shop in the country as far as I know and I found this bell. This is a BELL. Like they took it from a minature boxing ring. Listen to that sustain! Made in Japan. I love it when their good bike stuff gets through to us. (This is […]
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Tags: bakfiets, bell, bicycle, bike, Crane Bell, Harris Cyclery, Japan
Is that a boat?!
I’ve been riding the bakfiets full time since Mr. Blazer mashed up my Raleigh. I love my LBS, but they’re a tiny shop. With Memorial Day weekend coming up, they said they’d need at least a week and a half to order the rim and build the wheel. I could have gone to the other […]
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Tags: amphibious, bakfiets, bicycle, bike, boat, Dutch
I got hit on Bike to Work Day
After eight years of commuting by bike, I got hit by my first car today, Bike to Work Day. I’m fine, by the way. I came to a stop at a T intersection. I positioned myself in the cross walk because I like to be as far out as possible so everybody sees me. A […]
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Tags: bicycle, bike, car, taco, wheel
Picnic dinner
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Tags: bakfiets, bicycle, bike, dinner, Kids, picnic, twins
Emergency laundry bakfiets
Say your basement is flooded with twenty inches of water and it’s only days after getting the heat and hot water repaired that you realize the water has shorted out the motor in your washing machine. You’ve got 10 days’ worth of laundry for four people, two of whom are 15-month-olds. One of the loads […]
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Tags: bakfiets, bicycle, bike, Kids, laundry, side saddle
Dear Rain
Dear Rain, On behalf of the plants, we thank you. Everybody else is still pretty pissed. Personally, I’m looking forward to you clearing out of my basement already so I can relight my pilots. We’re cold. Sincerely, BCW
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Tags: bicycle, bike, commute, flood, rain
My in-town doppelgänger
Hello, friend.
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Tags: bicycle, bike, doppelgänger, Raleigh
Bikes Can Work 