Category Archives: Bicycling

The Simple Beauty of Following Right-of-Way

Posted on 04/17/2024 by paulefallon

It’s Spring! The weather is warming, the cyclists are swarming, and motorists are alert to us everywhere. As a guy whose primary means of transport for over fifty years has been my bicycle, I appreciate how turf battles over pavement … Continue reading →

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Bicycle for Fun…and More!

Posted on 05/04/2022 by paulefallon

It is a glorious April Saturday morning in New England. Sixty degrees: bright sun; cotton candy clouds; light breeze. I hop on my bike to go to the gym and run errands. I travel easily along city streets, many of … Continue reading →

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Rules of The Road

Posted on 01/09/2018 by paulefallon

Everybody loves a guy on a bike. Except when you’re driving alongside one. Then you just want that bicycle gone. As a man who cycles for primary transport, with a track record of pedaling pretty far, automobile drivers often pinhole … Continue reading →

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Recuperation

Posted on 05/31/2016 by paulefallon

How quickly one routine evaporates and another congeals. Out on the road I thrive on ride/talk/write. The balance between physical exertion and mental analysis, sociability and isolation is near perfect. Then – bang – bike meets Porsche. Within two weeks … Continue reading →

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Leap Year Leap

Posted on 05/24/2016 by paulefallon

On February 29 I turned off Alabama Highway 98 to visit the historic town of Fairhope. An elderly Porsche driver took a sudden left turn across my path. I tried to veer away. Surly’s front tire hit the vehicle’s passenger … Continue reading →

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Emergency Room Regression Analysis

Posted on 05/09/2016 by paulefallon

The next time you’re in a moving metal object which makes contact with another moving metal object and lands you in the Emergency Room, make sure to get a cubicle near the nurse’s station and leave your curtain open. Ignore … Continue reading →

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Extreme Sports

Posted on 07/28/2014 by paulefallon

Last weekend I bicycled 200 miles as part of the Courage Classic, a fund raising event for the Colorado Children’s Hospital. It was my fourth year participating in the three-day ride that traverses four major passes, crosses the Continental Divide, … Continue reading →

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Route 6A Brewster

Posted on 06/27/2014 by paulefallon

Bicycling to Cape Cod is becoming an annual tradition. This week I rode to Eastham to visit Jan and Mike Golan, pedaled to Falmouth to see my son, and then returned to Cambridge.   Cape Cod Baseball League game each night, … Continue reading →

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Wishing me Gone

Posted on 06/12/2014 by paulefallon

Cambridge is a great bicycle city. We have more bicycle lanes per square mile than neighboring communities. We have protected cycling lanes, Hubway bike stations, designated parking areas, public repair stations, even a bicycle jug handle in Harvard Square.  I … Continue reading →

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End of Summer Travelogue

Posted on 09/02/2013 by paulefallon

I ended my summer doing two of my favorite things – riding my bicycle and connecting with the friends I have made through my work in Haiti.  Len and Cheryl Ann Gengel invited me to their beach house in Wells, … Continue reading →

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