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New Old Citybike for Me! ...Raleigh Superbe, 23" ...Yeah!
June 16, 2013 - I'm excited. I just bought a yard sale Raleigh Superbe, 23", green. Totally rusty, rotted and dirty. Any hope? We'll see!
I love that green. Fingers crossed!
The guy actually asked $20. It was in a pile of dead Huffys. I paid. I didn't have a ten on me to negotiate.
It has the locking fork! I wanna get it working! I wonder ... > Read
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Lansing Bike Party ... What It's About
June 08, 2013 - It's a Bike Party! We mostly organize it on Facebook, but not everyone is "on" that, so here's a regular web overview.
We're creating public/social space in Lansing! We go on fun group rides here'n'there around Lansing. You can suggest something! Announce a ride! (It's *your* scene and this is a home-base to use.) Mostly, we meet... > Read
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Lansing Bike Culture in Full Swing!
June 07, 2013 - We're trying to do something here in Lansing. The rural areas have long been well organized in terms of group rides. The city hasn't had much. Each year we have a bright-point with a cause-ride, "Ride of Silence," but otherwise it's been quiet. Until recently. We've also hosted a Friday Bike Party for a few years, but it's been just... > Read
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Momentum Mag: Rockin' the Bike
May 06, 2013 - The new issue of Mo Mag is supposedly their Buyer's Guide but it's also jampacked with Bike Culture and reports on Safe Streets politics. It's awesome.
They have a fairly long profile of Mark Gorton, a multi-talented biz whiz who's behind a lot of NYC's recent safe streets projects. It's inspiring. Lots of good quotes that seemed ... > Read
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1st Mackinac Island Bike Culture story in US Bike Media! ...courtesy OYB!
February 01, 2013 - I just got 2 stories in the new issue of "Bicycle Times"!
The main news item would be that one of the stories is the first profile of Mackinac Island bike culture in a US bike mag!
Man, it's satisfying to paying my props to my roots! It's been a long time coming. But I've tried quite a bit over the years. And I've posted... > Read
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Team OYB does LA Bike Culture
December 16, 2012 - So last week I visited L.A. to help our aunt and uncle with a buncha chores. They're getting on in years but are making the best of it. Their priorities are going out for a nice lunch a couple times a week then going to hear music at the 11am old-folks show at Disney Hall. When I visit I drive and we step it up to daily lunch ou... > Read
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More Bikes of Mackinac
September 05, 2012 - We visited Mackinac Island this summer. I'm a big fan of the bike culture there. No cars allowed. I worked there once and then lived in Breckenridge, CO, with a posse of Islanders. Some good old time pals live there or worked there. Anyway, the dock porters who haul luggage to and from the ferry docks haul the heaviest loads of... > Read
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Team OYB at Detroit Critical Mass & Vintage Bike Fest!
July 04, 2012 - Last Saturday was the annual Americane' Vintage Track & Road Bike Festival at Bloomer Park, Rochester Hills, near Detroit, MI.
The evening before was the Detroit Critical Mass.
I was lucky enough to attend both for the first time!
The Vintage Fest was combined with the state track TT champs which started near the end of th... > Read
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Commuting: a Funny, Thoughtful, Macro/Micro Book on It
May 05, 2012 - It's not just about the bike.
In the Bike Snob's second book he does better than in his debut book, I think, because here he really knows what he's talking about.
I'm a ways into it and I've also hopped around in it quite a bit. Offhand it seems far better than his first. He knows commuting and that's what he's covering here, w... > Read
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"Lovely Bike": A Gal's Thoughts on Citybikes
November 18, 2010 - The ladies' point of view of cycling doesn't get much coverage. I don't mean the burgeoning "hip chicks on bikes" snapshot blogs -- fine as they are. I mean the thought, experience, testing and druthers of a gal. I really like finding that. So here's a gal who shares citybike ideas and experience. Lots of rigorous bike and produ... > Read
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This Year's Halloween...
November 02, 2010 - OK, my birthday is along about Halloween.
I'm happy about that.
I claim all the colors of October.
I claim all parties that I attend.
I try to get to 3 good costume parties each year.
Apple and pumpkin are my pies.
But I also claim all local cider...and any donuts offered on their premises.
I try to get ou... > Read
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Silver Bells in the City: Bikes on Parade in Lansing!
October 19, 2010 - I love the idea of bikes in parades. Around here it's tractors and hot-rods that get the attention. My hunch is it would really help bikers improve community relations -- everyone in the small towns comes out for our parades -- and if you're in the parade, you're cool, you're solid, you're in. And, of course, it's fun for riders,... > Read
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Bicycle Times #7: Worksman "USA Made" Industrial Bikes Interview
August 31, 2010 - The #7 issue of BT just arrived. Cover stories are: the making of a commuter bike and an interview with America's oldest bike company, Worksman.
This here's a mag about everyday biking. Indeed, the cover features a lively young lady in t-shirt and jeans on a low-budget utility bike (with a rear rack and downtube shifters, no l... > Read
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Neat Xtracycle Bonus Features
August 04, 2010 - Saw this Xtracycle rig on a roof the other day. It looks like they've added a few items so they can carry a passenger or two. > Read
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I saw my first Pedersen! ...And rode it.
March 30, 2010 - The Pedersen is a famous old bike design from the 1800's which is still made today and which has a global cult following.
The bike is very comfortable. Yet all suspension is passive.
The position is upright, yet races have been won on variants -- perhaps they had a racing position.
They've even been built as light as 10 ... > Read
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