It’s almost claustrophobic. Not suffocating, not crushing, but in a way, its freeing. Its the feeling I had on a sunny morning last week, while riding my bike, 35 mph down the back side of Bear Creek Road, when a bee struck me in the chest. At that speed injuries come quickly and easily, so [...]
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Fating It
Posted in bicycle ridership, life-giving founts of joyous jubiliation on February 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Cyclists in the Mist
Posted in bicycle ridership on September 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I rode up Grizzly Peak this morning, while the fog still hung heavy in the air around Berkeley. As I climbed, it thickened until there were visible fingers of mist reaching out for my spinning legs. For about ten minutes the only sounds came from eucalyptus bark crunching under my tires, the whirring of my [...]
Undercarriage of Justice
Posted in bicycle ridership, political free speech on July 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Insane drivers don’t get punished in America. Its not really anyone’s fault; its systemic. Speeding, running stop lights, cutting people off, and generally driving in a way that could lead to a lethal accident, are minor infractions, punishable by fine, license suspension, or sometimes *gasp* losing the right to drive.
This infuriates me. 42,642 Americans were [...]
Welcome to New York!
Posted in bicycle ridership on June 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My first bike ride in NYC started out sunny, but ended in pouring rain. Who’d have thought it would be the best ride of the summer? My second ride started out sunny and ended in the trauma room of St. Luke’s Roosevelt on 115th and Amsterdam. Don’t worry, I’m not narrating from the [...]
