tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60072114600923972252024-02-07T15:56:07.181-08:00SOCIAL BIKING BLOGBikes and accessories, reviews, touring, discussions, photos, open comments. Gordon Inkeleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04890592255192348391noreply@blogger.comBlogger455125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6007211460092397225.post-68563593932423352702022-05-11T20:05:00.005-07:002022-05-16T13:28:49.642-07:00BARBARA FROM B.C. on her way home<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMdjRGUsLdSgARt9NX1ar05e7T0Imh-B58NffEycCxAZH3mXMUi55h5W0OIvSMA3wYaztyaXO52NB1c8mWDgXxGJ73oHzcs0ADaag9Gy2oA6JL0OOHjdhcg0_EmKxHFiHiyQm2SCIdZuR96IWWSpy9KeJ1OCDDstcJVPhNCpoFKRfag4sbD0gdiaKWJQ/s4032/IMG_6549.jpeg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMdjRGUsLdSgARt9NX1ar05e7T0Imh-B58NffEycCxAZH3mXMUi55h5W0OIvSMA3wYaztyaXO52NB1c8mWDgXxGJ73oHzcs0ADaag9Gy2oA6JL0OOHjdhcg0_EmKxHFiHiyQm2SCIdZuR96IWWSpy9KeJ1OCDDstcJVPhNCpoFKRfag4sbD0gdiaKWJQ/s400/IMG_6549.jpeg"/></a></div>
Riding norht into the wind, Barbara was 1,000 miles from home--and smiling. Bike touring...try it and see for yourself. Gordon Inkeleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04890592255192348391noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6007211460092397225.post-39016360769619830542021-08-25T13:04:00.005-07:002021-08-27T17:55:14.083-07:00Rick Gilbert Pacific Coast Tour<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgko24OmyDmGM2WIAtNTZWQlLxA7dbLZwchwq4LaWLR6LaUSs8TUPb3oY06us5-jq2sWpJ2o03whjiZnTSeoAB8IBpmh4d7PnMiqBZN6geiQCzHidH1P737lY1Y-nCLm75gmPVAmy5JNpEz/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgko24OmyDmGM2WIAtNTZWQlLxA7dbLZwchwq4LaWLR6LaUSs8TUPb3oY06us5-jq2sWpJ2o03whjiZnTSeoAB8IBpmh4d7PnMiqBZN6geiQCzHidH1P737lY1Y-nCLm75gmPVAmy5JNpEz/w640-h480/IMG_5258.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />If Covid 19 has you down, how about a solo bike ride down the west coast of North America? When Rick turned 65 he decided to take on the American Pacific Coast with his electric bike. I ran into him near The Hammond Trail and we rode south to Arcata. We met again the next day for breakfast at Brio on the Arcata Plaza. That could be your story if you had Rick's electric-assisted bike and some time on your hands. <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUd2oTFnbnH1i3MVQFQM23aTXno7ciMvcOypoHPipI4ucQxUGdVXOy-tFXej8lEzgjtx6u_gtt5JEnAz4E_6txVn39MY8I8RBVoDpO_tOWNz9hYG9ezzcCfCcZirqaHYlV2L1lm_SF-SK8/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUd2oTFnbnH1i3MVQFQM23aTXno7ciMvcOypoHPipI4ucQxUGdVXOy-tFXej8lEzgjtx6u_gtt5JEnAz4E_6txVn39MY8I8RBVoDpO_tOWNz9hYG9ezzcCfCcZirqaHYlV2L1lm_SF-SK8/w640-h480/IMG_5261.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4c60VnGZzR1W0vNM1P5lcL-rklNdo-1vhcbWtVogQ8igVqi8QhP_MdqZGujuHQ8QMuKT9K0Ot-6R7dl0iNsGB2F9DZL8wBOVuZQzN_8524g9oy74ag8HH2FbCk_le5TbLQKBaJDVXU17v/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="397" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4c60VnGZzR1W0vNM1P5lcL-rklNdo-1vhcbWtVogQ8igVqi8QhP_MdqZGujuHQ8QMuKT9K0Ot-6R7dl0iNsGB2F9DZL8wBOVuZQzN_8524g9oy74ag8HH2FbCk_le5TbLQKBaJDVXU17v/w529-h397/IMG_5267.jpeg" width="529" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Fabric chain = no oily stains</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0o-4Vu-pfQR2JfznmcY3zdmSzerBcoYCXUfkoaVd4iI3CaCLb9TOlpP2yLijRtXIfszHHYYZJFGBH_YmH0JN9meqpDyohgVdOLkxssGmvFcK5UA6f6ou8ubz442UMiDcQUw2b5roBCfke/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0o-4Vu-pfQR2JfznmcY3zdmSzerBcoYCXUfkoaVd4iI3CaCLb9TOlpP2yLijRtXIfszHHYYZJFGBH_YmH0JN9meqpDyohgVdOLkxssGmvFcK5UA6f6ou8ubz442UMiDcQUw2b5roBCfke/w640-h480/IMG_5270.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><span style="text-align: left;">On first glance, you don't realize this is an e-bike. No telltale battery bulges, no exposed wires. To further simplify, this bike replaces the oily chain with a fabric belt. Rick rode south planning to put the bike to the test on steep, windy Route 1 which runs along the ocean cliffs from Humboldt County to San Francisco and south. Proving? That life without Covid goes on and so does fun. </span></div></div></div></div><p></p>Gordon Inkeleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04890592255192348391noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6007211460092397225.post-26384979409643350482018-07-01T08:28:00.001-07:002019-09-07T10:57:48.042-07:00Bike Sharing Comes to Arcata<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Brand new and ready to go on the Arcata Plaza we now have <a href="https://www.zagster.com/" target="_blank">Zagster</a> bikes with basket and lock included. Blocks from the gorgeous new Arcata Marsh bike trail.<br />
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Members The Latte Warriors, my Sunday riding group, inspecting the new rental bikes. Humboldt State University has two kiosks. An additional one will soon be available just a few blocks away at the Arcata Coop market. I'm planning to review this service here on the blog.<br />
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Not Holland, not Denmark. A new bike bridge across an estuary of Arcata Bay.<br />
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Willard Foote combing biking and birding along Arcata Bay</div>
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Three miles from the starting point the trail exits to Route 101's bike lane, a corridor of evenly crushed red rock. A separate 4 mile dedicated bike trail is under construction from this point to Eureka. When that's completed you will be able to ride on dedicated waterfront bike trails from Humboldt State University in Arcata to the south end of Eureka.<br />
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Essential trail organizers Dennis Rael and Rees Hughes chart the trail's future at the Arcata Marsh Interpretive Center.<br />
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Doug Ingold and Carolyn Lehman near the south end of the trail. The railroad authority wouldn't grant the bike trail a "rails to trails" easement which would have made the project less costly. So now we have a beautiful new bike trail that runs next to an abandoned railroad. </div>
