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CycleDog: Cycling in Hell

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Now, the admirers of the Copenhagen plan would have us believe it’s a cycling utopia, and if only we’d build similar facilities here, we’d find our paths strewn with flowers by tall, tastefully dressed Nordic women in stylish footwear.

ranty

Tell you what - put the cyclist and the driver in the same lane and treat both of them as responsible vehicle operators, and this problem will go away without resorting to another Band-Aid approach

Now for the Tall Bike Hobbit Advocates

For those who don’t know, I hate tall bikes, and hobbits on tall bikes.

And this is just dangerous:

so i was in scotland last week, clearing up that buiness with the lemons and the pre-glued
stamps. i came across this link at st andrews, apparently crafted by a japanese investment group calling themselves Arrow, or Day Month Fire Water Wo. They had this to say about our recent post on the treadmill bike:

Outdoor runner?

On with ブログ “RIDE LUGGED ” of the foreign country which stretches link “arrow Yokohama” introducing such a, it increased.

The commodity, “The Treadmill Bike “? Being to seem, it does, but because animated picture appeals fairly well, excluding, please see. “Fee of large amount sport club is not paid and also the て offers the big effect! “With explaining, it increases.

So, “the AA twistor” of the arrow (under) one is quick without fail! (^ ^;)

I, personally, was glad for this erudite clarification regarding some points that were left unclear in the original ridelugged article. Points that remain unclear: why was this invented? who would buy this thing? who stars in the tie-in workout video? is it compatible with the wii?

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So i haven’t been riding much. The weather has been British, and the motivation leaches out of my pores like the black sweats of the hippo. There is no better way to get back on the bike than to make a list of asinine things to bring for a short ride: 3 pairs of gloves, a jacket and undershirt in reserve, 2 hats, newtons, (hippie variety) a sandwich, a 1932 Kodak brownie camera aka my pen cam, ect ect. Lists son fantasticas. Lists, on their own, exist as open texts onto which we can project personalized events, each with its own particular narrative. Look at any list, say a list like this: 6 apps: GS, 1 bro, can tom, Italian.

What can we get from that? I would say any number of things. Each interpretation is significant because it has A. personal significance, B. an infinite number of possibilities or interpretations can emerge from a fixed series of words and numbers, (unlike, say a series of numbers like a phone number, where we are at the mercy of a finite series of combinations) and C. thru the combination of A+B we reach possibilités infinies for potential narratives. 6 apples: Granny Smith, 1 Broccoli Head, a Can of Tomatoes, and a loaf of Italian bread. Or is it 6 appliances, or applications. When the 6 is hand written readings change: could the 6 be read as an upper-case G? This multiplies the interpretations by 100 percent. Can Tom do it? Cancel Tomorrow? Cancel what? The Italian Dinner?

Lists are open stories, stories that are completed by the writer and the reader, independently of each other. Even the straight forward list is deceptively and infinitely variable, not only on the part of the reader but also the writer, who, often are the same person. Par exemple: 6 granny smith apples, 1 broccoli head, a can of tomatoes and an italian loaf of bakery bread accurately describes a series of items that most grocery stores would have. Most Farmers markets would as well, as would a series of small speciality shops and road side stands. The narrative and possibilities for narrative travel do not end at mere location selection, but carry over to moods, brand possiblities and financial restraints, physical restraints (is so and so allergic to apples, ect). When we choose a product from our list, we are thinking about all of these things in a uniquely personal and narrative driven way. We are thinking about what we will prepare with said ingredients, how they will be received, the social signifiers of brand x over brand q.

Bike lists do the same thing and more. “Rain Gear” gives us the hiss of tires of on wet pavement, the reaction of others as it starts raining and you pull out the only rain coat among 10 people, projecting forward we think about the ride after it has finished, and how much that rain gear has helped, or that it didn’t rain at all and but it was dragged in a sack with 10 other unused things for 43 miles.

Taken at 2.13 on an overcast day: f/2.8-1/125-ISO 200. My brownie has been acting up recently. Hence the too dark fore-ground.

The cows looked like they had mud socks on. They were definitely out in their wooly winter coats.

The pond in Linden Hall. It was partially frozen and quite fetching. f/5.6-1/250-ISO 200

The scenic drainage from above pond.

Rock Hill School House. They have raised 75,000 of 100,000 dollars to needed to restore it. I hope it becomes something useful, like an artists studio, or a pencil sharpening store.

I had lunch in this grave yard; off in the distance 3 big horses chased each other around. That big white house is abandoned. Gimme.

Ok so that’s my ride. It was nice enough out, although a bit overcast.

Jay Broemmel stuns art bike world with the Dragon Bike | Rock The Bike!

Couple of great things about this, bike polo is awesome, the bike’s freaky eye motif, the bike polo on a fixed gear, and the fact that he uses the term sawbuck. I wonder if the ease of track stand with the fixed gear gives some kind of advantage in bike polo.

not this guys bike but it’s a bike polo video for those who haven’t seen it before:

“Also buttressing this idea, the TEXTURE, which was ACTUAL TEXTURE, changes when the piece because a PHOTOGRAPH, though it is still evedent to the eye, it cannot be touched. In a sense, it is SIMULATED, because it cannot be truly touched.”

Missing words, non-sensical phrasing, unsupported buttressing.  I hope this guy doesn’t build any bridges in his future.

Interesting. I’d rather just sit in the basket.

The drivetrain consists out of a Rohloff Speedhub in combination with a completely capsuled chain drivetrain. The rear wheel can be removed without touching the chain. This is realized by a special couppling between the internal geared hub and the rear pinion gear. The rear pinion gear stay on the bike and is a part of the drivetrain.

I think I’d go with a belt drive if I was that worried about having to maintain a chain. Plus don’t all chains eventually crap out even if they are capsuled?

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quick update of camera phone shots from the last last week-end ride.
(3rd for december)
fun was had by all (i believe) and then more drinking was had by all.


it was wet, but not too bad.
and i am glad folks showed up to hang out and pedal a bit while i was in town for 45 minutes.


the loop was mostly a dirt loop around sugarloaf, with a few wet sections of tarmac thrown in for good measure.

then we ran back to Frederick for beer, pizza, and a warm fire in the fireplace.