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Category Archives: bike

Bike to work week

May 12–16 is Bike to Work Week, part of the League of American Bicyclists’ Bike Month. I have been peddling to work frequently since starting grad school. I have only driven on a few workdays since September. Yesterday I rode my bike to work. After work I rode an extra 72 km. For about a [...]

Bamboo canoe

Last night I received a link to a story about a canoe built of recycled chopsticks. This is an interesting idea, but I wonder about the durability. Granted, that isn’t the point of a project like this, but I like paddling canoes, not just looking at them. It seems that all the extra joints are [...]

Bike for sale!

I’m selling my Vitus 979 on eBay.

Sheldon Brown

Sheldon Brown died on February 2. I learned most of what I know about fixing bicycles by reading his website.

Chilly Challenge

Today I rode Three Rivers Velo Sport Chilly Challenge. I missed the start, so I had to take a couple shortcuts to catch up with the group. It was snowing almost the entire ride. Then there was the wind. 18 mi/hr gusting to 35. It wasn’t too bad until the stop to watch the polar [...]