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My longtime Sunday cycling group "The Latte Warriors" have had only a three or four reliable rides to choose from on our narrow coast. Today we added a new one.</div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Humboldt County cyclists have been working on variations of <span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">a cit<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">y-to-city</span></span> bike trail (4 miles of dotted lines on the map between the two cities) for more than 25 years. Ten years ago I sat through a presentation at Arcata City Hall given by a team of "Transportation Infrastructure Consultants" from Sacramento. Beware of any committee that employs the word "infrastructure" in its title.</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I drew a bike rack, a woman on the other side of the table added dotted lane markers. </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"Hey, you can do better than that." </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">said a smiling infrastructure consultant. "</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">T</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">hink BIG, think <i>outside of the box</i>!" </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Minutes later a two lane bridge over the Freeway appeared then...rest areas with swings and sandboxes, </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">fish ponds, </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">a baseball diamond, a snack bar, bird feeders. Bike racks popped up everywhere. "Wow! <u>Better</u> than Sedona!" exclaimed the infrastructure consultants. Then they packed up the white boards, drove back to Sacramento and billed the city a million bucks.</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But now, thanks to Humboldt County trail activists like Rees Huges and Dennis Rael we are dealing directly with Caltrans, builder of </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">actual </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">roads, bridges and tunnels all over California. They are at work constructing miles of beatiful bike trail through the Arcata Marsh as I write this. With a community buy-in for the dotted line portion they are prepared to finish the trail. </span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Jeff Bezos is a Twitter friend of mine. The other day he asked all of us Twitter friends to suggest a worthwhile social investment project.</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Jeff, by simply finishing the Rte 101 bike path through Oregon and tacking on the North Coast of California and Southern Washington you could link Seattle with Eureka. If this were Denmark or Holland, it would have happened twenty years ago. Seriously.</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Anyway, Jeff, when the project is finished you're invited to bike down to Arcata and stay at my place while you're in town.</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">In case that scenario doesn't pan out, you, dear reader, are invited to support The Humboldt Bay Bike Trail.</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On day one after the trail opens life will change permanently around here. Students and workers who can't afford Arcata rents will begin to commute from Eureka, whole families will weekend on the trail, tourists will return to beautiful Humboldt Bay and joy bikers like me will be out there daily. Thousands of car and truck miles will not be driven. The treacherous route 101 "safety zone"will become bike free. Waist lines will shrink. Smiles will happen. </span></span></b><br />
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Amsterdam train station, 2007. Every Dutch city has a train station with parking for bicycles. Build it, America, and they will come.Gordon Inkeleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04890592255192348391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6007211460092397225.post-91717203372218473792015-06-28T10:28:00.004-07:002021-08-26T13:43:04.668-07:00Starting Biking at 73, Part !!<div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.38;">
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<span style="font-size: 14.666666666666666px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I’m sure there are other ways and means beyond bikes and meditation mats to “get” to where I “got” today. I urge every person reading this to find his way and means to that place--a place where remembrance of ancestors, gods, and heroes becomes grateful (and grace-full) mindfulness of the here and now. “It is all one day,” Tennessee Williams wrote in his last play. I hope to resume that day ASAP, or, at least, the next time I bike. In the meantime, thank you, Ornette; and thank you, Gordon. The three of us are still tuned in to God’s radio.</span></div>
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The beautiful <a href="http://redwoods.info/showrecord.asp?id=1600" target="_blank">Hammond Trail</a> will soon cross Little River on a separate bicycle bridge, and connect Clam Beach with Scenic Drive, thus permanently eliminating a long Freeway hill for riders to and from Trinidad! This means you will be able to ride from gorgeous <a href="http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=417" target="_blank">Patrick's Point State Park</a>, six miles north of Trinidad, all the way to Eureka without entering a Freeway.<br />
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<a href="http://lostcoastoutpost.com/2015/jun/18/hammond-trail-will-soon-extend-north-moonstone-bea/" target="_blank">The Lost Coast Outpost has details</a>. Take note west coast bike tourists!Gordon Inkeleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04890592255192348391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6007211460092397225.post-59309361106362853482015-06-07T14:14:00.002-07:002015-06-23T12:45:34.032-07:00ARCATA'S NEW BIKE PATH ACROSS TOWN IS HAPPENING!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Behold!</b> After 22 years of meetings, studies and consultants, we are finally getting it built!<br />
