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Category Archives: Bicycling
Bicycle for Fun…and More!
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
Rules of The Road
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
Posted in Bicycling
Tagged bicycle right-of-way, bicycles, bicycles and cars, rules of the road, urban cyclling
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Recuperation
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
Leap Year Leap
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
Emergency Room Regression Analysis
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
Posted in Bicycling, How Will We Live Tomorrow?
Tagged bicycle accident, Emergency Department, nursery rhymes
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Extreme Sports
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
Posted in Bicycling
Tagged bicyling, Courage Classic, cycling, Double Triple Bypass, extreme sports, Iron Man, marathon, off-road races, Rocky Mountains
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Route 6A Brewster
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
Posted in Bicycling
Tagged bicycle, Brewster, Cape Cod, Cape Cod Baseball League, Cape Cod Rail Trail, cycling, Eastham, Route 6A
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Wishing me Gone
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
Posted in Bicycling
Tagged Aberdeen Ave, Bicycling, bike lanes, Cambridge, cycling, Huron Ave
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End of Summer Travelogue
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
Posted in Bicycling
Tagged Be Like Brit, Beverly, Bicycling, Cambridge, cycling, Danvers, Gengel, Hampton Beach, Ipswich, Kiettery, Labor Day, Lynnfield, Malden, Medford, Melrose, Newbury, Newburyport, North Hampton, Ogonquit, Peabody, Portsmouth, Rye Beach, Salisbury, Seabrook, Somerville, Stoneham, Topsfield, Wakefield, Wells, Wenhem, York Beach, York Harbor
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Cape Cod on a Summer Day and Evening
There is no place more beautiful than Cape Cod on a clear summer day, except perhaps that same crooked peninsula as day wanes and evenings jeweled light shimmers across the bay. This weekend was my first significant cycling on Cape … Continue reading
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