4 Rochester

My family and I were riding our Xtracycles back from a Hair of the Dog show at Ten Broeck Mansion last night when we came upon Loren Grugan from the Albany Rickshaw Co. He’s been mentioned on RocBike here and here. We found him at Washington Park with three passengers — a woman and two [...

We had our first bike camping adventure this weekend, and it was great! We decided to start easy, with a family camping event at Five Rivers Environmental Education Center in nearby Delmar, New York. Here’s a bit of history about Five Rivers, which started out as a Civilian Conservation Corps ...

This came into the RocBike inbox today: Name: Tucker Subject: For the Rochester crew–a story of hope Message: Hey guys, I live and bike here in ROC city, and I blogged today about a cool riding experience I had involving a positive interaction with a driver. I thought I’d share it with you...

The last three times I’ve been on my Xtracycle in Washington Park, it has rained on otherwise sunny days. The most recent time was today, when it rained only while I was in the park. After careful scientific observation, and with an appropriately American amount of avarice, I have come up with...

I was down most of the weekend with the stomach flu. Then I rode about six miles to do a visit to one of our union hotels. Oh. My. God. I didn’t think I was going to make it back. I can’t remember being so tired. It felt like I’d ridden 50 miles. Oy.

My blogging friend John and his son Brandon just rode across most of our fair state. Now get this: John is a union guy from Massachusetts who likes jazz and soccer. And, as it turns out, I am a union guy from Massachusetts who likes jazz and soccer. John had hoped to make it Albany, [...]

…gets completely soaked together! Here we are after getting caught in a downpour on the way back from Washington Park.

Jen and the boys and I set out today for Five Rivers Environmental Education Center, but we got as far as a playground in downtown Delmar, about 4 miles from home. We had a blast, though, throwing the Foxtail, playing in the sandbox and reading Walt Whitman aloud. Here are some photos from the trip,...

91 degrees. 20 miles. 4 hours of sleep. One slice of pizza. Oy!

The bicycle facilities at the Stewart’s convenience store on Osbourne and Sand Creek may not be that attractive… …but they do have a cherubim watching the bikes, so there’s some extra security.