Category: bicycling

• shake ya ass

  June 18, 2013

  bicycling, commuting, entertainment, hobby, play, work

  Biking home from work I got stuck behind a guy who was showing off to anyone who would watch by leaning way back in his saddle and riding no-hands down the trail. We all felt so insignificant that we would never been as cool as he was. I would’ve passed him but, just as I… Read.

• drizzle drivel

  May 23, 2013

  bicycling, commuting, hobby, play, work

  It’s raining again. I don’t ride my bike to work in the rain because I bike to work in my work clothes and I want my clothes to be dry when I get there. Therefore, no bike ride today. Bummer. Read.

• great big cosmic f u

  May 3, 2013

  bicycling, commuting, daily drivel, hobby, story time, work

  I like to ride my bike to work, but I’ve always been a little skittish about it. I’m a fair-weather cyclist. I’ll ride when it’s sunny and warm out, but when the sky’s overcast, or the weatherman’s calling for more than a thirty percent chance of rain, I opt for the dry, warm safety of… Read.

• first ride of the 2013 season

  April 27, 2013

  bicycling, hobby, play

  To find out just how out-of-shape I’d become over the winter, I set out on my bike to ride around Lake Monona this morning. After being shut inside, slouched in a chair for so many months, my body feels more like a non-Newtonian fluid than flesh and bone, a puddle of slop that rears up… Read.

• Bicycling across the Brooklyn Bridge

  October 7, 2012

  bicycling, daily drivel, entertainment, hobby, My Darling B, O’Folks, play, story time, travel, vacation

  Crossing the Brooklyn Bridge was one of the items on our Tourist To-Do List, but how to do it was up for grabs until the day we showed up at the South Street Seaport for a tour and spied Blazing Saddles, a vendor that rented bicycles by the hour. Each came equipped with a map… Read.

• epic journey!

  September 3, 2012

  bicycling, daily drivel, entertainment, hobby, My Darling B, O’Folks, play, travel

  I don’t know if you realize this, but a historic journey of heroic proportions was completed yesterday. I’m talking, of course, about the bike ride My Darling B took with me all the way around Lake Monona. This 12-mile trip is probably longer than she’s ever traveled on her bike in one day. I knew… Read.

• Brooklyn Breakfast

  August 29, 2012

  beer, bicycling, commuting, daily drivel, food & drink, hobby, play, restaurants, work

  Rode my bike to work yesterday. The weather was flawless and perfect in every way, so I had to ride my bike. I would’ve hated myself all day if I hadn’t. Rode it to work again today. The weather tricked me this time. It was nice this morning, but on the way home I was… Read.

• ssdd

  June 14, 2012

  bicycling, commuting, daily drivel, food & drink, hobby, play, restaurants, work

  Not sure there was anything going on today worth talking about. Work was the same as always. Biked to work, so that was good. Biked home, too. That was a little buggy. And the Banzo cart was parked in the lot at the East Side Club, so we brought home a couple orders of falafels… Read.

• nuts

  May 18, 2012

  bicycling, commuting, daily drivel, entertainment, hobby, play, work

  Today was bike to work week. I biked to work. I biked to work every day this week except Thursday, when I took the car to work only because I had to go to a medical appointment later in the day. I still didn’t get a t-shirt. So, nuts to you, bike to work week. Read.

• sidecar

  April 27, 2012

  bicycling, daily drivel, entertainment, hobby, My Darling B, O’Folks, play, restaurants

  Stepping out from the patio after dinner at Mickey’s Tavern last night, we spotted this amazing tandem bike with attached sidecar and had to stop to take a good, long look at it. It appeared to be largely home made, and the side car was equipped with an electric motor to give an added assist… Read.