We weren’t in New Zealand for long and it was closed. Early January is not, I repeat not a good time to visit cities in New Zealand. They’re closed for the holidays. Spooky tumbleweed quiet. In Wellington, I got a lead to go to the anarchist book store on the Left Bank off Cuba St…
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A month abroad and bike stories to share. From Portland, Wellington, Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney. I’ll start in chronological order. New Years in Portland, Oregon. Rumor has it that it’s a biking haven. Rumor has it the food is delicious. Rumor has it they drink a lot of coffee. I’m naturally suspicious of any place people…
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Can I say enough good about the new Pittsburgh bike map? I love bikes. I love maps. The designer was nice enough to chime in on a comment below (confirming the Ware-eskian influence). He has built a better bike map. I only hope the world comes beating a path to his door.This map isn’t just…
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I just got back from Pittsburgh, I city I didn’t know at all. Thanks to this blog, I was able to meet some of the fine journalists at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and talk about my upcoming book (don’t worry, I’ll tell you, too, when it’s out in May). I have this thing for rough-around-the-edges (post)…
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This is the coolest thing ever! If I lived somewhere with hills. I’ve always sort of dreamed of a sort of ski lift for bikes. I had no idea my dreams have been realized for over a decade, in Trondheim. Here’s the official PR:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtB8DX70ihM Here’s the renegade action shots:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j1PgmMbug8
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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Why is everything cool from Portland? And I’ve never been there. (and Portland Maine ain’t bad either, but that’s another story).Here a great blog about city biking. http://thecitybicycle.blogspot.com/. And they talk about 650B wheels. The Jopo looks like a great bike! But best of all is their link to Finish disco dancing lessons. And here’s…
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Some of you may know Hospitality Club(.org) or Couch Surfing(.com). These are places you can mooch free lodging from people and be nice and give people a place to stay. Great idea. My wife and I are actually members of the former, but we’ve never hosted anybody (or asked anybody for hospitality—when we travel, we…
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I need to mention that I feel a little better about passing on the Turkey to Greece bike trip. Even though it would have been memorable, and I would have remembered it for the rest of my life, and I would have gotten my name and picture in some Greek papers for bike riding… it…
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I haven’t been a bike in over a month. But that doesn’t mean I haven’t been looking. First, the bad news. Zora and I just passed up a chance to join a bike ride from Greece to Turkey: “Greece-Turkey: 2 Peoples– One Nature.” I strongly suspect I will regret this. The perhaps once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to…
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