Forum: General Discussion
01-04-2011, 11:02 AM
|
|
Replies: 44
Views: 10,840
Soylent Green is...
Spied this on Bike Snob NYC (http://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com/2011/01/happy-nu-year-what-little-difference.html):
...
|
|
Forum: General Discussion
12-08-2010, 10:18 AM
|
|
Replies: 1
Views: 728
|
|
Forum: General Discussion
11-02-2010, 01:15 PM
|
|
Replies: 2
Views: 775
|
|
Forum: General Discussion
10-26-2010, 11:23 AM
|
|
Replies: 772
Views: 166,840
headlight shout-out
A woman in a pickup truck on SE 17th waved me down specifically to thank me for my headlight. It was about 5PM yesterday, and and my light was in flash mode (my default daytime practice). She said...
|
|
Forum: General Discussion
10-12-2010, 03:12 PM
|
|
Replies: 1
Views: 645
shweeb
Why did Google bet $1 million on Shweeb? (http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/innovation/10/12/shweeb.urban.transport/index.html?hpt=C2)
...
|
|
Forum: General Discussion
10-06-2010, 11:37 AM
|
|
Replies: 4
Views: 778
Bikes will get touched...
A commuter bike, on a rack, downtown.
Alas, we can only adjust our: 1) choice of commuter bike; and/or 2) our expectations. Anticipate crappy behavior, in any case.
Or look at it this way,...
|
|
Forum: General Discussion
09-17-2010, 07:49 AM
|
|
Replies: 772
Views: 166,840
good morning
To the woman in the green Honda Element who pantomimed shooting me with a pistol as I stopped at a stop sign in the Brooklyn neighborhood and signaled a right turn:
Good morning!
...
|
|
Forum: General Discussion
09-16-2010, 07:25 AM
|
|
Replies: 1
Views: 665
Mamils unite!
Why, oh why, do we insist on labeling each other?
Witness the rise of the Mamils (per BBC here (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-10965608)):
Middle-Aged Men In Lycra
Not to be confused...
|
|
Forum: General Discussion
07-12-2010, 12:09 PM
|
|
Replies: 772
Views: 166,840
speaking (again) of stopping
After two years on this route, I notice for the first time this morning that there's also a stop sign at SE Division Place and SE 4th Ave... just spitting distance from the intersection described...
|
|
Forum: General Discussion
07-09-2010, 08:44 AM
|
|
Replies: 772
Views: 166,840
thanks for the heads-up
I was rolling down SE Division Place toward the river and OMSI when a gentleman in a Toyota minivan calls to me, "BE CAREFUL!"
He's gesturing back toward SE Caruthers, near McCoy Millwork and...
|
|
Forum: General Discussion
06-30-2010, 11:43 AM
|
|
Replies: 772
Views: 166,840
yeah, beep at me
Coming up SW Morrison this morning. Stop with the MAX at SW 3rd. Hear impatient "beep-beep" behind me.
Yes, the red light holds while the MAX proceeds through the intersection, then turns green...
|
|
Forum: General Discussion
06-25-2010, 10:46 AM
|
|
Replies: 772
Views: 166,840
breakfast on a bridge
Thanks, Timo (and Emily, usually there but absent today), for the Friday coffee and pastry and conversation atop the Morrison Bridge.
|
|
Forum: Tips & Advice
04-05-2010, 11:33 AM
|
|
Replies: 6
Views: 6,732
wash me often
I'm going on two years with my Showers Pass ensemble, and am happy with the investment.
The eVent fabric manufacturer admonishes users to wash the garments often to maintain breathability. It...
|
|
Forum: General Discussion
02-19-2010, 12:27 PM
|
|
Replies: 4
Views: 1,733
trumpet guy
Talked with Kirk Reese (http://blog.oregonlive.com/commuting/2010/02/trumpeter_kirk_reeves_and_hawt.html) yesterday near Pioneer Courthouse Square, and told him we missed seeing him on the Hawthorne...
|
|
Forum: Tips & Advice
01-20-2010, 12:20 PM
|
|
Replies: 16
Views: 3,033
it works
After experimenting with soap, Cat Crap, etc., I picked up a 5-pack of FogTech at REI (http://www.rei.com/brand/FogTech). With the first application, I got approx. 2-3 days of no fogging. It...
|
|
Forum: General Discussion
01-13-2010, 02:42 PM
|
|
Replies: 16
Views: 7,176
it has pedals
I was about four I think, and the first bike was a recumbent, not unlike this:
http://www.red21.co.uk/luxury-gifts/DD007_tractor_lg.jpg
:)
|
|
Forum: General Discussion
01-13-2010, 11:13 AM
|
|
Replies: 3
Views: 1,017
humbug
And if they throw their football in my yard again, there'll be hell to pay. Yarr.
http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/the941/files/2009/06/gran-torino-patdollardcom.jpeg
|
|
Forum: Tips & Advice
12-21-2009, 01:45 PM
|
|
Replies: 2
Views: 938
|
|
Forum: Tips & Advice
12-16-2009, 02:58 PM
|
|
Replies: 10
Views: 1,351
it's a gas
I've got the big ol' doofy Incredibell Big Brass (http://www.mirrycle.com/big_brass.php) on my commuter. In the rain, the double-ring sounds like the cash register noise in Pink Floyd's "Money."
...
|
|
Forum: General Discussion
12-16-2009, 02:48 PM
|
|
Replies: 772
Views: 166,840
when it rains
Guess it's my English extraction, and the relative shortness of my commute (10 miles round-trip). I just don't mind the rain... or the mild temps and green landscape that come with it. :)
Lived...
|
|
Forum: General Discussion
12-14-2009, 01:30 PM
|
|
Replies: 772
Views: 166,840
heat wave
Back to our regularly-scheduled programming! What a welcome switch from morning temps in the teens.
|
|
Forum: General Discussion
12-09-2009, 08:00 PM
|
|
Replies: 772
Views: 166,840
brisk Wed AM
Breathing through a balaclava perforated mouth covering is a lot like having a mild asthma attack, particularly on the hill climbs. A feeling like I'm never quite catching a full breath. So I slid...
|
|
Forum: General Discussion
12-08-2009, 03:25 PM
|
|
Replies: 772
Views: 166,840
no wind this morning
... and here I was layered up like the Michelin Man with a down jacket under the rain jacket, and rain pants over the jeans and longjohns. Ended up a bit overheated. Beats the alternative, I guess....
|
|
Forum: General Discussion
12-07-2009, 11:04 AM
|
|
Replies: 772
Views: 166,840
brisk
Our building management dials back the heat on the weekends.
Made for a brisk Monday morning, on the bike and at the desk.
But hey, any day I get to ride in is a good day. :D
|
|
Forum: Tips & Advice
12-03-2009, 10:23 AM
|
|
Replies: 25
Views: 4,884
orbits
Orbits have a steady (30 hr) and bilnk (50 hr) mode... I'll be watching how the in situ runtime squares with the specs [having a duh moment... to your point, they are manually switched and do not...
|
