Last week I finished riding home from work and noticed a bit of play in my pedal and crank. When I took a closer look the pedal was not straight in the crank. After a bit of work, I was able to get the pedal off to take a look. At a first glance it looked like the pedal was …
My wife sent me this link in an email today. http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/local/ottawa_county/vehicle-hits-bicycle-in-robinson-township It is tragic to see someone get hit on a bicycle. Since I have been riding into work I think about this often. I have had a few close calls, but I have not been hit. A co-worker was struck last year. He suffered a broken leg and a lot …
I came across this advertisement on a blog that I read about urban biking / commuting. I thought it was a pretty common sense advertisement. I think there is another that compares electric cars as well. Original Link http://urbanvelo.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/reality.jpg
I’ve been commuting to work on my bike for a bit now. I have about 7 miles to travel each direction on some busy roads. During the commute I listen to music via my Motorola s10 headphones. These allow me to keep my phone in my backpack and adjust anything via the controls on the device. I …
I had a few setbacks on commuting this week. Over the weekend I let someone borrow my bike for a race here in GR. During the race the chain broke. Thankfully we were able to get them another bike in about 15 min. I felt bad that the chain broke, especially since they were in the middle of a race. …
I have started biking into work again. It has been enjoyable and an interesting adventure. This time around I’m using my commuter, a converted mountain bike (Schwinn S9five6 – Purchased in 1995). This is one of my favorite bikes, I’ve had a great amount of fun over the years with this bike. In the last 5 years it …
I’ve been commuting to work on my bike this last week. It has been great. The car was in the shop so I finally had a reason to commute. I’ve been planning on doing it but never was motivated enough to start the process. This last week I did not have a car so I had to. It turned out to …