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A decade of biking
I've got a calendar reminder every where to remind me of when I bought a Fuji bike and started riding my bike everywhere. Why? Because things have been this great crazy adventure, ever since. It was one of those decisions that had long-lasting impact forwards, so much so that I divide life into…

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Fall Corporate Bike Forum 2014: Start Anywhere
I wasn't born yet, but I tend to buy the argument that the 70s boom was largely to do with the boomers having disposable income, with the oil crisis being a minor side-attraction. The booms of the 80s and beyond were all about the pursuit of sport, not transportation. So, at least as the American…

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Dissembled dreams... or the 6th Bike-a-versary
One of my coworkers asked me the other day, immediately before tea-time, if I had always been bike-obsessed like this or if it was a new thing. And, given that I was fetching the teacups for teatime, I had to say that no, there's a bike-a-versary, it's coming up, and I'll explain the long story…

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Lance lost the doping battle
Frankly, I'm not especially interested in pro-level cycling. In the real world, you have to consider details like flat tires and chain life and can't toss your bike at someone to have the bar tape re-done. You can't have a follow-car trailing you with spare bits and pieces or switch bikes as needed…

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Fifth Bikeaversary
Five years ago today, I went to the store and purchased a Trek 7100 with the intention of biking to work. That's when everything changed.. Within a few weeks, I was biking to work every day. Within a few months, the 7100 got stolen and in the rebound depression I realized that I had to suck it and…

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If I stop biking...
If I stop biking for more than 2 days, I can feel it. I don't feel right. After more than a few days without exercise, the full brunt of dpression starts to weigh on me. There's probably a rebound effect involved because I end up with the scary sort of depression that psychologists call Major or…

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I honestly don't care that you've seen a cyclist run a red
Cyclists do run red lights. And, as if I'm some duly elected representative of cyclists everywhere, people will point this out to me and suggest that they'd actually feel bad for all those cyclists who get killed by motorists every year and support my cause if we'd all just behave and start obeying…