I road it to work today - yeah, on Saturday. I guess it's doable, if I can tolerate the idea of eating lunch at work.
I finally got a bag for carrying stuff. It's the Buzz, made by Tom Bihn. It's highest quality materials and workmanship, but being compartmented to hold a small laptop doesn't do a thing for usable carrying space. It's super comfortable, though, and where the strap (only one) crosses in front the even include a pocket for cigarettes. Darn shame I don't smoke Virginia Slims. No other brand will fit. <mutter mutter>
Oh, I've got an appointment to get the handlebars elevated next Saturday. My ancestors have been walking erect for thousands of years, and it kind of gets into the blood.
ok your heard it first here on a2k, Roger has ancestors!
roger, ahem... that pocket is for a cell phone, not cigarettes... but you could surely squeeze those in, too.
You mean I'm supposed to pedal, smoke, eat a cheesburger, and talk on the phone all at once?
Thank you, ossobuco.
Dyslexia - pfffht!
dyslexia wrote:my Saab station wagon was "Cap't Fred" and my Lotus Europa was "Emma" my '59 Ford 1/2 ton pickup was "Howard"
Off topic..what year was the Lotus? Any pictures? That thing must have been a rolling oil leak.
Slappy Doo Hoo wrote:dyslexia wrote:my Saab station wagon was "Cap't Fred" and my Lotus Europa was "Emma" my '59 Ford 1/2 ton pickup was "Howard"
Off topic..what year was the Lotus? Any pictures? That thing must have been a rolling oil leak.
Not really, I had the '72 TC big valve special with a a fuel injected Cosworth 1594cc, the real problem was the "prince of darkness electrics" (Lucas) looked like this only in white;
New equipment with endorsement.
I just got a receiver rack to mate the car to the bike from Hollywood Engineering. Absolutely no hassle getting the bike on and off. I could have improved the design a bit, and save a buck or two, but it looks like the best I've seen. The wheels sit in troughs at the bottom, so there's a low center of gravity and improved stability. This is what makes it so easy to mount and dismount the bike.
<waiting for big snicker from Cycloptichorn, who actually rides to GET somewhere>
oh, i have to post my commute diary. i did the 85 kilometers (52 miles) from bratislava to vienna for the first time just before i went to india. have some pictures to share, too. biking is the BEST! well, right after India. Perhaps biking in India would be the best.
Sure would be nice to see businesses with racks to lock a bike to, though. All I see around here is signs that say "No bikes, skates, or skateboards on sidewalk?"
abominable! sidewalks were made for bicycles, i opine! no excuse for such barbarism! or is it barbarianism? in any case, you should come to vienna, the bicycle and wireless capital of the world.
my nice new bike ... click
and as soon as the bouncity bouncity stops scaring me, I'll be riding it more regularly - and further.
have my eye on a trailer for the dogs to ride in next summer.
That suspension is adjustable for more or less bouncity. Should be some little thumb screws at the top of the front forks that screw in and out. Don't know a thing in the world about rear suspensions.
and there are the thumb screws, now that roger's mentioned them
<it's parked beside me here in the dining zone>
let's see if i tightened or hyper-bounced things
I bought a sorta bicycle textbook on the weekend, so things should improve shortly - and then I can join the Toronto Bicycle Network on their adventures.
Just remember, it never gets easier. You go faster, and it's just as difficult as always.
what I need to remember is that i'm not as young as i was when i rode miles and miles regularly - and that hitting railroad tracks at full speed will likely have more significant consequences now than it did then - no matter how much milk i drink
my commute from Bratislava to Vienna. Life....so tough...
Leaving Bratislava, my fair city
Donauratweg - Danube bike path.
church on a hill
