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The calm before the storm
Monday, August 13, 2007
This morning I dropped the kids off for school and went into town on my Fuji. I wanted to get a good ride in before the possibility of wet weather and wind on Tuesday to Wednesday with Hurricane
Saturday ride with my new friends
Saturday, August 11, 2007
I headed out early this morning to try to hook up with the Team Jet guys and gals at Kapioloni park. I was running late, and hopped on the Bacchetta and tried to get down to the park before the
Great article in Momentum
Friday, August 10, 2007
I just stumbled on this at bikeportland.org. The cool e-zine Momentum has done a great article on the bike culture in Portland. My favorite quote, “Biking in Portland is like being gay in San
The next big thing
Thursday, August 9, 2007
With Interbike looming in the distance, one question remains: what will be the next big thing to hit bicycle market. Last year it seemed that everyone had a single speed fixie/ freewheel road bike
Thursday ride
Thursday, August 9, 2007
Another ride without the camera! OK, how about a nice shot of the cliffs of Molokai from the air. My wife works in the travel industry and puts together tours of the islands, and this was a promo
The unlikely bicycle advocate
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
If you've been following bikeportland.org or the recumbentblog.com you already know of Congressman Pactrik McHenry’s speech blasting the democrats energy plan that includes bicycles as
Sunday Birthday Ride
Sunday, August 5, 2007
I woke up early this morning to go on a ride to the windward side of Oahu. Waking up early is easy around here. The birds are singing all morning long, starting right at 6:00AM. The best kind of
Night Ride
Saturday, August 4, 2007
I didn’t take my camera on the ride, so please enjoy this photo of my daughter Alexa making here way to her “secret” boogie boarding beach. My camera is charged for the next ride!
I went for a
Bike Friday Tickit review
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
The new Bike Friday Ticket has been reviewed by The Folding Society. Why is that important to a recumbent blog? Rob English is the co-designer of this little gem, and it really is a clever bike.
The adventures of Greg
Monday, July 30, 2007
Greg Kolodziejzyk is an amazing individual. He has done very well with his streamliner “Critical Power” setting out and achieving his goal getting the world 24 hour record. Not to rest on his
Pali lookout ride
Sunday, July 29, 2007
I started off early this morning for my first “real” ride since moving to Oahu. My travel itinerary took me west from my home in Hawaii Kai to Wikikki, through Honolulu, then up and over the Pali
Aloha!
Friday, July 27, 2007
So far so good! The island life has been treating me and my family well, and I really am enjoying it here. The weather is perfect for cycling and my daughters have become beach bums. Alexa loves to
Last post for a while
Sunday, July 15, 2007
Today I will be packing up my computer as well as the rest of my belongings for the trip to Hawaii on Wednesday, so not much bloging between today and the next two weeks. If all goes well with the
STP 2007
Sunday, July 15, 2007
The photo above is of my new friends in Seattle who were kind enough to let Chas and I stay the night prior to STP. Thank you Bill, Shella, Lisa, and Shawn for putting up with us.
I had a really
Mook on a mug
Monday, July 9, 2007
OK, so it started out as a joke on the Bacchetta thread when Phil's gal posted photos of RAAM on the Kodak site. There was my good friend Rich Pinto on a mug, just to entice you to buy one. Well I
