Switching Gears

TweetThere seemed to be a lot fewer bikes on the road today, National Bike to Work Day, than there have been earlier this week.  Is the threat of scattered showers enough to keep the amateurs inside their internally combusted boxes? Massachusetts Avenue this morning, just before Porter Square.  School bus puts on its flashers, stops […]

Ride On, Josephine, Ride On

TweetTwo days of bike commuting and I’m feeling better already. Although it’s definitely National Bike to Work Week out there; lots of amateurs. Today I experienced a first. Trying to scoot between traffic and the curb crossing the Mass Pike and I was stopped in my tracks by a dad with a bike trailer, who […]

I Get Lazy When I Don’t Ride

TweetHas it really been two weeks since I posted? What have I been doing with my time? Oh yeah…. Watching three years worth of Battlestar Galactica. Why didn’t I watch that show when it was on? It was great! I was off the bike for all of the Patriot’s Day week, because of weather & […]

It’s Got To Be Warm Somewhere

TweetJust not in Boston today. I passed puddles this morning that were covered with ice. I’ve got to file my taxes in two days, and I’m dealing with ice on my commute. Meanwhile, my brother in Charlottesville is going out for 35 mile rides without even a wind jacket. Why do I live here, again?

Do as we say, not as we do

TweetWednesday morning, corner of JFK Street & Memorial Drive, Cambridge, about 8:30 AM. Pedestrians, bicyclists, even a roller blader waiting for walk signal so everyone can go. Why so patient? Because two bicycle cops (unknown jurisdiction — blue & black uniforms; any ideas who by anyone out there?) are waiting too. Or at least as […]

Why can’t we all just get along?

TweetIn close to 20 years of off-and-on commuting by bicycle I’ve been lucky to have only been involved in two semi-serious mishaps. The first was when the ding-bat with the boy-friend who was a trial lawyer turned left in front of me at the corner of Wisconsin & M Street, in Washington, D.C. It wouldn’t […]