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This part of the path will lead to a spot near Humboldt State University.<br />
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Big, wide and beautiful. Yes, it <i>will</i> be beautiful.<br />
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Next up: Connect Arcata and Eureka, a few miles along beautiful Arcata Bay. The old Railroad Easement or a place nearby is the likely route.Gordon Inkeleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04890592255192348391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6007211460092397225.post-28826208287525412322015-05-07T12:29:00.001-07:002015-06-10T14:28:51.508-07:00An Old Friend Starts Biking at 73. Discovers "Hard Fun" and "Preordained Gladness"<h4>
I haven't seen Dave Federman since we were students at The University of Pittsburgh half a century ago. We've stayed in touch online, however, and continue to share a passion for jazz and poetry. I mentioned my cycling but it didn't go much further. Then...voila!</h4>
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<b>BIKE-BORNE / BIKE-REBORN</b><br />
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I'm back in the saddle again. And since this saddle belongs to a <a href="http://www.trekbikes.com/us/en/bikes/city/recreation/verve/verve_3/" target="_blank">Trek Verve 3</a>, it is cushy enough to be 'mindful' of my aging posterior and the woes like hemorrhoids it is heir to. To be honest, I wouldn't be taking my second stab at the bike life if it wasn't for a bike like this that is designed for city streets and straits. You don't have to travel far by car or bike in Philadelphia and its suburbs to encounter simulations of or equivalents to off-road challenges. The makers of my bike must have foreseen the often corrugated stretches of street I must pedal in pursuit of the 'la bell vie ambulatoire'. Thanks to shock absorbers and other components of stress-reduction technology, the winter-ravaged streets pose less danger and discomfort than when I took to these less-ravaged streets a year ago on my oversized racer that I was told would make a man out of me.<br />
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To the contrary, my first bike's height nearly unmanned me. After three serious spills, the last of which almost justified a trip to the emergency room, my wife forbade further treks on that macho speedster. Something like a <a href="http://www.trekbikes.com/us/en/bikes/city/recreation/verve/verve_3/" target="_blank">Trek Verve</a> 3 17.5" was a pre-condition for any return to biking.<br />
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My reasons for giving the bike life a second try are typical and sensible for men my age. At 73, I am well-aware of the need for daily exercise. <b>We have a stationary bike in the basement</b> that is ideal for short attempts at physical fitness. <b>But it is boring</b>. So I have broken every resolution for continual usage.<br />
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Outdoor biking, on the other hand, <b>adds meta-physical to physical fitness</b> as you become a fast-forward urban/urbane Thoreau whizzing past suburban splendors. Sometimes there are even <b>high-impact haiku impingements</b> of external reality. And I don't mean the bells and horns of approaching bikes, busses, cars and trucks. I mean <b>bird-trills and dog-barks, butterfly and blue jay sightings--things that make you stop hating your neighbor or yourself, and make you feel pre-ordained to gladness</b>. Indeed, I started writing this essay while biking a few days ago--that is, when the Force (of my burgeoning stamina) joined me in a brief foretaste of abundance.<br />
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<b>Stamina is a grand, glorious and, above all, attainable objective of biking</b>. It encompasses things seen and unseen, as well as aids and abets concentration and patience. No wonder I am amazed and embarrassed to see how much of this precious resource I lost between my last bike ride in the Fall and my first this April. Thankfully, stamina returns, or, maybe I should say, resumes. In any case, my wife, and biking partner, is telling me not to push the return to previous fitness levels. "You're not in training for a competition," she reminds me when she sees me in full self-punishing, hair-shirt, endurance mode. Instead, she advises me to see <b>biking as a mixture of meditation and yoga, not merely a sport or athletic interest.</b><br />
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This brings me to my own private purpose for writing this short essay. During my first biking incarnation, I saw this pastime as hard work. During my second biking incarnation, I see it as what I call "<i><b>hard fun.</b></i>" So this time I look forward to the exertion rather than dreading it. Hell, I even find myself upshifting on declines to take the opportunity for easy exercise rather than mere gliding. Then when I face the uphill climbs, and the number of my grunts per minute are equal to those on a Perez Prado record, the effort seems as rewarding as learning to dance the mambo and, more challengingly, the tango.<br />
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So there you have it: I'm bike-borne as well as bike-reborn. I don't know where it will lead or if it will last. For now, however, it's nice to think I have joined millions of others who heard and heeded the call of the open road disguised as a bike path.<br />
