Well, necessity has bred even more creativity around here. Adam has spent most evenings the past couple months teaching himself how to put bikes together. My 1980 Schwinn Worldsport keeps breaking down in one way or another, so he’s been slowly replacing components on that while at the same time building me a [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘bike commuting’
October 13, 2009
Bicycle safety: the bottom line
When it comes to bike commuting, there is a lot of really great advice out there about how to stay safe. But there is one simple way to boil that all down, and greatly increase your safety:
Design a bike route that you would never, ever drive.
What does this mean? Let me show you my [...]
August 4, 2009
[In]convenience
It occurred to me some time ago that virtue is not enough to motivate me. For example, one of the reasons I care so much about nutrition is that I’ve been trying to lose weight for years now (with only slow and modest success). If I could eat junk food and stay thin, I would [...]
May 12, 2009
A bike-only community
My sister sent me this article with a note: “You should move here.” I really like this concept, but it wouldn’t work all that well in the US where our transit systems aren’t quite as highly evolved as Germany’s.
Read the article here. Would you want to live in a community like this?
May 6, 2009
On bike commuting
I really have no idea why biking is such a divisive issue. I’ve been bike commuting for years, and when I tell people this they act like I’m trying to start a fight with them. Newsflash to all those Minneapolis drivers who curse me out on a regular basis: I don’t care [...]
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