My Atlanta Biking Experience

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Published Aug. 15, 2010 at 4:25 p.m.
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On my first day of work in Atlanta, this is the Creative Loafing I saw all around Ansley; I was very pleased. In the month that's followed, I've seen a number of cyclists--mostly men, mostly riding on the sidewalk--as I pass by on the bus. That's right, I said the bus. Unfortunately, my experience of cycling in Atlanta has been restricted to observing other cyclists. Perhaps there are morning people who could get up at 5 AM (or later-- since they're morning people and probably wake up with

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Helping others to enjoy bicycle touring

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Published Aug. 13, 2010 at 11:59 a.m.

A cyclist from the U.K. is riding across the U.S. on a bicycle with three goals in mind: To travel. To share. To inspire ... But Dominic Gill isn't making the journey alone. He's riding from the rear seat of a tandem bicycle that's outfitted so the captain sits in back and the stoker rides and pedals out front ... Gill's passengers are all people whose physical impairments would make it impossible for them to make the trip on their own ... Keith Rogers at the Las Vegas Review Journal writes

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Bike Seat Hack: Hacking Pudendal Nerve Entrapment

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Published Aug. 13, 2010 at 1:14 a.m.

Reader Joe from Michigan sent along a really awesome hack that literally saved his biking life. All of the text and pictures below are credited to Joe. If you have questions for Joe leave them in comments. _____________________________ On the topic of bike seats ... six years ago I had surgery to free up a trapped pudendal nerve (which is the major nerve "down there") I never thought I'd ride a bike again. This summer I bought one of those rectangular looking seats from Schwinn and gave it a

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Classic Bike Crime and Punishment Hack

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Published Aug. 11, 2010 at 12:52 a.m.

Reader David sent along a link to a hack that an inventor came up with in 1899 to help deter bicycle theft. Who knows if locks were in vogue two centuries ago, but this hack leads me to believe that bikes were left out a lot and people were growing frustrated with theft. The idea was to engage a needle that would stick up through the seat while the bicycle was not in use. The following text and picture are both credited to the blog Futility Closet: Apparently vexed by bicycle thieves, Adolph

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The Seat Cluster: a Starburst of Lugwork

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Published Aug. 10, 2010 at 9:15 a.m.
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One of my favourite parts of a bicycle frame's anatomy is what's called the "seat cluster" - the joint where the seat tube, the top tube, and the rear stays of the bicycle meet. If done nicely, the seat cluster can look like a beautiful starburst of lugwork, and that is what I love about it.  On the picture above is the very classic seat cluster on the Waja trackbike I rode in Vienna earlier this summer.  ... A similarly classic seat cluster on the Rivendell Sam Hillborne .  ... [image via

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Less Piggy Parking

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Published Aug. 8, 2010 at 2:06 p.m.
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Now I'm Only Using Half the Rack. You can See how Close the Hedge Is ... In my earlier post, PM Summer commented that I was locking properly, if not correctly. He was polite enough to not mention that I was sorta hogging the whole bike rack; a byproduct of never seeing other bikes at the gym. Well, I've reformed - a bit. Below, you can see a closeup of the actual locking technique. As you can see, the mini U lock goes around the rear rim and the cable secures the front wheel. A thief would have

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Breaking 50

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Published Aug. 8, 2010 at 12:17 a.m.
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Taking the bull by the horns! ... The Cannibal was itching to have the famous hour record amongst his lengthy palmares. And, on October 25, 1972 in the rarify air of Mexico City, Merckx set a record of 49.431km (30.715 mi) which stood for a long 12 years ... In January 1984, Francesco Moser ventured to Mexico City in the hope to better Eddy Merckx's hour record. Moser brought with him a carefully planned training & medical preparation. His 'funny bike' as it was called, was designed in the

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Foam Bike Seat Hack

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Published Aug. 3, 2010 at 12:01 a.m.

I have seem some strange seat hacks in my day, and as it turns out so has Reader Gavin who spotted an unusual seat hack in Australia. The text and picture below is credited to Gavin and you can see additional photos of the seat hack via his Flick photostream (qladgavin): I took some pictures of a saddle hack I came across outside the medical school at Bond University on the Gold Coast, Australia. The uni is the only private one in Australia, named after the very successful businessman (and

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New Bike for a Friend

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Published Aug. 2, 2010 at 9:20 a.m.
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I get the fun job of helping a friend shop for a new city bike. She's mother to two, so the bike must carry the 18 month old, and in this case reliability trumps aesthetics. I'd still like to find her something cute, and regular readers know I'm a bit out of my element when it comes to new bike shopping, I'm a vintage bike kind of girl. But as I adjusted my brakes yet again this morning I knew that I should limit this bike search to new bikes. I thought I'd list my thoughts and hope that you,

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Two Boston Beauties: Rare Vintage Raleighs

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Published July 31, 2010 at 8:23 p.m.
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Today I visited the bicycle collector Neal Lerner and photographed some of his beautiful bikes. I am posting pictures of these two in particular - not only because they are rare and stunning, but because the owner is offering them for sale [ note: both bicycles are now sold ]. Here is more about the bicycles, for your viewing pleasure and for longevity: ... The loop-frame bicycle is a 1938 Raleigh Lady's Tourist . This model was the predecessor to the DL-1 ...  The frame is 22" with 28"

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