Bike Month is a month to get more people on bikes. But as I biked to work this May it seemed more like Everybody Drive Month. Maybe it’s cheap gas or the season- but the roads were jammed with cars and and everyone was stressing more than usual. It’s clear that prioritizing private cars is not working for the city- and trying to […]
Biking is ordinary to me. So much so, I got caught off guard the other day. It didn’t really seem like a significant enough of an event to call it out. I mean, I ride a bike several times a day, every day. I read a book about habits, well part of a book about habits. […]
Sometimes my non-bikey friends don’t quite understand my bike obsession. So I have to find ways to make it relatable to those not as familiar with the lifestyle. I find it makes more sense to compare bikes to shoes than cars or household appliances like vacuum cleaners. Shoe obsessions are very relatable. And both bikes and shoes are very useful […]
I’m sure everyone at one point has had a roommate like this. The other day as I was biking around I noticed some striking similarities… Are they effective? Signs didn’t really modify roommate behavior in college. I’m not convinced the road is much different.
There’s a time of day where the light is just right- magic hour. Now that it’s autumn, I find myself riding home at this perfect time and I’ve discovered it has some benefits. Animated version:
Sometimes when I hear about great bike infrastructure in other cities I’m tempted to move hundreds or thousands of miles away. Truthfully, in Boston, sometimes it doesn’t mean moving hundreds of miles. Sometimes it’s matter of going 2 blocks. That’s because metro Boston is really a bunch of towns/cities very close together. Each one has different levels of bike-ability. Because of this, […]
When I bicycle around Boston it’s mostly vehicularly. While the rules of the road generally give some order to the roads- I always need be extra vigilant and assume drivers don’t see me. I’m experienced, follow the rules of the road, and best practices for bicycling. I can do everything in my power- but there’s no barrier […]
Lately I’ve been riding my 50 yr old British 3-speed “Emma Thompson Bike” around town. It’s been pretty hot and a slow upright bike keeps me from rushing and breaking a sweat. But she is a bit… well… loud. When riding a wheel on Sheffield steel folks definitely hear you coming. But the […]
So you’re biking along in a city of hundreds of thousands of other people all trying to get places simultaneously. And suddenly you run into an obstacle. Yes, you run into a big giant Whatever. A “Whatever” is a person who indifferently dismisses everything you see as supremely important (your life, health, along with necessary societal rules) […]