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--David Federman, <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ardmore,+PA/@39.993353,-75.295737,3a,75y,265.39h,94.97t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sG6r4ARVd6TaQKavgB70l2Q!2e0!4m2!3m1!1s0x89c6c062744ff33f:0xf22f9dbef7182e3e!6m1!1e1" target="_blank">Ardmore, PA</a>, May 7, 2015Gordon Inkeleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04890592255192348391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6007211460092397225.post-76048808225381601502015-05-03T17:45:00.003-07:002015-05-03T18:10:24.184-07:00Portland Crime Down in Every Major Category except ONEHolland has the <b><span style="color: red;"><a href="http://bikeportland.org/2015/04/30/portland-crime-plummeted-every-major-category-except-one-142503" target="_blank">SAME PROBLEM</a></span></b>: everyone has a bike and every bike needs a 15 pound lock!<br />
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This beauty had been secured to a heavy duty bike staple which was imbedded in the sidewalk:<br />
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<br />Gordon Inkeleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04890592255192348391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6007211460092397225.post-72276121818515820542015-04-21T18:11:00.003-07:002015-04-28T12:11:12.297-07:00Beachcomber Bayside, Parking Lot<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-bDKPnTTkBHqJgudMsL2te89YRi6963FLuDM02khCNbin3V-5GsTiuE4zG7eI8O_jxXhPRebylzotqz1MY9CPZi2drgsuXrDUi3FqgUcXbQJ6xa3p3aYHtSt78iJJMfYinC8VCpEtywcn/s1600/burros.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-bDKPnTTkBHqJgudMsL2te89YRi6963FLuDM02khCNbin3V-5GsTiuE4zG7eI8O_jxXhPRebylzotqz1MY9CPZi2drgsuXrDUi3FqgUcXbQJ6xa3p3aYHtSt78iJJMfYinC8VCpEtywcn/s1600/burros.jpg" height="480" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>My Yelp Review (below) of the Beachcomber Cafe which has multiple racks for bikes and/or Donkeys: </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I eat here all the time and always look forward to my next visit. Great staff. Wireless network. Newspapers. Quite bluesy live guitar music on Saturday. Big stack of New Yorkers and Atlantic in the free lending library. Great place to meet for coffee or lunch or just schmooze. No paper cups or junk food. It's an old world coffee house, not a vending machine.<br /><br />On sunny days try the outside garden patio. Why aren't there more places like this?</div></div></div>Gordon Inkeleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04890592255192348391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6007211460092397225.post-7985249815866887082015-02-24T15:34:00.001-08:002015-04-26T11:19:15.364-07:00The (only) Stein Electric<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Beau Seymour had a thought: why not combine a high end German trike with a truly serious electric propulsion system capable of going 50 (!) or more miles between charges? You can't buy anything remotely like the trike he built, but I'm here to tell you it's a firecracker.<br />
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It practically flies up hills. I know this because sixty seconds after meeting me Beau handed over the trike for a test ride. He built this creature himself and he's proud of his work.<br />
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"I didn't intend to make this electric, says Beau, but I was living in a little town with lots of hills." You haven't seen a bike with chain paths like this because Beau has the only one.<br />
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Two minutes after my test ride, Mary Wheatley, a stalwart Latte Warrior, was off on one of her own. Like me, she found it difficult to end the test ride.<br />
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Beau isn't a professional bike dealer or manufacturer; just a very handy guy. But when he entered a bike show contest--his homemade creation won "BEST OF SHOW." That gave him the chance to introduce Eco-Speed, the motor manufacturer, to Steiner, the trike manufacturer. Sparks flew, he says, so we may see more "super trikes" soon.<br />
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When he turned 50 6' 6" Frank Ostertag declared: "<i>Live your dream now before it's too late</i>!"<br />
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Frank's "<i>dream</i>" turned out to be flying from Hamburg, Germany to Toronto, Canada with a custom made steel touring bike, then battling north across The Shield though thousands of miles of fierce crosswinds. ("I saw the dark side there. I'm never going back.") In The Yukon when his rim gave way he asked directions to the nearest bike shop. A local said "Do you realize that for the next 250 Km there is NOTHING?"<br />
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So Frank rode south on his broken rim with 20+ kg of luggage and a collection of Canadian license plates that he picked up off the road—all the way back across The Shield. Many, many, many miles later he pulled into my driveway just ahead of the rain, our first Warm Showers guest. Canadian customs had confiscated his license plates but Frank was still smiling.<br />
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We served up hot showers, warm meals and two days of rest. Frank makes an interesting house guest who doesn't hesitate to speak his mind. After conquering The Shield, you don't waste time beating around the bush. He's exceedingly polite and will do his best to appraise the value of everything in sight.<br />
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McKinleyville Mark lives just a half a block from The Hammond Trail, Humboldt County's premiere bike destination. Work is 20 miles away on a construction site in Arcata and as Mark puts it, "I just don't have the calories to build all day <i>and</i> bike."<br />
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Since he's a resourceful guy he looked around on Ebay and found the components to convert his <a href="http://www.cannondale.com/2012-bad-boy-9-20108" target="_blank">Cannondale Bad Boy</a> to an electric bike. Mark selected a lithium battery, which weighs much less than lead and last a lot longer. He saved hundreds over a factory built E-bike conversion. In fact the whole conversion cost Mark about $1,000. According to Consumer Reports, a median priced new car <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://consumerreports.org/cro/2012/12/what-that-car-really-costs-to-own/index.htm?loginMethod=auto" target="_blank">COSTS MORE THAN $9,000 A YEAR TO OWN</a>. </span><br />
