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Got out about 8 AM and we did the whiskey loop backwards. out the Detrich, some gravel, and hooked up with the mopac at walton. Stopped at El Rancho again and I had some falutas which were really good. Got a good 25 miles in. Oh and something I thought would never happen. I put […]
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So this would be the third or so early bike ride of the year. We were supposed to meet up at 7:30 but got started a bit later. It was Sunday and the trail treck thing was going on so we decided to avoid the main paved trails around town. headed out to Pioneers and […]
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Bike activists going guerrilla
2 Comments · Posted by beerorkid in bikes, biking community, Regular News
Cycling `repair squad’ takes to the streets over slow expansion of bike lane program The first time the group struck was on May 30. The gang spray-painted an illegal bike lane in the Annex, between Spadina Ave. and Bathurst St., along Bloor. To make the paths appear legitimate, painters stencilled the city’s bike lane logo […]
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my brooks saddle is getting broke in well with the rain
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Kind of sad that I do not have a window to stare out of at work anymore. I cannot tell when it is gonna rain. I use old fashioned brooks leather saddles on my bikes. They are a bit heavier, but the fit and durability cannot be beat, unless you let them get wet. The […]
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So I rebuilt my GF sugar a while back and have been riding it to work every day. Actually I ride it more than my moots lately. The thing is such a joy to ride being all black, light, and single speeded. But for the last month or so it has been really noisy. Every […]
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pretty cool pics of bikes in Amsterdam During a 73 minute period on 9/12/06 at one corner of Nieuw Markt (a nice open square in Amsterdam), I took the following 82 pictures of bicycles.
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time to tell star tran we would like to have bike racks on the bus
3 Comments · Posted by beerorkid in bikes, biking community, lincoln, Lincoln News
From here Well, it sounds like bus riders who’d like to tote their two-wheeled rides with them may not have that chance for a while. Glenn Knust, the maintenance superintendent for StarTran, said he doesn’t expect bicycle hitches to be added anytime soon. Why? Money and space. Because the bike racks add about a foot […]
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