What’s the Mission?
Yes, this is the 2009 Xtracycle Radish in its unadorned state. Why did I do that? Because it’s raining, and the Radish got very wet. When an Xtracycle gets wet, moisture can get into the holes where the racks sit and create rust.
The people at Clever Cycles had told me to be sure to dry [...]
Last Saturday, I hopped on my bike to go to the store and immediately hopped off, realizing that the rear tire was very low. I pumped it back up, and the air stayed in, so I didn’t think anything of it.
But Sunday morning, when I wanted to ride my bike to a tweetup at the [...]
In my last post, I wrote about different kinds of cyclists I see in my neighborhood, lamenting that there’s no one quite like me. That same day, Honking in Traffic posted Who’s biking? Choice or necessity, which tells about the writer’s encounter with a Latino cyclist who is bicycle commuting out of necessity. The writer [...]
Portland may be a bicycling mecca, but out where I live? Not so much. I’m in East Portland, which used to be farmland and was later converted into suburbia. We have large residential-only districts, big-box shopping centers, and wide, busy arterial streets.
There are some streets with good bike lanes, and there are quiet residential streets [...]
I looked out the window after school today, and saw rain pouring down on students and teachers as they loaded the buses. It didn’t look good for me, and I’d parked my bike outside and left all of my rain gear (cheap poncho and plastic bags) in the Freeloader bags, where it was already getting [...]
After the accident, I did get my bike into the shop for a tuneup. Yesterday, I got the call that it was ready. Yay! I walked down to the bike shop (bonus exercise!) to pick it up. The mechanic went through what he’d done; besides the usual adjusting and cleaning, he’d had to put the [...]
I still think about it every time I step off the curb. Is someone going to plow into me? Even if I think they’ve stopped?
I haven’t ridden my bike since the accident, because I want to take it in for a tuneup first. I’ve been walking and busing instead. And I’ll definitely be biking again [...]
First of all: I AM FINE. And my bike is mostly fine. It needs a few adjustments.
But yes, a car did push me over. I don’t think there are going to be any legal issues from it, but just in case, I’m not going to get into the details here.
I will tell you that the [...]
