I was on the way to a Wednesday night run with my neighbor when a friend called and asked, “so when are we meeting tonight for the bike event?” Tonight? Somehow I got the date wrong and thought it was tomorrow. So to make the event, I cut my run down to a 2.6 miles so I could get to New Belgium Brewery in time, or at least not *too* late.
Good thing Tori called — otherwise I’d have missed out on a fun evening of beer, bikes, and a documentary/info-session about how bicycles are benefiting the people of Ghana. Continue reading »
I was in Denver for the second time this month. This time, however, it wasn’t to see airplanes, but rather… bicycles! Continue reading »
Yesterday was a big day for my alma mater. In addition to being featured in the new Knight Rider last night, Stanford was the venue of the prologue in America’s premier bicycle stage race, the Tour of California. Too bad I did not know this yesterday, otherwise I would have watched the live video feeds for that online instead of wasting 15 minutes of my life watching Fox’s NASCAR commentators try to put together coherent sentences while drivers went round ‘n’ round in left-hand ovals. Continue reading »
Try as I might, I just could not catch up to him. Who? Bugs Bunny.
It’s not that Bugs was fast — in fact, he was rolling along so slowly on the back of a bike that even a girl pedaling a tricycle was able to keep up with a grin on her face. But Vikings, gladiators, and the Teletubbies (among others) blocked my approach and prevented me from talking with one of my favorite cartoon characters. Continue reading »
In Fort Collins — a bona fide bike-crazy town — it seems like bicycle events occur as frequently as Alberto Gonzales says “I do not recall.” Today was the Community Bike Fair in Old Town!
I met up with my friends Nick and Dana over there this morning in the hopes that we could find Nick a good deal on a new or used bike. While that didn’t happen, that was the only disappointment of the day, and a minor one at that. Continue reading »
A couple of years ago I thoroughly enjoyed Veloswap in San Francisco. I was thrilled, then, to see that there is also one in Colorado. So how does the Veloswap Denver compare to the SF show? Continue reading »
 "Kim Kirchen of the High Road team heads to the finish line. In the background is Hoover Tower on the Stanford campus. (Photo: Michael Maloney, SF Chronicle)")
