Ride Boldly!

1. No helmet on dude
2. No helmet on DAUGHTER
3. White visor always fashion faux pas
4. Midgrade 28c more than standard
5. Midgrade called “Silver”
6. Front tire low
7. Back tire flat
8. Seat too low
9. Cellphone use while riding
10. Flip flops
(Picture from Associated Press.)

Ah, springtime. There’s nothing quite like April showers, chirping birds, and lame ‘exposes’ by local news channels on scofflaw bicyclists.
More troubling than the pure gooey grah of such exposes is the viewer feedback on such hard-hitting journalistic glories. Skimming the comments, we have the usual cast of characters:

Cyclists don’t pay for roads and facilities and [...]

Spring is here. High gas prices are here, too.
With that comes a deluge of people asking: “What bike should I buy?” I end up answering that a lot for friends, relatives, random co-workers who see the picture of me and my husband on bikes I have in my office and who have heard rumors that [...]

Bicycle seat height is one of the most frequently misadjusted ‘fit’ features of a bicycle, and the easiest for the novice to fix.

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Bicycle, originally uploaded by Days Between Stations.

On this bicycle in Amsterdam, note the integrated front-end carrier. Most people use them for small children, although they seem handy for grocery runs too.

Isn’t it lovely when major research institutions tell us what we already know? Our pals at Harvard reveal today via press release that bicycling can cause man-issues.
Mind you, I know not from experience of having man-issues of such nature, but because, hey: It’s been all over the bike press for years and every saddle manufacturer [...]