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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 ...
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!
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.
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.
Posted on: 2008 April 06
Filed under: Biking, Fun, Health & Lifestyle, Life
animals, bicycles, bikes, biking, chicago, cycling, illinois, lakemichigan, lincolnparkzoo, northavenuebeach, zoo
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 ...
We're a biking team
This past Saturday, Jacqui got herself a new bike. She wrote about our trip to the Village Cycle Shop in Old Town and her new bike, a Gary Fisher Wingra. While there, I picked up a wireless bike computer, because, well, I've wanted one for a while and VCS was having a Spring super sale. When I got it home, it was missing a piece. I got the piece replaced today after work and got it all hooked up. Only problem? The damn thing doesn't work! I've tried aligning the magnet in a billion different ways, moving the sensor up ...
Lee's back wheel was stolen!
(not Lee's actual bike, but a reasonable approximation of what the scene looked like) As Jacqui, Lee, and I left work on Friday, we were talking about biking-related subjects. We opened the front door to our building and walked towards our customary bike rack thing. Lee's bike was U-locked to it, but I noticed something odd. His back wheel was missing! I asked Lee if he had taken his rear wheel up with him earlier (which would've been strange). He told me no and then noticed what I had seen. His rear wheel had been stolen! And not only had ...
Portland installs their first bike box
Portland has always been an extremely bike-friendly city. It looks to me like they're taking new steps to implement a project called bike boxes. These "boxes" look like color-coded areas within car lanes that add a good bit of padding to the area directly before intersections. Check out this photo for a good illustration (more photos): Flickr photo by BikePortland.org PortlandOnline describes them thusly: The bike box is an intersection safety design to prevent bicycle/car collisions, especially those between drivers turning right and bicyclists going straight. It is a green box on the road with a white bicycle symbol inside. ...
by Clint Ecker
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