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Mark in motion. His E-bike is easy to ride and exhilarating. In Europe, where gas costs $10 a gallon, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/19/business/e-bike-sales-are-surging-in-europe.html?module=Search&mabReward=relbias%3Aw&_r=0" target="_blank">E-bikes are everywhere</a>. </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6007211460092397225.post-44667696884031541782014-07-27T16:42:00.001-07:002014-12-08T09:34:32.646-08:00"The bikes, they completely explode"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
For years <a href="http://www.rivbike.com/Articles.asp?ID=329" target="_blank">Rivendell</a> and a few other steel bike manufacturers have been sounding<br />
a lonely alarm on the potential dangers of making critical bike parts out of carbon fiber. Generally, they were dismissed as hopeless reactionaries. Sure maybe a few very <i>early</i> carbon fiber bike frames failed now and then and an occasional fork collapsed without warning, but that was decades back in the "developmental" period. Not only were today's Carbon fiber frame sand forks completely safe, they were "stronger than steel" and weighed a fraction as much! Carbon fiber bikes finished ahead of steel every time.<br />
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The Lance wannabes rushed forward, credit cards in hand. Carbon Fiber spread from forks, to frames to wheels. It became difficult to find a serious bike that <i>wasn't</i> built from carbon fiber.<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6007211460092397225.post-4851707365613263222014-05-29T12:40:00.000-07:002014-12-03T09:36:24.571-08:00Kyle Jensen, Bike Tourist<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Walking down Old Arcata Road yesterday evening I ran into Kyle Jensen, who had just started thinking about a camping spot. He started his trip in Bodega Bay, California a few days back and was heading north--against the wind--to Portland. Dusk was gathering and the nearest campground would have sent Kyle backwards on the road he had just biked. Kyle looked tired and he had good vibes. So he spent the night at my place.<br />
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Here's Kyle on The Hammond Trail taking off for Redwood National Park and points north this morning. Bon Voyage! </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6007211460092397225.post-53662721581459236512014-04-10T09:43:00.005-07:002014-12-03T09:40:23.758-08:00Ride in the shade all day: Da Brim<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Cyclists must fend off an ever-increasing flood of "essential accessories" all of which demand space on our handlebars, frame or in our pockets. Here's one you shouldn't ride without.<br />
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If your helmet provides imperfect crash protection, it offers virtually nothing at all in the way of sun protection. I live in coastal California where I can ride on just about on any day of the year. I draw the line at heavy rain; a few determined riders simply dress for it. But even when it does rain, balmy summery weather is rarely more than a week away. And then I really need sun protection well beyond the ribbon of shade that's provided by a clip-on helmet visor.<br />
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When it comes to skin protection, Physicians repeat a familiar mantra which <a href="http://bikesocial.blogspot.com/2014/03/is-your-bike-destroying-your-health.html" target="_blank">cyclists should take seriously</a>: sun exposure damage is cumulative and every little bit counts against you. Before you leave on a bike ride cover <u><b>all</b></u> exposed skin--including the scalp and especially the tops of the ears--with an SPF 30 or higher sun screen. Reapply every two hours.<br />
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The clip on visors that some helmets include are little more than cosmetic enhancements. A two inch ribbon of shade may cut a bit of glare if the sun angle is right, but don't count on a visor for skin protection, shade or significant glare reduction. For all that you need <a href="http://www.dabrim.com/html/products/cycling.htm" target="_blank">Da Brim</a>.<br />
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This photo was taken on my Northwest tour last summer. As you can see the sun was directly overhead and there was no shade to be had anywhere except on my face, exactly where I wanted it. Thanks to Da Brim my whole face, ears and neck stayed out of the sun. This is the larger "<a href="http://www.dabrim.com/html/products/cycling/compare.htm" target="_blank">Classic</a>" model with a wide brim that provides 360 degree shade. The optional <a href="http://www.dabrim.com/html/products/cycling/front_stabilizer.htm" target="_blank">front stabilizer</a> fastener is particularly useful for recumbent riders since it helps keep the larger unit in place on fast descents. I particularly appreciated the significant glare reduction that lasted all day long.<br />
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The smaller clip on version does a nice job shading your face. Steve Sipma (above) toured Washington and Oregon on his ultra light Bachetta wearing a <a href="http://www.dabrim.com/html/products/cycling/rezzo.htm" target="_blank">Rezzo Helmet Visor</a><br />
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Noreeen Sipma managed to shade her whole face at midday with a Rezzo. Note the rider behind her had to put up with full sun on the face. And it was HOT!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6007211460092397225.post-68852210172577197892014-03-23T00:02:00.003-07:002022-01-23T19:03:12.164-08:00Is Your Bike Destroying Your Health? <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Richard Wolf M.D. (retired) has completed 15 century rides and many long tours. He rides both upright and recumbent bikes and has done so for decades. Cycling is one of the great pleasures in life.; we all know the health benefits. Richard knows the risks too, has seen the <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/guest-cycling-smart-wear-helmet-article-1.1374269" target="_blank">consequences</a> of ignoring those risks and can tell you how much the surgeries cost.<br />
