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Dahon Boardwalk: Rust-In-Pieces

My bike broke. Completely in half. While I was riding it. This was not fun.

Keeping perspective

If you want to enjoy commuting by bike sometimes you have to keep things in perspective.

Speedlinking 21 June 2010

“The bicycle has a soul. If you succeed to love it, it will give you emotions that you will never forget” –Mario Cipollini

Speedlinking 4 June 2010

You know it’s been a while between posts when your own mother starts chipping you about not updating your blog…

Speedlinking 9 April 2010

“A three hour bike ride means three hours of mental refreshment; it would take extreme concentration to achieve that by meditation or some like method.” –Dave Moulton

Speedlinking 5 February 2010

“It’s just as fun as when you were a kid. You go zoom! and whoosh! You’re a sky creature, not a miserable earth-crawler. And you get to the end of your commute feeling invigorated and intensely alive.” –Dale Favier

Speedlinking 17 September 2009

“I’m going to start acting my age some day soon, instead of piss-farting around on bikes. Nah, f_ck it.” –Surly Dave

Speedlinking 27 August 2009

“There are so few things I’d rather do than ride a bike.”

Bridge outage

Can anyone explain to me why a new motorway construction project seems terminally incapable of completing a mere bike and pedestrian overpass, while a separate motorway “upgrade” project can remove and replace a comparable bridge seemingly without a hitch?

Speedlinking 16 August 2009

“Slowing down to the urban biking pace reveals a city that many urban dwellers hadn’t taken notice of, yet” –anonymous quote on London Cyclist.