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The Initiative for Healthy Infrastructure at the University of Albany has completed its feasibility study on the Central Avenue Bikeway. You can download a PDF of the study at the IHI site.

Yeah, so how about that ride in this morning? I took a spill turning the corner from New Scotland onto Myrtle. No damage. Just shook me up a bit. If I’d had studded tires (yeah yeah I’m working on it) it might not have been an issue. I’m just happy to be riding my bike again.

I rode my bike to work yesterday knowing there was going to be a big storm, because I wanted to ride in the snow. I’ve never done it before and I wanted to know what it was like. I will think twice about doing it again. I lucked out, because they sent us home early. This [...]

From today’s New York Times: After a pilot run in 2007, United Parcel Service is once again adding bicycle carriers to meet its holiday demand. It’s a tack that, like alternative fuel vehicles and other measures the company has historically taken to reduce operational costs, provides an attending...

In early December, I spent a few days in New Orleans. I saw a lot of bikes, which was surprising to me. They have a different mentality about their bikes down there- it was eye-opening. I saw a lot of trikes with rear baskets. Bright, fun colors. Most of the bikes I saw were cruiser types. [...]

Really good article on studded tires for the winter over on Cyclelicious. I have been indecisive about studded tires. I wanted to see how bad it would be without them. But maybe, given the way people around here drive, it’s better to be safe than dead.

m133s from MonkeyLectric.com, yeah.

After work I went to Downtube and explained the mess my rear derailleur had become. The guy told me all I needed was a pulley, and he found one. I asked about the missing nut, and he explained that the bolt actually screws into part of the derailleur- there is no nut. I was very [...]

So I’m riding home from work today and I stop at the light to wait to make a left onto Hackett. I was in the middle of shifting up a gear when I stopped. I tried to get it to jump while stopped, by lifting my bike off the ground and spinning the pedals, but [...]

Wow, man, it was 56 when I left for work this morning. I could’ve worn shorts. (Fortunately, I have pants with legs that zip off and become shorts, so if it’s this warm on the ride home- look out Albany.)