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About littlejar

5 - Learned to ride in paved alley behind liquor store in Lowell. 16 - Road bike riding alone while peers do soccer practice. 18 - First new road bike bought with winnings from Project Graduation. 20 - Burlington VT. Nuff said. 22 - Joined the Air Force. 23 - Joined team Fair Wheel in Tucson - rode the Shootout. 24 - Rode El Tour in under five. 26 - Toured to Quebec City 28 - Toured Oklahoma to Vermont 30 - Found my dream bike - a 1989 58cm LaBan (#22) 32 - Experienced Minneapolis and saw BIKE CULTURE. 34 - Building my first bicycle frame, with a self made jig. USA

Tucson: F for Failure Pile on the Bicycle Safety

Posted on April 25, 2011 by littlejar

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→

Novacaine is a hell of a drug.

Posted on April 19, 2011 by littlejar

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

Posted on April 15, 2011 by littlejar

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

Posted on April 13, 2011 by littlejar

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

Posted on April 4, 2011 by littlejar

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.

Posted on March 31, 2011 by littlejar

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.

Posted on March 25, 2011 by littlejar

Behold. Chess boxing. I thought it was just a Wu Tang song. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43Wcbd0dJpQ&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] NPR article.

How many miles is ‘too many’ miles?

Posted on March 15, 2011 by littlejar

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

Posted on March 8, 2011 by littlejar

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…

Posted on February 23, 2011 by littlejar

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.

Posted on February 20, 2011 by littlejar

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

Posted on February 16, 2011 by littlejar

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→