Several years ago I wrote an essay entitled: “On Helmets”, it was an exploration of why some professional cyclists still hung on to the practice of going helmet-less. That was a long time ago and I’m not in a category of cyclist to be around those people anymore. My sense of when and where to [...]

R+E is not open yet but if it was I’d go in and ask an obscure question about obscure parts and dream of a new Rodriguez tandem Now a hill.  Down we go carving turns around car spaces Happy I still have this little bike I’m out to show you my favorite places here in [...]

The Los Angeles Police Department has launched an internal investigation after one of its officers was caught on camera apparently kicking a cyclist during a protest against oil giant BP. Read the rest: rawstory.com. Critical Mass rides always bring out the best in the cycling community and in law enforcement. And by “best” I pretty [...]

The building is our civilization. A fire is consuming the building, at a pace of such slow and corrosive nature as to not make us think ‘fire’. The fire is our addiction to fossil fuels. It is going to destroy our home

A new movie about immigration, Arizona, and, well, shit blowing up. It’s called Machete. Preview & info here: aintitcool.com. I cannot believe that is a real movie. As I live in Phoenix, Arizona, and live this immigration idiocy in real time, I don’t see myself sitting down to watch this one any time soon. My [...]

OK so i went to the local newstand and fought through all the bullshit magazines (would you be shocked to learn there are 398 periodicals on sale at the barned and IGnoble on val vista in mesa?) to find the june 2010 issue of mountain bike magazine. why you ask? because the fucking .com version [...]

So I prepared my boxes of bike parts and loaded them into the crown vic, brought them down to Puget Sound University, one of their parking lots where I did immediately run into Washington control-freak mentality as to where I should park and what spot do I have, and why did I not pre-register.  I [...]

File this under Hope-y Change-y 1 (or whatever the hell S. Palin is saying these days): From: John H. Subject: Maybe Of Interest? huffingtonpost.com/bicycle-policy-ray-lahood. Why does one bit of good news for bicyclists evoke so much hate? I’m going to the Moab Gran Fondo, May 1 then heading back to MI shortly thereafter until early [...]

I’m not sure I know the answer to that question. I didn’t know when the man who hit me was sentenced to five years in prison. I certainly don’t know anything more about it now that I’m in my second year of law school. And, I don’t know anything about the answer to the question [...]

Volunteer park had a criterium today, and I was there for a good chunk of it. The masters race was awesome. I wish I had pictures to show. I saw some good racing, lots of trainers being ‘ridden’ on the sides – and good family fun. Didn’t get offered a beer though. In total I [...]

From: Lois Subject: Congressmen Attack Walkers, Bicyclists and People Without Cars On March 12, the US Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said in a speech: Where I’ve been in America I’ve been very proud to talk about the fact that people do want alternatives. They want out of their cars; they want out of [...]

Somewhat (edit) dated news by now, Google added bicycling directions to google maps. I think this is great. Google (NSDQ:GOOG) has added biking directions, bike lanes and bike trail data for 150 U.S. cities to Google Maps, the online search giant announced Wednesday. The new feature helps bikers determine the best, most efficient bike routes [...]