“I hate that the bicycle is made out to be something political. I have stated here before, if automobiles ran on pixie dust and had zero carbon emissions, I would still ride a bicycle. I am a cyclist, and riding a bicycle is a love and a passion.” –Dave Moulton
“But here’s the big secret: bike commuting is no sacrifice at all. As a matter of fact, I often feel a pang of guilt for doing it. It’s so much fun, and I derive so many benefits from it…” –Alan, www.ecovelo.info
And there I was, thinking I might never speedlink again…
Melancholy thoughts aside, I think it’s still safe for me to speedlink…
I haven’t had a brake problem in two days, so it must be safe for me to speedlink…
Sheldon Brown saves the day. Yet again.
Instead of just posting a Friday photo, I thought I might have a bash at this speedlinking thing…
These guys are either very good with Photoshop–or very, very crazy.
Finally, a photo gallery of my commute route…
What’s the economic value of a rail trail to the surrounding community? While it might be hard to estimate accurately, the consensus seems to be that they’re a good thing locally.
A year on and ‘Treadly and Me’ is still here-who’d have thunk it? In the 243 posts since this blog started on 1 January 2006 I’ve avoided blogging about the blog, so perhaps you’ll excuse this one indulgence…
In 1953 Arthur Brisbane, of the New York Evening Journal, said of the car: “Soon Its Position Will Be Reversed and it Will be the Conveyance of the Laborer”, just like the bicycle was before it.
Occasionally taking the time to flick through some of the research on cycling road safety can be pretty rewarding.