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The calm before the storm

Mon, 13 Aug 2007 13:28:01 -1000

This morning I dropped the kids off for school and went into town on my Fuji. I wanted to get a good ride in before the possibility of wet weather and wind on Tuesday to Wednesday with Hurricane Floss

Saturday ride with my new friends

Sat, 11 Aug 2007 12:10:22 -1000

I headed out early this morning to try to hook up with the Team Jet guys and gals at Kapioloni park. I was running late, and hopped on the Bacchetta and tried to get down to the park before the start

Great article in Momentum

Fri, 10 Aug 2007 18:28:11 -1000

I just stumbled on this at bikeportland.org. The cool e-zine Momentum has done a great article on the bike culture in Portland. My favorite quote, “Biking in Portland is like being gay in San Francis

The next big thing

Thu, 9 Aug 2007 15:45:40 -1000

With Interbike looming in the distance, one question remains: what will be the next big thing to hit bicycle market. Last year it seemed that everyone had a single speed fixie/ freewheel road bike in

Thursday ride

Thu, 9 Aug 2007 14:56:26 -1000

Another ride without the camera! OK, how about a nice shot of the cliffs of Molokai from the air. My wife works in the travel industry and puts together tours of the islands, and this was a promo air

The unlikely bicycle advocate

Wed, 8 Aug 2007 08:57:35 -1000

If you've been following bikeportland.org or the recumbentblog.com you already know of Congressman Pactrik McHenry’s speech blasting the democrats energy plan that includes bicycles as transportation.

Sunday Birthday Ride

Sun, 5 Aug 2007 14:02:37 -1000

I woke up early this morning to go on a ride to the windward side of Oahu. Waking up early is easy around here. The birds are singing all morning long, starting right at 6:00AM. The best kind of alarm

Night Ride

Sat, 4 Aug 2007 08:33:00 -1000

I didn’t take my camera on the ride, so please enjoy this photo of my daughter Alexa making here way to her “secret” boogie boarding beach. My camera is charged for the next ride! I went for a nice

Bike Friday Tickit review

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:53:10 -1000

The new Bike Friday Ticket has been reviewed by The Folding Society. Why is that important to a recumbent blog? Rob English is the co-designer of this little gem, and it really is a clever bike. It

The adventures of Greg

Mon, 30 Jul 2007 09:47:22 -1000

Greg Kolodziejzyk is an amazing individual. He has done very well with his streamliner “Critical Power” setting out and achieving his goal getting the world 24 hour record. Not to rest on his laurels

Pali lookout ride

Sun, 29 Jul 2007 22:22:20 -1000

I started off early this morning for my first “real” ride since moving to Oahu. My travel itinerary took me west from my home in Hawaii Kai to Wikikki, through Honolulu, then up and over the Pali High

Aloha!

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 22:20:12 -1000

So far so good! The island life has been treating me and my family well, and I really am enjoying it here. The weather is perfect for cycling and my daughters have become beach bums. Alexa loves to sn

Last post for a while

Sun, 15 Jul 2007 17:49:05 -1000

Today I will be packing up my computer as well as the rest of my belongings for the trip to Hawaii on Wednesday, so not much bloging between today and the next two weeks. If all goes well with the nex

STP 2007

Sun, 15 Jul 2007 16:19:44 -1000

The photo above is of my new friends in Seattle who were kind enough to let Chas and I stay the night prior to STP. Thank you Bill, Shella, Lisa, and Shawn for putting up with us. I had a really good

Mook on a mug

Mon, 9 Jul 2007 20:14:09 -1000

OK, so it started out as a joke on the Bacchetta thread when Phil's gal posted photos of RAAM on the Kodak site. There was my good friend Rich Pinto on a mug, just to entice you to buy one. Well I cou