Product Review

Dynamo Lighting – First Impressions

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October 15, 2008
Dynamo Lighting – First Impressions

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 … I had ordered the Shimano dynamo hub through...
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Commuting at Night — My Choice for Lighting

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October 1, 2008
Commuting at Night — My Choice for Lighting

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...
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Options for the Cargo-challenged Bicycle

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August 24, 2008
Options for the Cargo-challenged Bicycle

The bike I currently use for my commute was born with a disability. Like most of its generation, it lacks the little frame features that make a bicycle useful for carrying cargo. As fuel costs inspire more people to use bikes to run errands, many are discovering that their road bikes, hybrids and...
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Life begins at 30 PSI

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August 8, 2008

Bricks. Not just any bricks, but bricks designed to be uneven are going down all over Winter Park. If this keeps up, there will be fewer and fewer places to ride. So what to do? Give up riding? Or find a way to smooth out those bumps? I chose the latter and here is what I...
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When I see an adult on a bicycle, I do not despair for the future of the human race.
~H.G. Wells