AUG 13, 2012 – 12:00AM The other day I was riding to work and was surprised to hear, awfully close, the clattering of another bike’s gears. Since I’m remarkably unfast […]

SEP 17, 2012 – 12:00AM Sharrow A couple of months ago, I was asked a cycling-related question that, to my surprise, left me stumped. I’m all the time fielding questions […]

SEP 24, 2012 – 12:00AM Recently, I was sitting with the family at our favorite downtown coffee haunt, and my wife nodded over toward my daughter. “Doesn’t she look cute?” […]

OCT 8, 2012 – 12:00AM The city’s streets usually provide the most mundane vistas. With limited exception, they stretch horizon to horizon in monotonous monotone, ranging from uninspiring blacktop to […]

OCT 15, 2012 – 12:00AM I’ve had all manner of weird encounters during my bike commutes. Something about the intersection (see what I did there?) of motorist and cyclist tends […]

OCT 22, 2012 – 12:00AM As I rode to work the other day, I had a handful of near-death run-ins with squirrels. The glorified tree rats seem more abundant than […]

OCT 29, 2012 – 12:00AM I read with dread the other day the news that the city was contemplating putting in another infernal traffic-calming device. Commissioners were considering a roundabout […]

NOV 12, 2012 – 12:00AM I was riding home for dinner the other evening, still struggling with the reality that it now gets dark just a couple minutes after noon, […]

NOV 19, 2012 – 12:00AM My thousands of bike miles in and around the city have provided me with dozens of tales, from captivating accounts of derring-do (or, in my […]

NOV 26, 2012 – 12:00AM The other day, I was driving somewhere with the family and pointed out to my kids a fellow road-user. A man riding a scooter had […]