Charles River 09-Aug-05

Archive for October, 2005

Sad news

Wednesday, October 5th, 2005

I’m looking around for (another) bike. I want to get a SS/fixie for winter and around town and I have been looking at IRO for a while (particularly the Mark V). They seem nicely put together, are affordable and available.
So I went to the IRO Cycle site yesterday and saw this:
Today is Sept 30th. [...]

Pfffffff

Tuesday, October 4th, 2005

As you can see I tried to get in a ride today with no luck. Just past the last Esplanade lagoon, my tire went flat. Again. Last time something happened this early in a ride, I had a crash, so I took it as an omen and came home to find out the root of [...]

T-Rex has it exactly right

Tuesday, October 4th, 2005

Poo bug!

Bike Sales Boom

Monday, October 3rd, 2005

Below is an article from AFP via Yahoo.
But I disagree that it’s a “paradigm shift”. It’s as temporary as SUV popularity.
I also disagree that that the “US government has also done its part to promote a more bicycle-friendly environment.” They’ve done a bit. A very little bit. The state of Massachusetts has done more than [...]

Major Taylor

Monday, October 3rd, 2005

Yesterday was the Major Taylor Century in Whitinsville Ma.