MAY 7, 2012 – 12:00AM One of the best things about being Lawrence’s preeminent, longest-running bike blogger is all the cool schwag that comes my way. OK, that’s not entirely […]
Two-wheeled stratification
MAY 14, 2012 – 12:00AM I don’t get folks who ride a certain sub-set of motorized two-wheelers. It’s a generalization, I know, and maybe even a stereotype, but riders of […]
Bye bye, biking buddy
MAY 28, 2012 – 12:00AM Today I might be the saddest man on two wheels. Thursday was the last day of school, the last day my younger child would attend […]
What do you say? Part I
JUN 4, 2012 – 12:00AM I’m not the quickest of wits, and while I have a fondness for words, I sometimes find myself at a loss for them. Such was […]
What do you say? Part II
JUN 11, 2012 – 12:00AM I’m not most talkative of sorts and definitely lean more toward taciturn than glib, whether on two wheels or terra firma. It’s primarily because I […]
You’ll never get me, copper!
JUN 18, 2012 – 12:00AM I’m slow on a bike. Like, really slow. In fact, I’m more glacial than slow. Still, I’m amazed at how quickly I have to make […]
Friendly is as friendly does
JUL 2, 2012 – 12:00AM I’ve never considered Lawrence or Kansas to be particularly bicycle-unfriendly, in part because, with the exception of the time I saw a hot, grumpy, tired […]
Look, ma, no hands … or plaque
JUL 9, 2012 – 12:00AM I don’t often travel with the 8-to-5 set, but not too terribly long ago, when the Journal-World was still an afternoon newspaper, I often would […]
Flippin’ out
JUL 23, 2012 – 12:00AM I saw a near-dustup the other day, and while I’ve encountered several such traffic-related, road-ragey altercations (no doubt a result of the weather/economy/whatever is ailing […]
Bombs away! Yum!
JUL 30, 2012 – 12:00AM I was riding to work the other day when I encountered a banana peel dead ahead. I probably could have maneuvered around it, despite my […]