Treadly and Me
utility cycling
Take the road or the bike path?
With just under an hour to spare recently, I conducted an interesting little experiment: How much extra distance does riding on a shared path add compared to the adjacent on-road route?
Speedlinking 20 February 2009
“The most frequent excuse I hear from car drivers as to why they couldn’t possibly use their bikes instead is: ‘How do you get home a week’s groceries on a bicycle?’ Car drivers say this as if the impossibility of such a task is self evident. I don’t argue, but I do chuckle, because many of us do it all the time.”–Anne Felker, the Practical Pedal.
Bike parking: An improvement
A local shopping centre takes steps to keep its bike parking secure and available for bikes.
Bike parking: Almost getting it right
A shopping centre newly built nearby has some pretty impressive bike parking–if they’d just allow cyclists to use it!
Speedlinking 25 July 2008
“The premise that cyclists’ behavior somehow voids their right to sharing the road is indefensible at face value. ‘Well officer I thought it was OK to hit this cyclists because several blocks back I saw another run a red light’ is not something anyone could defend.” –TheWashCycle
Speedlinking 18 January 2008
I haven’t poked myself in the eye since my last effort, so it must be safe for me to speedlink…
Speedlinking 22 December 2007
I haven’t been stranded on a broken down train since my last effort, so it must be safe for me to speedlink…
Speedlinking 19 October 2007
I haven’t had a brake problem in two days, so it must be safe for me to speedlink…
More extreme utility cycling
As you might have gathered, I’m full of admiration for ‘extreme’ utility cyclists…
Bike shops and crap advice
Who needs bike shops that are only interested in pushing the latest fancy bling?
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