Author: jedreynolds
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Tips for Teaching Bicycling (ibike.org)
Good set of tips for teaching kids to ride bikes. Wish I had done my homework and read this before embarking on teaching Liam. I might have had a much easier time of it. Tip for Teaching Bicycling / Learning to Bicycle Ride.
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Profile: Hilary Archbold (bikecommuters.com)
Hilary Archbold is a mother, grad student, and bicycle commuter in Ann Arbor. I love this quote because this summer I watched bicycle balance “click” with my own son: My daughter was a very shaky beginning bicyclist when we got to the island, and by the end of the week made the eight mile trip…
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Bellingham nurse practitioner bicycles! (bellinghamherald.com)
Jody Hoppis is a great example of why Bellingham is 10th in the nation for bicycle commuting. She should be a great inspiration to other mothers in Bellingham to at least bicycle their kids to the grocery store more often. I got around all winter last year on my mountain bike. Getting around this winter might…
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DIY Helmet Visor
The dinky visor that came with my inexpensive Bell helmet is a joke. It does not help with the low-angle sun in the fall. It will not help with a downpour of rain. So, like a good mechanic, I cut apart a gallon water jug, and tacked the two side panels I cut out under…
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Tough winter looms for Pa. Nw (Seattle PI)
Good time to order my Schwalbe Winter Marathons. http://www.seattlepi.com/local/427725_weather04.html
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Diane Dulkan’s “Joyride”
I bet if you like to read while you drive like when you’re puttering along in rush hour molasses, this book would make you bike to work the next day. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/blackberry/p.html?id=696058
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Destroy Your Food Stock Without Due Process? (Hartke)
FDA to US: You have no right to consume the food of your choice. US: We are too stupid to learn about healthy food, even though our ancestors might have thrived on it for thousands of years. Lead us, masters…baaaaa!…baaaaa! Family Farm Ordered to Destroy 50,000 Pounds of Cheese | Hartke Is Online!.
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Year-Round Cycle Commuter Gear Givaway?
I don’t know if I count as inside a “major metro area”, but I certainly haven’t commuted by car in almost two years. Sounds like Ergon has some stuff to give away.
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We Make Our Culture
…and we debate our culture a lot. It is interesting to me the difference between the passive observer and the hopeful evangelist. This bike forums thread is a perfect cap to my trip: a very two sided discussion about the power of cars in the Angeleno (and American culture). We are faced with peak oil,…
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Game Play and War
This NPR episode delves into discussion on the difference between play fighting and actual fighting. Apparently this difference is wired into people and dogs and presumably many other animals. So when you see your kids play fighting, think about when dogs play fight. Surprise–this same instinct is engaged during video game play. The non-gamer video-game…
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