Have We Ridden Together? We Ought To…
I was just reading about a new way to measure cycling success. It wasn't based on data or anything of that means. It's much more simple then that. The measurement is just a mere notion of how many...
View ArticleCycling at 6% of Commute, Transit at 8% and … Blagh, Blagh, Blagh…
Let’s talk numbers and the real world. I’m going to lay out a few things in this post. Why the way we measure auto versus cycling versus transit versus walking commutes in metropolitan areas is an...
View ArticlePutting it All Together: Bike, Coffee, Life
December 28th, just a few days from the final night of 2014, I've set off for a ride around Portland. This year has been a tumultuous year of firsts and a year of frustrations. I deemed it a day I'd...
View ArticleA Beautiful Ride into Portland and Tactical Urbanism Surprises
Today I rode into Portland as I’ve done thousands of times. Today I cycled across the Skirdmore Bridge over I-5, across Mississippi Street area and over to the Vancouver/Williams bike routes. As usual,...
View ArticlePortland’s Better Blocks Broadway
Here’s a short review I did of the redesign. The bus island was something that really shows in this city how these should be implemented. Well designed and well built, we should have these as standard...
View Article@ Fremont,Williams, & Vancouver Intersection
This intersection needs a little help in the AM. It only continues to get worse too. Motorists beware.
View ArticleCheating Hills
Ever since I moved to Seattle some years back, I’ve ridden all over the city pretty much all the time, any weather, by bike. But even amidst all this riding combined with tons of requisite hill...
View ArticleTraveling Trackball, AKA “GSD Better!”
Recently I purchased a trackball and a hardshell case for that trackball, which I then wrote a review of over yonder “A Review of the MX Ergo Advanced Wireless“. The hardshell case primarily because I...
View ArticleBike Collection & Gear: Surly Bill Trailer
This is the first set of a few short posts I'm writing up detailing the bike gear and rides I currently use on an almost daily basis. This first, part gear and *part* bike, is the Surly Bill Trailer. I...
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