Some days everything goes well. I hit all the important lights, have a clear view and no obstructions through the rest of them, nobody’s blocking my lane with their car, and my journey to work is mostly enjoyable (except for the destination part).
Of course, that’s a good day. A normal day means I [...]

Sweet merciful crap, I love this!!  This guy out in Iowa modded his own ice bike with stove bolts!!

We’re back in business!!
Brake: Tightened.Rusty Chain: Replaced.Dangerous sounding rattle coming from intersection of fork and frame: Still there, apparently.  Guess it’s not so dangerous…
Forgot how great it is to have a bike that stops on a dime and pedals like its chain was dipped in butter…  Rain and snow in the forecast for Monday, though.  [...]

Someday, I’m going to bike the entire Brooklyn Bridge on the walk side and act really surprised and confused when people tell me that I shouldn’t be there.

Took me forever to get around to posting this, but I used the built in camera in the monitor plus a program called Gawker that takes still captures at predetermined intervals (every 5 seconds for this) to make this video of me striping and then rebuilding my new fixie. The explosion sound at the [...]

I was coming into the city yesterday morning and as I rounded the curve on the Brooklyn Bridge bike path, I was greeted with a fog bank the likes of which I’ve never seen in New York City. It reminded me of waking up on a cool fall morning upstate and looking out the [...]

(Written: Saturday, October 27)

Midnight rides are generally fun. Generally. Which is what I thought when I set out twenty minutes ago. Despite it being actually midnight, and thus dark, the full moon was directly over my head, bathing the entire road in a nice blue light. As I set out I [...]

So, apparently there were a few snags in the morning commute today.  I, for one, arrived a few minutes later than I usually do because my emergency-contingency-fail-safe plan involved taking the Manhattan Bridge.  Which brings me to tonight’s rant.
Cyclists who take the Brooklyn Bridge during a time of massive subway failure are idiots.  Cyclists who [...]

This morning I biked to work for the first time since the transit strike. My new job (unlike my old one) has both bike storage and a place for me to clean up afterwards, so biking to work is now a completely feasible option. Hell, I spend exactly the same amount of time [...]

I and about a billion other people took part in the 3rd Annual Tour de Brooklyn today under slightly cloudy skies. Pictured above are Greg and I about a half an hour into the ride. I’m proud of this photo because I’m the 2nd most attractive male in the immediate foreground of it, [...]