Month: November 2007

Biking in Astoria

Don’t turn me, bro!

Nothing like a little body-on-car contact to remind you you’re alive. So a little before midnight I’m biking on 59th, crossing Madison. I’m one lane from the left. There’s a black stretch limo to my right (never where you want to be at an intersection, but there’s a lot of traffic). The limo starts turning…
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Like that’s a crime!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7095134.stm Bike sex man placed on probationA man caught trying to have sex with his bicycle has been sentenced to three years on probation. Robert Stewart, 51, admitted a sexually aggravated breach of the peace by conducting himself in a disorderly manner and simulating sex. Sheriff Colin Miller also placed Stewart on the Sex Offenders…
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Deer on bike

I like both bikes and venison. My friend sent me this picture from a while back. Now *that’s* a bike carry.

Portland, shmortland

I’m sick of reading about how cool Portland, Oregon is. But here’s yet another story… New York TimesNovember 5, 2007In Portland, Cultivating a Culture of Two WheelsBy WILLIAM YARDLEY PORTLAND, Ore. — Susan Peithman did not have a job lined up when she moved here in September to pursue a career in “nonmotorized transportation.” No…
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