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Hopefully you have already considered the <a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Ride-a-Bike-Safely" target="_blank">safety basics</a>. But <i>stuff</i>, as they say, happens. Perhaps the numbness you've noticed in your hands, across your neck and shoulders and throughout your crotch actually is, as you've been telling yourself, only temporary. If it isn't, Dr. Wolf has some advice for you.<br />
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The human wrist structure is not designed to support half the weight of the body under constant vibration for hours at a time. If you ignore this inconvenient anatomical fact of life and try to "ride through the pain" something can--and will--give way.<br />
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Carpal tunnel surgery runs about $5--10,000. But if the tiny and quite vulnerable Hamate bone is stressed to the point of fracture, you're faced with a more complex and expensive surgical repair. <br />
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Then it's back into the drop position on the new Trek, right? Yes, your bike is faster if you bend forward. But after Carpal Tunnel surgery that speed boost comes at some cost to your wrists.<span style="color: red;"> With luck you might be able to repeat the surgery once; with lots of luck twice. After that your wrists and hands stop functioning.</span><br />
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Consider the drop position minus a bike. To gain speed and efficiency you sit well above the handlebars, bend over double concentrating half your body weight on your wrists. The ergonomics--adapting yourself to the needs of a machine for the sake of speed and efficiency--couldn't be worse.<br />
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Can you imagine assuming this posture <i>without a bike</i> for a four hour exercise session?<br />
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<b><i>Recommendation: Set up your handlebars level with your seat with the bar ends pointing toward you. T</i></b><b><i>o reduce stress on the neck with</i></b><b><i> drop bars raise them 3 inches. Vary your hand position frequently during a ride, especially when riding with drop bars. </i></b><br />
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The SPF ratings on skin protection creams levels off at SPF 30 (30X more protection than no cream). You can certainly pay more for "higher" SPF ratings but you won't gain any significant protection. Protect your skin by reapplying skin cream every two hours, something few cyclists bother to do. Don't stop with the body parts you see in a mirror. The top of the scalp and ears are particularly important.<br />
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<span style="color: red;">If you notice scaly deposits on your face, scalp or the tops of your ears take it as a warning and see a dermatologist.</span> You may be able to intercept a pre-cancerous condition. Costs for removal are about $500.<br />
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Riding fast or into headwinds greatly increases the risk to your eyes. <b> </b>There are nasty bugs out there and you will get in their way on a bike.<br />
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Food supplements are not food, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/15/opinion/sunday/skip-the-supplements.html?_r=0" target="_blank">may not be safe and are not regulated</a>. To put it bluntly, <span style="color: red;">when you swallow an unregulated supplement, you have no way of knowing what you are putting into your body.</span> Don't waste your money and take needless health risks by consuming weird substances that make wild promises. Pills, "supplements" and snake oil "remedies" don't belong in a "health food" store. </div>
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Your ultra light, extremely narrow, super firm racing seat is pressing hard against some of the most delicate tissue in the body. At no time in evolutionary history have any of our ancestors managed to stress the perineum for hours at a time so it remains soft, exposed and <a href="http://www.wikiradiography.com/page/Blood+Supply+of+the+Perineal+Region" target="_blank">packed with surface blood vessels</a>. <span style="color: red;"><i>Neither male nor female cyclists should tolerate pelvic numbness while riding a bike</i>. Set up your handlebars and seat to relieve perineal pressure--even if doing so slows you down.</span><br />
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If your seat is too high, your pelvis will rock, likely leading to back pain.<b> </b>It can get really bad fast.<br />
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Let's say you live in Copenhagen or Amsterdam and have at your disposal the world's best cycling infrastructure. Everyone you know rides a bike, to work, to the market and to the park. Helmets? Do we wear helmets for a walk in the park? If you were seen wearing a helmet you'd be ridiculed by all your friends.<br />
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But before you blithely ride off to the office bare headed consider this: if you fall just <i>once</i> during a bike ride it's decidedly <i>not</i> like tripping in the park. Your helmet offers imperfect but essential protection: <a href="http://depts.washington.edu/hiprc/practices/topic/bicycles/helmeteffect.html" target="_blank">it will prevent life threatening fractures</a>, not concussions. But you do have to wear it correctly if you expect to be protected.<br />
