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VELOuisville: December 2010
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Friday, December 31, 2010. Part 1 of "This Was The Ride That Was". On this last day of 2010 thoughts drift back through time . . . back to Great Rides of 2010. It was a stellar year in my cycling career - attempts at racing, my first bike-tour, "epic" commuting. But one of my favorite rides of 2010 was not so grand as these, just a little jaunt up HWY 101 in OR! To hike up MT. NEAHKANIE! On SINGLESPEED CRUISERS WITH COASTER BRAKES! Just more painful than I would prefer. Highway 101 is a two-lane road tha...
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VELOuisville: This Was The Commute That Was, Part IVb
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Saturday, February 19, 2011. This Was The Commute That Was, Part IVb. Can a bike be ridden from the far western reaches of Louisville Metro to the city center . . . without getting on Dixie? I tried riding the sidewalk along Dixie and nearly passed out from the exhaust, and from fear. I tried riding Dixie's Wide Wide Shoulder to St. Andrews Church Rd and heading home that way. St. Andy has no shoulder, lots of traffic, and a corresponding high level of fear. Uh-uh. Why not ride down this little road?
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VELOuisville: This Was The Ride That Was, Part III
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011. This Was The Ride That Was, Part III. In the Spring of 2010 I tried cyclocross for the first time. In Shelbyville there was a little race organized by Main Street Bikes that was perfect for me - almost no one was there and there wasn't any mud. It turns out the women's race had three contenders -me, a very good 13 year old, and SURPRISE! I don't have a broken nose, but I do have chronic allergies and wear one of those nose strips. It helps a lot and wouldn't you know? I did s...
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VELOuisville: November 2010
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010. I hate biking in the rain, especially cold rain, but I rode my bike anyway to do a couple of errands on this rainy, cold day. I'm not sure why I made this choice. Maybe it was the opportunity to wear my really cute rain outfit? Maybe it was the lure of the city dump? Maybe it was the reward waiting for me at the end - hot coffee at Sunergos? Whatever the reason, I set out on my fool's errand(s):. Well, now I know what not. To wear in the rain. Blech. Monday, November 22, 2010.
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bikeolounger's meandering thoughts: Lane Diets proposed.
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Thoughts on ranging topics- cycling, poly-ticks, whatever comes to mind that I feel like sharing. I have a great idea! Let's try to convince more people to use bicycles by showing them that the local government considers cycling to be so dangerous as to need its own skinny corridors. To the side of regular travel lanes! Then make helmets mandatory, because we all know that helmets prevent crashes! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Boulder, Louisville, and press coverage of crashes. She Rides a Bike.
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bikeolounger's meandering thoughts: April 2015
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Thoughts on ranging topics- cycling, poly-ticks, whatever comes to mind that I feel like sharing. Cycling Savvy classes are scheduled! With this post, I am ending what has probably been the second-longest period of not making blog posts. The longest period ended when I started typing this blog five or six years ago. Much of my social commentary has taken place on that book of faces, as the thoughts are more ephemeral and of narrower focus (and value) than what would justify a blog post. Links to this post.
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bikeolounger's meandering thoughts: January 2015
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Thoughts on ranging topics- cycling, poly-ticks, whatever comes to mind that I feel like sharing. No, thank you. I want safer roads. I've not seen much traffic on local blogs regarding the Lexington Road Corridor proposals ( http:/ louisvilleky.gov/government/advanced-planning/lexington-road-corridor-transportation-plan. Although there has been some (notably Broken Sidewalk. S bereft-of-critical thinking post cheering for. These "fixes" do one thing well: Add complexity that leads to poor compliance and ...
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VELOuisville: "This Was The Commute That Was" Part IVa
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Sunday, January 23, 2011. This Was The Commute That Was" Part IVa. Many, many gigabytes have been devoted to the whys and wherefores of bicycle commuting. So many "tips" and "how-tos" are available, I have become bored by the genre. It is much more interesting to figure out how to make a particular ride work, especially one I am on (but I am fond of Chris Balish's How to Live Well Without Owning a Car. Can a bike survive it? With the rider intact? Where is the bus? TARC isn't always the best choice, but ...
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VELOuisville: "this was the ride that was" part 2
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Saturday, January 8, 2011. This was the ride that was" part 2. Last Spring I spent 3 days biking across central Ky with my friend Anna. We started at Long Run Park (eastern Jefferson County; we considered starting from my house, but that would mean 15-20 miles of city biking which is where we usually. Ride, why do that again? And ended in Maysville. Neither of us had done any bike touring before this trip. But eventually made it to the campground (as you can see, my tent is bit jacked-up). At the top of ...
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Pedal on regardless: Sand in my shoes
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Thoughts from the top of my head and beyond. Sand in my shoes. Another favorite place was the San Francisco Bay Area. Last year, I drove back with Sean and spent an afternoon driving around my old neighborhood in San Jose. It's still there, just bigger. It still felt like it could be home; the little house where we lived when Bri was born was still there. (It wasn't yellow anymore, but it was there! And then there was Folly. Three or four years back, I started drafting a story set on Folly Beach. It'...