Why Riding a Bike makes Green Sense Do you sometimes ride your bicycle in lieu of driving a car? Congratulations to you every time that you do!!! You’re helping the environment and yourself every mile that you cycle vs. ride. Being environmentally sensitive these days seems to to have come in vogue. If I had to look […]
A while back, Keri wrote a descriptive article about having fun in the dark with lights. One of the things that I was thinking about was side reflection, and how most of our lighting is aimed forwards and backwards. While no one would argue the merits of “been seen” lights on the front and back, what […]
I read with interest a Chain Gang article on how bike sharing is taking off in Europe. While I was thinking about how this might work in certain American cities, it was the last paragraph that really caught my attention. “The critical mass of bikes on the road has pacified traffic,” said Gilles Vesco, vice […]
Just the other evening, I got a late start home. While not dark, it was rapidly getting there (it was cold too!). On the bike trail, blissfully ignorant, I am making good time when I managed to run over something sharp.
I know, I know. It doesn’t snow like this in Orlando. But with some of the coldest weather of the season so far upon us, I wondered how everyone did with their commute clothing options …
Heard an interesting and possibly disturbing story (if it is really true) from a friend at work. This concerns an acquaintance of his who recently was taking his car down S.R. 408. This car was equipped with a Thule bike-rack that plugs into a receiver hitch at the back of the car (not the roof-type) …… […]
Ahhh!! We made it through Summer, and now we are enjoying the cooler temperatures of Fall!! But, at least for me, dressing for my morning commutes has gotten a little more difficult. In the Summer, it was easy to pick out clothes for your ride — short pants, short-sleeve breathable shirt, and be prepared to […]
In an earlier Post, I had mentioned how I had decided upon and installed a hub dynamo lighting system on my bike. I outlined some of the reasons for my decision, and told everyone I’d report back in after using the lights. So here’s the report …
Commuting into work today, I had my first official “honk” (of this year) to get off the road — at least I suspect that is what she wanted. I think the driver didn’t know “the dance” …
With Fall here, I’m noticing that when I get going in the morning on my ride in to work, it’s slowly getting darker and darker. Same for the ride home. It means that in the near future, I will probably be riding at night and need some kind of lighting system for my bike. Where […]