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The head is a heavy object and will usually land first in a bike accident<i>. It makes little difference whether you fall in Los Angeles traffic or on a protected bike path in Copenhagen; the the most likely place you will land is on your head. </i><b>The question is: can you afford to slam your head against pavement even once?</b> If you survive such a fall--many do not--reconstructive face and head surgeries run $50-100, 000 or much more.<br />
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A few sobering statistics: The Minnesota Brain Injury Alliance reports that "<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">When worn properly, bike helmets can reduce the risk of brain injury by 88 percent. </span>Only 8% of Minnesotans wear a bike helmet consistently....<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">Each year, about 567,000 people go to hospital emergency departments with bicycle-related injuries; about 350,000 of those injured are children under 15. Of those children, about 130,000 sustain brain injuries...</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">The average bicycle injury in Minnesota costs $49,000, including hospitalization, loss of productivity, and pain and suffering."</span><br />
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Recommendation: <span style="color: red;">Wear a helmet with an easy-to-adjust rear retention system. Read <a href="http://bhsi.org/fit.htm" target="_blank">this</a> or let your bike shop show you how to adjust your helmet straps. Stay well away from trucks, taking extra care to avoid riding in their back drafts. </span></h4><div><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div>
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<b>Wounds heal faster when exposed to the air. </b>This is false. Keeping a wound dry slows the growth of new tissue. Any open wound is <i>more</i> likely to become infected. And open wounds provide a tempting place for flies to lay eggs. (That actually <i>does</i> happen)<br />
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Recommendation: <span style="color: red;">Pack a few bandages (small to large) on your ride. If you fall and sustain "road rash" washing it out asap to get rid of cinders and road debris will minimize future infections. </span></h4>
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WARNINGS YOU SHOULD NOT IGNORE: <b>DON'T WAIT TO GET HELP</b></h4>
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<li><b><span style="color: red;">Unexpected persistent chest pain</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="color: red;">Unexpected, rapid or irregular heart beat</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="color: red;">An allergic reaction after a bee sting. The symptoms can accelerate rapidly. </span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="color: red;">If you are diabetic: marked thirst and increased urination may indicate not only dehydration but low blood sugar. Hunger and mental confusion may also be a sign of low blood sugar.</span></b></li>
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<li><span style="color: red;">deep knee lacerations (if a cut penetrates to the knee bursa it <i>will</i> get infected) </span></li>
<li><span style="color: red;">a broken bone </span></li>
<li><span style="color: red;">a collar bone fracture</span></li>
<li><b><span style="color: red;">lost and regained consciousness</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="color: red;">unexpected persistent chest pain</span></b></li>
<li><b><span style="color: red;">fallen hard on your head even if you were wearing a helmet </span></b></li>
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<b><i><span style="color: red;">You feel different and can't explain why. Something has changed. Find out what it is. </span></i></b></div><span style="color: red;"> </span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="color: red;">Pack on every ride: your name and address, a list of your significant medical conditions and medications, the name and phone number of a reliable contact person. </span><div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Addendum: I'm getting flak on Dr. Wolf's helmet recommendations from the European anti-helmet brigades (see the comments below). A word about the science involved and the sad statistics on childhood bicycle-induced head injuries: first, when it comes to bike injuries, the most vulnerable individuals are small children, many of whom are still learning to ride. Secondly, the science on bicycle related head injury is all too real. If you really believe the studies are faked by unscrupulous helmet manufacturers in the hopes of forcing cyclists to buy a useless product, you’re either terribly gullible or delusional. You've bought into a conspiracy theory. </span><br />
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Again, <span style="color: red;">if you fall off your bike you will very likely land on your head</span>. I've fallen three times in the past 30 years. Each time I landed on my head and was able to ride home afterwards<b><i> only because I had been wearing a helmet</i></b>. President Obama (above) is not wearing a helmet because he is on the payroll of the bike helmet lobby. It simply makes good sense to <a href="http://depts.washington.edu/hiprc/practices/topic/bicycles/helmeteffect.html" target="_blank">protect your head</a> when riding a bike. <span style="letter-spacing: 0px;">Go ahead, if you must, and ride bareheaded through the English countryside, across downtown Copenhagen and to work in Amsterdam but have the decency not to make yourself into a role model. You’re putting little kids at risk and a lot of adults as well. </span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Bayside, CA 95524, USA40.8221629 -124.0494433999999740.7260234 -124.21080489999997 40.9183024 -123.88808189999997tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6007211460092397225.post-61737925912866872072014-02-14T09:45:00.001-08:002014-02-14T22:21:37.800-08:00Science Fiction or Bike Now?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Here in Humboldt County our politicians are in the 23rd consecutive <i><b>year</b></i> of discussing a five mile bike path to connect the cities of Eureka and Arcata. It would run along Arcata Bay, the most beautiful waterway in California. It would get bikes off five miles of Route 101, the only Freeway in our county. It would become an instant tourist attraction, thus stimulating the economy and helping to pay for itself. And it would give thousands of Arcata commuters and Humboldt State University students a way to live car-free in nearby--and more economical--Eureka.<br />
