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It’s August – So Why Not Review Rainwear?
Summertime in Seattle – we’ve had enough liquid-sunshiny days to make it easy to test some of the latest rainwear out. Check out my jacket reviews at Commute by Bike: Seepless in Seattle: The O2...
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Riding on the Sidewalk
Like a hermit crab inhabiting shells of creatures that have expired or outgrown their old homes, my company moves every couple of years to new, slightly larger subleased space. This summer we moved to...
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Bike Deaths and Fixie Fashion
This has been a sobering ending to what passes for summer in Seattle, with three recent cycling deaths on and around Capitol Hill. I was down in South Lake Union today for lunch and saw the sobering...
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Fixed Gear Braking
Comments in response to my earlier post about the dangers of fixed-gear fashion got me thinking that there may be an even bigger blind spot than I had thought when it comes to the physical reality of...
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Today’s Violation
I’ve said it before – strict compliance with traffic rules is not my #1 priority when riding in the city. And while I’ll be the first to admit that sometimes my transgressions are driven by efficiency...
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Pine & Bellevue Green Bike Lane
Seattle Bike Blog points out the intersection of Pine and Bellevue – through which I cross twice daily on my commute – was ranked one of the top 5 crossings in Seattle for bike-car collisions. I can’t...
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Variety Bad
Rule 5 of my annoying-but-satisfying rules for urban commuting is to pick a route and stick to it. Why? Because habits keep things sane and safe. And by not needing to satisfy your variety/curiosity...
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More Bike Boxes, Please
Riding home the other night in the rain brought to mind two other locations where I regularly make my own bike box by riding to the front and taking the lane. Sure, I’m depriving cars of the ability to...
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Cranksgiving!
Cranksgiving – the pedal-powered food drive – happens a week from this Saturday (the 19th), starting at Cal Anderson Park at 11. It’s been described as an urban scavenger hunt/food drive/bike race...
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Post-cranksgiving
The Cranksgiving ride was a blast; beautiful cold day, and got to ride all over the city. Probably had over 50 terrific participants – lots of smiling and laughing. But sobering, too. Visiting the food...
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Just Thinking About Christmas
When I lived in San Francisco in the 1990′s, one of our good friends had an irrepressibly sunny disposition. During the holidays, when things were a madhouse everywhere around town, and I would grumble...
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Riding Offensively in the New Year
Reading this piece from Bike Hugger about a road rage incident in Maui (Maui! Who’s got the mojo for rage in Maui??), a line near the end stood out to me: “I do insist that we ride offensively with a...
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Damn You, Urban Velo!
Just when I had a clean streak going of not thinking I needed another bike, Urban Velo had to go and run this list of Single speed commuter bikes for 2012. Lots to like here, but this Rivendell is...
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Maximum Commutes Per Year – Crunching the Numbers
I’ve been tracking my riding stats for a few years now. In 2010, I commuted by bike 202 times, but in 2011 I only made it 193 days (my first full year of commuting – 2009 – I rode 180 times). It got me...
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Top Speed on a Fixed Gear?
A couple of weeks ago, I posted a review at Commute by Bike on the Wahoo wireless bike computer, noting that tracking by GPS was less-than-useful for speed stats. Why? Because I’m pretty confident I’m...
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Portland by Train
Took the train down to Portland for a quick day trip last Friday. I travel to Oregon about 6-8 times a year, usually with the whole family in tow for a trip to the beach or the mountains. So a little...
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Fixed Gear Dangers
Yesterday, as I rode down Pine Street in the rain, bouncing along at 20-25 MPH, my chain slipped off the chainring. All it took was a mixture of a little deferred maintenance, a chain drawing near the...
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The Bus Rack of Shame
A polo bike onboard for the oh-so brief ride up Pike to Cal Anderson Park. Tsk.
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All-City Pedals
I know that I’m hard on pedals. I ride single speed, uphill. I’m usually standing in my pedals. And at 200 pounds, I put more strain on those platforms than the average rider. With that out of the way,...
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