Posts Tagged ‘snow’
The big snow
11Feb10
The big snow missed us this time. We got a handful of inches. But first we got wet stuff, which promptly froze under the snow. My ride to work was on a five-mile sheet of ice. I went extra slow and I rode the heavy bike, the bakfiets. I wanted to see how it would […]
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Tags: bakfiets, bicycle, bike, car, ice, shovel, snow, Winter
Snow power
04Feb10
Modern bottle generators are quiet, reliable, efficient, and cause relatively low drag. They can slip in the rain, but I’ve never had any issues with mine when it’s wet. My tires have a grooved band for the generator wheel to grab, so everything stays pretty much where it should be. This morning, however, I discovered […]
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Tags: bicycle, bike, generator, lights, snow, winter commuting