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Fix the D**m Roads!
Take a poll on local issues, very likely that at or near the top will be: “Fix the d**m roads.” Great idea! Local lawmakers should respond to local needs. Except that many “local” roads are funded in significant part by … Continue reading
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Tagged road repair, Roads, street repair, streets, taxes
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Win the Battle with Winter
To celebrate the impending arrival of winter, some tips on how to keep riding through the cold and wet. After years of winter riding, I’ve found that the obstacles were as much emotional as physical, that if I invested more … Continue reading
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Tagged bike commuting, cold weather riding, winter bicycling
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A Day in the Park(ing)
We bicyclists like to portray ourselves as an oppressed class. Cars assault cyclists, trucks run them over, hooligans throw insults or worse — things that most motorists would not think of doing at another motorized vehicle driving by. Sadly, all … Continue reading
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Tagged ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act, bicycle parking, Parking, sidewalk
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Stop the Not-Stopping Disaster!
Why do cyclists ignore stop signs? The first and worst excuse is habit. We’ve gotten into this scofflaw habit, and it’s hard to change our ways. But change we must. The second reason that cyclists ignore stop signs is the … Continue reading
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Happy(?) Trails
Recently rode, for the first time, “the first Rails to Trails Project in America, The Grandaddy of them all, The Elroy Sparta Trail…” Initial reaction — quaint, quiet, safe, easy. Almost too easy, too straight, too flat — I get … Continue reading
‘Bike’ Boulevard. Not.
The worst thing a bicycling advocate can do is to advocate for bicycles. In this town, there just aren’t enough bicycles. You have to build your advocacy on something that most people actually care about. Such as safer, quieter neighborhoods. … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, Lanes, Legislation, Roads, Safety, Speed, Traffic
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“In the Limo”
The Cadillac Escalade “Fame” commercial https://youtu.be/-E_84YVEB88 is the very definition of Freudian slip Fame, what you like is in the limo Fame, what you get is no tomorrow Fame, what you need you have to borrow The obvious concept is … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Commuting, Economy
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Fall 2013 Bike Retail Inventory
Finally… there are more bicycles (7) than kayaks (6) in the weekly edition of the local sporting goods (i.e., bike retail) shop in our town. At least weapons — guns (20) and crossbows (6) — are outnumbered by athletic shoes. … Continue reading
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Seasonal Bike Inventory, Spring 2013 Edition
What’s the health of the local bike economy? Still struggling, according to my occasional inventory of bikes vs other stuff, in the weekly newspaper ad by the sporting goods store in town. The latest numbers, from the first week in … Continue reading
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NoWhere Are The Bikes
An update on bicycle retailing: The Sunday, September 1 advertisement from local sporting goods store still features more kayaks than adult bicycles. Both numbers — 6 kayaks and 3 bicycles — are down from my earlier survey of these two … Continue reading
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