NOV 17, 2008 – 12:00AM “No Justice in Douglas County,” blared the Kansas Cycling News Web site. ”This is (expletive) outrageous,” one cyclist posted to the Lawrence Bicycle Club’s electronic […]
What it feels like when you get hit by a truck — a firsthand experience
NOV 20, 2008 – 12:00AM I got hit by a car Monday night, but it wasn’t until midweek that I started feeling really bad. Let me clarify that a bit. […]
Trepidation on two wheels
NOV 24, 2008 – 12:00AM Monday I got hit by a car. I didn’t push a pedal again until Friday, and though I had lots of excuses — my bike […]
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
DEC 1, 2008 – 12:00AM A couple of years ago, I received a catalog from a major online bicycle retailer based in Colorado. On the cover was a drawing of […]
Bicycle-friendly streets? For the most part
DEC 5, 2008 – 12:00AM A couple of months ago, I was visiting with a friend who said the tone of many of my blogs portrayed the streets of Lawrence […]
Commuting, by the numbers
DEC 8, 2008 – 12:00AM I’ve always been a bit of a quantifier, so a couple of years ago, when I first started riding my bikes semi-religiously, I started keeping […]
Darn that Achilles
DEC 12, 2008 – 12:00AM It started out as a little twinge. Sunday, I noticed a little pain just above my right heel — my Achilles tendon. It hurt a […]
Baby, I’m bored
DEC 16, 2008 – 12:00AM So here I am, six days into a forced layoff from the bike (and everything else, for that matter), and I’m not a happy camper. […]
FREE NUDE BIKES! and other two-wheeled Internet naughtiness
DEC 19, 2008 – 12:00AM I haven’t ridden a bike for more than a week now, other than the 10-minute spin I was allowed at the physical therapist’s the other […]
Real men ride in the cold
DEC 22, 2008 – 12:00AM Unknowingly, a co-worker threw down the gauntlet. “Did you ride today? If you rode today, you’d be a man,” he said. No, I didn’t ride, […]