Recreational shooting and other stuff
This was passed on to me by one of the moderators at BikeForums.net. She’s a regular reader here, and happens to live car-free in Oregon. A new shop with the catchy name of Clever Cycles opened in Portland recently. Get this, they actually sell bikes you can hop on and ride, even in a skirt … Read more
I won’t be offering any coverage of the 2007 Tour de France in my blog. I figure everyone and their mother will be covering it, and besides, I find it to be something of a farce at this point. It will no longer be about who wins, but who wins and passes the drug test. … Read more
Paul, from Zogics, sent over this cool deal: Tell a dirty story…get a free sample! In 100 words or less, tell the folks at Zogics about a time you wish you had one of their nifty CitraWipe degreaser hand wipes to clean up a mess you got into. If they dig your story, they‘ll send … Read more
I was trolling the internet for something interesting to write about, and it seemed like there was a really good mix of international news. In the US, there was the usual bunch of charity rides, fatal accidents involving cars, and a couple of shootings. I rarely even read about the shootings, since it’s usually a … Read more
Someone recenlty sent me an email, and asked why I’m still running the Ride for Mobility banner, even though it ended 3 weeks ago. If you click the link, it will take you to the site where you can see that they raised over $500,000 for this very good cause. Thanks to the determination of … Read more
At the end of last month, one of the members on BikeForums.net started a thread mentioning that the Living Car Free forum had a record number of viewers, 57 to be exact. While they were expressing their surprise at what was seen as an unusually large number, I was somewhat less surprised. Reducing our reliance … Read more