I finally got to ski for the first time this season. We got a heavy dusting of light dry snow on Friday night. The dusting was just enough to use my rock skis on the fairways at the Foster Park golf course. Living so far south and at such a low elevation, it may be [...]
One of the local cycling club’s fun annual events is the Chilly Challenge New Year’s Day ride and Chilli Dinner. I usually ride the four miles to the start, ride the 25 mile route with the club, eat some chili, then ride home. In 2010, I learned to unicycle, so three of us unicycled an [...]
Yesterday was a good example of why it is important to always clean your car’s windshield completely before driving. I didn’t see the accident take place, but a car that was parked on the street was pushed about fifty feet down the road, onto the grass, and into a tree. This caused quite a bit [...]
For some reason Indiana doesn’t have an explicit law defining a minimum safe passing separation for cars and bikes passing each other. One law was almost passed a couple years ago, but ended up not being enacted. This needs to be addressed. Why is this important? The current law uses a subjective definition of safe [...]
If you are reading this, you probably already know that I really like bicycles. I frequently bike to work, and go on several rides each week. Two years ago I switched the type of saddle I ride. My current saddle is a Selle San Marco Ponza. I can easily ride on it for hours very [...]
Koehlinger Cycling and Fitness is now out of business. Koehlinger’s was where I bought my first ‘real’ (from a bike store, not a department store) bike, a steel Giant mountain bike. My sister still rides that bike. Koehlinger’s was the best place to find small parts for repairing older bikes, but I was more likely [...]
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Today was a beautiful day for a bike ride. It was a warm, sunny day, so all the fair weather cyclists were out. Half way home I had a double flat. A thorn from some brambles cut all the way through several threads in the tire. My first patch didn’t stick. My rubber cement was [...]
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[Update 2011-11-28] These statistics are a bit old, but I haven’t been able to locate good numbers that are more up to date. I’d greatly appreciate any pointers to more recent numbers. (This is a re-post from last week. The original post disappeared in the server change.) I saw a graph of car and bicycle [...]
Sturmey-Archer is introducing the S3X hub this winter. The S3X is a fixed-gear three-speed hub. This will be about perfect for commuting and winter riding around here. This is one product I have been wanting for several years. I have an old touring frame sitting around begging for this hub. Sturmey-Archer hasn’t made a three-speed [...]
This weekend I was able to go to a Bill Mallonee concert in Zionsville. This time it was Bill Mallonee with Muriah Rose on the keyboard. It was a good concert with some good new songs. Some were so new he needed lyric sheets. The coffee house crowd was quiet and the sound system was [...]