one ride at a time

When you pick up your bike where you parked it, don’t get mad if you find someone else’s bike leaning on yours and you wish you had 3 arms to dislodge them from each other while keeping them both from falling over. Don’t worry that your seat is wet, and that you forgot to bring…
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let’s get something straight

That narrow lane between the road and the sidewalk, the one with a picture of a  bicycle on it, that’s a bike path. Definition: a path or part of a road marked off or separated for the use of bicyclists. A bike path is not: A shoulder: the strip of unpaved land that borders a road, often…
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model citizen

I’m waiting for the green light. There’s a policeman standing under the viaduct ahead on the other side of the intersection, waiting for customers. This corner is a goldmine for infractions. Drivers chasing the light, getting stuck in gridlock because the next traffic light is so close. The length of the turn always underestimated. The police…
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