Tag: commuting

Book Review: Bicycle Sentences By Grant Petersen

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Bicycle Sentences By Grant Petersen Rivendell Bicycle Works, Walnut Creek, CA 2023.  166 pages. TL/DR 177 sentences in one book.  It’s no Remembrance of Things Past, not exactly prolix by book standards, unless we’re discussing […]

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The Problem With E-Bikes

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e-bike monstrosity

There’s a problem with e-bikes.  Actually, many. Have I gotten your attention?  Was the headline click-baity enough? (Let me know in the comments.)  As a writer, I want you intrigued enough to click and start.  […]

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The LeMond Tease

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LeMond Prolog Pink Downtown

I received an invite last Friday to a media event for LeMond Cycles. The event was in five days’ time.  They were going to showcase the allegedly lightest-in-class e-bikes that LeMond is building in his […]

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Too Much Damn Parking

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The headline on the Commercial Appeal was a great way to start my trip to Memphis. “Parking study finds too many spaces Downtown, still thousands more to be added.” To make it more poignant, I […]

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Reviewed: Pearl Izumi Versa Pants

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Casual technical cycling pants seem like an oxymoron. But there are times when you want to ride long, you know your pants aren’t up to the ride, and you don’t want to bring a change […]

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The Test That’s Never Graded Until You Fail.

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locked bike

Locking a bike up is existential dread. Testing out bike locks and writing about them induced a fair amount of paranoia. What do I know about locks? What if my bikes get stolen? What if […]

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Bad Cyclists Are Irrelevant

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You know about the bad cyclist. The one who doesn’t wear a helmet, ignores traffic signals, and flouts the rules of the road. And there’s more. They violate common decency and common sense and just […]

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They built a bike path across the New Tappan Zee Bridge. They don’t want you to use it.

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Want might be strong. But design reveals intentions. Law made it that the new Tappan Zee Bridge would have a bike path across the span. While not everyone will see a three-mile long bridge with […]

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