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Cycling in Style
Stylish bike rider, French Quarter, New Orleans Despite the fact that (in additional to the least-cool) I am the least fashionable person on the planet I am interested in the idea of bicycling style,...
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A Thing of Beauty
I know I should not give things – physical objects – attributes beyond what they are – simply shapes of metal, rubber, and leather. Things are not as important as people. Bicycles…. umm, that’s another...
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Brakes
At a recent Vintage Bicycle Show I was fascinated by all the geriatric brake technology on display. For example, I have been interested in the Flying Pigeon Bicycle from China, though I don’t know if...
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Three Bicycling Stories
A Photograph Doesn’t Do Justice I like taking photographs, though it is ultimately a frustrating and futile exercise. I see an image in my mind and I want to commit it to pixels, but I never can. What...
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Vintage Bicycle on Magazine Street
Magazine Street, New Orleans Perfect urban bicycling… Mixte frame, rear rack, front basket, fenders, upright bars, warning bell, kickstand, chainguard, leather pants, red shoes.
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Blur
The Universal view melts things into a blur. —-Emile Cioran You must have a colorful fork. New Orleans, French Quarter I enjoy sitting at a little sidewalk table, sipping something – maybe my notebook...
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You Can’t Get There From Here
Though I am a ridiculous old fat man on a bicycle, I have been working on increasing my mileage and exploring how to integrate cycling into my daily activities better. My goal for 2013 is three...
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Les Ondines and Technium
Henri Laurens French 1885 – 1954 Les Ondines 1932 Placed in Memory of Ted Weiner 1911-1979 Les Ondines, Henri Laurens Raleigh Technium Technium 460 Raleigh USA 1986 Les Ondines, Henri Laurens Meyerson...
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Birds on a Sewer Line
Big Lake Park, Plano, Texas It was unusually warm this weekend and since I was behind schedule in bicycling miles for the year I decided to give a shot at catching up. After work on Friday I rode the...
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Stripped to Bare Steel
I want a new bicycle but I simply can’t afford one. So I’m making do. I’ve been riding my old Technium and it’s doing well. It’s a road bike and a lot of fun. Still, one of my long-term goals is to...
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Commuter Bike and Reunion Tower
My rebuilt commuter bike,and Reunion Tower. Taken from the abandoned parking garage next to where Reunion Arena used to be. Dallas, Texas My commuter bicycle with Reunion Tower in the background I...
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What I learned this week, May 3, 2013
Stylish bike rider, French Quarter, New Orleans Here’s What Americans Don’t Get About Cycling — And Why It’s A Problem Bike rider in front of the Winspear Opera House. If you are wondering, the photo...
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Commuter Bike
A long time ago, when I was a young, avid bicyclist I had a salesman call on me. He shared my love of the human-powered two-wheel machines. We’d grab a bite and talk bikes. I remember him telling me,...
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What I learned this week, May 10, 2013
May is National Bicycling Month, next week is Bike-to-Work week… and Friday, May 17th is National Bike to Work Day. Local groups are sponsoring “Energizer Stations” – I’ll visit the one at Arapaho...
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Bicycle Graffiti
Painted on a wooden fence in Denton, Texas This one had been defaced by someone that used white paint to add crude breasts. I photoshopped that out.You are welcome. This one had only been started. I...
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Bullsnake
I wanted to get in a (relative… for me) long bike ride today. I took my commuter bike and loaded it up with my Kindle, my camera, notebooks and pens, plus some extra water. My idea was to ride a bit,...
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Two Years and a Ride to Denton
I’ve now had this WordPress blog up for two years. I jumped in after a friend of mine, Peggy, started hers. Of course, I’ve done this before… As best as I can tell, back in the 1990s I was somewhere...
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Two Rides – Forney plus Dazed and Confused
As always, I slept later than I wanted to and had to hurry a bit. I loaded my bike into the Matrix and drove to Forney, Texas for a bike ride. Across the Metroplex cities and neighborhoods are...
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Digital Art – Bicycles
After having saved money for years I now have a graphics suite installed on a computer at home – Photoshop, The Gimp, Illustrator, and Corel Painter along with a Wacom Tablet. What I want to do is to...
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Craigslist Commuter
My old commuter bike I never noticed the Yosemite engraved on the seat tube until I removed the old paint. So, the other day I was riding my commuter bike. This is the ancient Yokota mountain bike I...
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