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“Men invented war so they could be among themselves. In peacetime, they have bike racing.” Gabriele Rolin But what does it mean when we insist on waging war upon ourselves, flagrantly dismissing dubious weather forecasts, common sense, and good advice from friends in some perverse determination to...

(or maybe a sticker, or patch to be worn on one’s messenger bag) You’re just jealous because you’re a wuss.

I received a link recently from lonerider, who directs us to the blog Rock’N'Bike, which looks at the history of bicycles in music: Enjoy!

This is from today’s entry by Bike Snob NYC: The New York Times also points out that in particular the number of cyclists crossing the Williamsburg Bridge has quadrupled from 2000 to 2008. This particular statistic is an excellent example of how important semantics are when it comes to interpreting...

Ice around the edge of a puddle. First time I’ve seen that this season. Horizontal sunlight hitting a tree on the Sage campus, lighting it up like brass. My steaming breath, looking into the sunlight at the intersection of Myrtle and Delaware.

I drove to Shaftsbury, VT, today to visit one of the houses in which poet Robert Frost lived. It was in this house — known as the Stone House — that he wrote “Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening.” Just as most of the classic Xmas albums were recorded in the summer, this quintessential...

“WORK TO EAT, EAT TO LIVE, LIVE TO BIKE, BIKE TO WORK”

I am upset about how someone passed me while I was riding my bike, and since it seems like all anybody in the Albany Bicycle Community does is complain about how unfairly they are treated, I’ll chime in today. I’m biking home from work and a guy on a road bike passes me. I’ve never...

Liberty On Bikes! has a nice little post about finding happiness on a bicycle by ditching the bicycle computer.

Via Sonadei