I started riding my bike again in July and Commuting on August 5th and up until today have gone everyday since. With the terrential downpours last night and my...
Wow. I guess you really want to live where you live. One reason I commute is that I don't enjoy 30 minutes on the city busses here in Columbus, Ohio. What I...
Thanks for the info. Hopefully soon i'll like where I live, c'mon TX! But that has been a year and a half waiting and is something else entirely. I guess for...
Well my business casual clothes are just slacks and a nice shirt. When I used my backpack I just folded it and everything came out alright. The clothes...
Hi, I'm looking for a good platform pedal for my commute. My commute has lots of lights and stop signs, so I don't want clip or clip-less. I've got a big foot,...
... De : kensell33 [mailto:Ken.Sell@...] ... Wellgo Platform pedals are good. I have them -- albeit with toe clips -- on my tourer. The platform is wide,...
i would still go clipless, especially in a recumbent. i use bebops on my bikeE CT in nyc, i am stopping every block if not more they work fine, i can still...
I have SPD's on a recessed shoe and they work okay, always have to plan unclipping, the biggie i'm having is I bring an extra pair of shoes to change for my ...
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i use cannondale mt bike shoes ,and with the bebops , they walk pretty fine! they scrape a little but not like the others, i use them all the time in nyc, i...
I just picked up some Easton Flatboy pedals yesterday, I love em. My Shimano DX pedals became toast the other day. I needed a platform pedal that could take a...
Yesterday, after a 6 hour bike ride (the weather here is just beautiful right now), I decided to pop into the local Burger King for a quick bite to eat. I...
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If I can't find anything sturdy to look to, I just take it inside. I'm nice about it, ie, I won't bring it in if it's wet or caked in mud. Otherwise, it ...
Hi everyone, My name is Margaret and I live in Staten Island, NY. I decided in the last week that I should be either walking to work or riding my bike. I can't...
Hi Margaret: I come from the edge of Appalachia, although I live in Columbus, Ohio, now. Other than getting a bike with lots of gears (easier said than done...
Hello . . . My name is Braxton and I'm a resident of Over-the-Rhine Community in Cincinnati, Ohio. Had an experience similar to Kurt's rejection at Burger King...
Braxton, Thanks for the information. There are several Subway restaurants in our local area-none of which have any bike racks, of course. So, I went to the...
I've been following this thread, mulling it over, and I have a suggestion. There aren't any fast food outlets I currently frequent (my own proclivities in high...
The best way to get good on hills is to ride them over and over again. find the right gear and take it one pedal stroke at a time. When the going gets tough ...
I don't want to appear to side with the fast food places but after talking to an owner of a bagel shop on Saturday which I used to go to all the time I moved...
A Small computer company that I once worked for had a truck driver eating McDonald's food while driving a Mack Truck, the driver rear-ended a passenger car on ...
ownership of a car should not matter, they should have bike racks as part of community service to promote exercise to travel to their stores. i own a car...
I hadn't read of anyone asking the manager/owner about why a place wasn't bicycle friendly so I figured I'd pass on information I got from talking to just such...
Hi All, I started to ride my bike to work two weeks ago. Until I build up to the total 10 miles both ways and the summer heat goes away, I am combining the ...
Hi Christy, ... [snip] ... I ride an EZ-1 Super Cruiser recumbent, which is the cheapest recumbent I ever saw. It retails for $550. It has 21 speeds, and I...
Christy, I have ridden a Linear Sonic (their short wheelbase model) to work for the past four years. My right arm was going numb on the bike on which I'd...
