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Posts categorized as Biking

Biking injury: one cut knee

First I should say that I am absolutely fine and the only injury I've sustained here is this big cut on my knee. I'm sorry if you've come to my site and seen the photos of cuts and x-rays and didn't know what was going on! No broken bones, no ligament/tendon damage, just a big nasty cut. So here's the low down, if you want full details, IM me or email: I was riding in a narrow gap between parked cars and moving cars on the left (aka. what passes for a bike lane on some streets, Milwaukee to be ...

Posted on: 2008 May 22

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Summary of my saturday

Woke up at 5:45am Chilled, ate ramen 7:30am hopped on the bike with Jacqui and rode down to Lincoln Park and the just-opened-for-the-season Green City Market Bought a bunch of delicious food for dinner, watched people and dogs, laid in the grass. Watched Mayor Daley congratulate the operators of the market (it's the 10 year anniversary--just like Ars!) Stopped at Trader Joe's to pick up some items for the mashed potatoes (and wine) Chilled out at home for a while. Around 12:30pm, rode our bikes down to Division/Damen, got some sandwiches from Jimmy Johns and ate lunch in Wicker Park ...

Photos of us on our bikes at Critical Mass

Adam Turetzky emailed me last night with links to photos shot by user donsorsa at last month's Critical Mass. Surprisingly, two of them contained both me and Jacqui! Here's me: and of Jacqui--she's claims not to look very happy in this photo, but isn't sure why: Fun stuff! Thanks Adam!

Posted on: 2008 May 12

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Pedal bit me: blood

My foot slipped off my pedal on the way home today and it took a few good bites out of my leg. Thought I'd be a good internets person and take a short video and show the world.

Posted on: 2008 May 06

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Biking around Wicker Park

Rode to Walgreens to pick up some vital supplies and thought I'd try my hand at the Flip.

Bike ride on beautiful spring Chicago day

It was 60°F yesterday and it was the perfect opportunity to take Jacqui out and hit the pavement on her new bike. We rode from our place out to Lincoln Park zoo, saw all the animals and then rode down to North Avenue Beach, up and down the lakefront trail, and then took a break and snapped some photos: It was a great day. Jacqui's a little sore, but well worth it. Here's the whole Flick Set (18 photos) and a map of our photos and where they were taken.

Panaracer Tserv Tires

Anyone have any idea where I can buy non-black colored Panaracer Tserv 700Cx32 tires? They come in some cool colors (pink!) but it only seems possible to get them in black stateside. Another option are these Tufo Prestige tires: However, they seem kind of expensive for something I may not end up liking too much. The state of 700Cx32 tires is pretty drab. Black, black, black. Oooh wait this model has a reflective strip! Meh. Maybe I should just bite the bullet and get some 23mm wheels and never look back. The variety of tires for that width are pretty ...

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