Tucson: F for Failure Pile on the Bicycle Safety
First thing: Way cool. One of my favorite comedians, Patton Oswalt, is coming to the Rialto Theater on the 29th of April. F for Fat Continue reading Tucson: F for Failure Pile on the Bicycle Safety
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Novacaine is a hell of a drug.
Riding down 6th Ave any morning, you can find a shuttle to Nogales for $12. Walking across the border, you can find a dentist that Continue reading Novacaine is a hell of a drug.
Bike swap cometh – frame jig up for grabs
Tucson Bike Swap website. For the price of a needed radiator, a frame jig will be for sale one day only at Gaba Bike Swap Continue reading Bike swap cometh – frame jig up for grabs
Being All In. Or, All Under a Truck
I almost made it home early one morning without encountering a car. Two passed me when I got back to my midtown location. Dodge Flower! Continue reading Being All In. Or, All Under a Truck
South side industrial mission
Nothing like riding for a reason or two. Today’s ride started around rush hour and found me doing the usual, zig-zagging the side streets, tearing Continue reading South side industrial mission
Current status: Bicycles: 2 ea. 1 ton trucks: 2 ea.
It’s getting very hot in Tucson. The map shows pink areas. This ain’t pretty. But there are no mosquitoes here, yet. My time in Tucson Continue reading Current status: Bicycles: 2 ea. 1 ton trucks: 2 ea.
Another cool thing they do in Amsterdam, and not here.
Behold. Chess boxing. I thought it was just a Wu Tang song. NPR article.
How many miles is ‘too many’ miles?
More importantly – how much rest is enough rest? I had a day off the bike on Saturday, which basically meant I rode with the Continue reading How many miles is ‘too many’ miles?
My neighborhood framebuilder: Ed of LaSuprema Bicycles
Right on Main Avenue, near the train tracks and the Western edge of the Dunbar Spring neighborhood, is a building housing Jimbo, a cyclist woodworker, Continue reading My neighborhood framebuilder: Ed of LaSuprema Bicycles
Today is my birthday, and I found out…. damn it all to… Another episode of…
Welcome to This Old Bike. Today on This Old bike, some unsettling news from Seattle: Mother Katie’s kid-towing, hill crushing bike has been stolen. “This Continue reading Today is my birthday, and I found out…. damn it all to… Another episode of…
A 24 hour weekend. Clouds, wind, dust, fire, and racing.
At 12:01 AM we shouted: “11 hours and 59 minutes to go!” from the fire-pot in front of the Kona tent. The event was far Continue reading A 24 hour weekend. Clouds, wind, dust, fire, and racing.
BICAS Wins Again! and The Monster Cross Problem
I had more than one reason to hit up BICAS. So I did, and for the hundredth or so time up and down this coast Continue reading BICAS Wins Again! and The Monster Cross Problem