Posted on April 10th, 2009 by johnmace
TweetBeautiful day to ride a bike today. It’d be considered a little cool, if we were in mid-July, but for early April you can’t hope for much better. Light breeze, sunshine, mid-40’s on the way in. It looks even better considering the weekend looks sucky. But on to the main event… 4 — count them, […]
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Filed under: bike commute, Harvard Square, scooters, Vespas
Posted on April 3rd, 2009 by johnmace
TweetI’m using carbon-based fuels to commute today, and sitting on Storrow drive for the better part of an hour leads me to again ask a question I pose to myself five or six times a year: Do we need some sort of vigilant para-military presense on Boston’s river roads to keep over-sized vehicles from driving […]
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Posted on April 1st, 2009 by johnmace
TweetI called this blog “Playing in Traffic,” thinking that would be a sarcastic & hip nod to the supposed main topic. I should have realized off the bat that there are people out there that at least give the impression they really ARE playing in traffic. The examples for today…. Corner of Mountfort & Carlton […]
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Filed under: bike commute, Commonwealth Avenue, Oblivousness
Posted on April 1st, 2009 by johnmace
TweetBack in the saddle after too-long winter laziness. Actually with the way I kept in shape over the past 5 months, it’s safer to say I’m all over the saddle. Wind trainer looked good in the basement, all set up and ready to be used. And I would have used it, too, if it hadn’t […]
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Filed under: bike commute, massachusetts avenue, porter square