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A daily ten mile bike ride wouldn't hurt anyone's health around here. My recent commuter flight from SFO was delayed due to "weight issues:" a passenger who wasn't able to fit in a single seat.<br />
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About ten years ago the city hired expert consultants from Sacramento who set up a community meeting at Arcata City Hall. Local cyclists drew ideas and "input" on a large white board. We discussed options, we planned routes, we estimated costs. All this would be incorporated into a study, a necessary "final step," we were assured. To cap off the evening we admired photos of a new bike path in Sedona, Arizona. Then the consultants went back to Sacramento and billed the city a million bucks.<br />
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Recently, we had a breakthrough in the discussions: everyone agrees that we are going to have a bike path and more discussions will be scheduled soon.<br />
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Meanwhile, in Eindhoven, Holland, where I began my adult biking back in the early 80's, this:<br />
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What's it like for bicycle commuters where you live?<br />
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A tip of the helmet to Roland Wostl for this incredible video. </div>
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I am a 200 lb. septuagenarian who has been riding recumbents (long wheelbase, short wheelbase, trikes) since 2002. <a href="http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/directory/?o=1&user=MacEasy&v=bK" target="_blank">Here are some of my bike tours and travels</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A few years ago I purchased a <a href="http://www.terratrike.com/tour.php" target="_blank">Terra Trike Tour</a> 1 (a Wheel Wiz product), which, like the Scorpion, has the ‘tadpole’ configuration (two front wheels and one rear). It doesn’t take much imagination to see how the name derived from the frog’s larval stage.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The Tour was a fun ride but ill-suited to rough local roads. It had no suspension and the brake handling was dangerous, particularly on freeway down hills where I found myself trapped between guardrails and nasty rumble strips (more on trike braking below). The latter combination led one morning to my being flipped upside down into the slow traffic lane of our freeway. So, after a couple of years, I traded the Tour for a long wheelbase Easy Racer, my second. I assumed my trike days were a thing of the past.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Then the trike bug hit me again; it’s such <b>a fun ride! </b>I turned to the Hostel Shoppe catalog to see how trikes had evolved in ways that might be more suitable locally, and to discover what was available. I settled on one—I thought, but a friend suggested that due to my earlier complaint about the Tour, I might want to shell out a bit more money and go for suspension. The result: my excellent (for the most part) new Scorpion! Although this trike has a long name, it boils down to this: ‘fs’ (folding and suspension), and ‘26’ (rear wheel size). All you need to know about <a href="http://www.hpvelotechnik.com/produkte/scorpion_fs26/index_e.html" target="_blank">HP Velotechnik</a> is that it’s a German company (English option on page 1 of their site). <a href="http://www.hpvelotechnik.com/shopping/fachhaendler_e.html" target="_blank">HPVelotechnik has a dealers all over the world</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="background-color: white;">2) </span><span style="background-color: white;">Left-hand shifter: The <i>Scorpion</i> <i>fs </i>26 comes standard (from the Hostel Shoppe) with a 3-speed hub (SRAM DualDrive), so no front derailleur. You can opt for chain rings, but I have found the hub arrangement very satisfactory, although I do wonder about maintenance.</span></span><span style="font-size: 18px;"><span style="background-color: white;">Twisting the knob <i>counter-clockwise</i> moves you to a <i>lower</i> gear. If you imagine having 3 chain rings instead of the hub, the same counter-clockwise motion would move your chain to the left onto a lower (smaller) ring. Turning the knob <i>clockwise</i> results in a <i>higher</i> gear, or larger ring, if you prefer thinking of it that way. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As I had so much difficulty with braking on the Tour, I opted for a <i>single</i> lever on the right shifter for my Scorpion, which makes shifting significantly safer and less compacted On the Tour, with a lever on <i>each</i> shifter the rider is required to squeeze them equally lest the bike swerve dangerously. This is especially problematic when instant, hard braking is necessary, such as on a hill with traffic on the left, assuming you have a shoulder, or in a bike lane. I recommend the single lever, but I also recommend you have it installed on the left shifter so that your right hand is completely free for shifting. Although the Hostel Shoppe can give you a free brake setup adjustment, you may have to fiddle with the mechanical discs until the braking lever pulls evenly on both wheels.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The full suspension of the Scorpion fs 26 is perhaps its most outstanding feature. Fully adjustable, the front and rear wheel suspension smooths all but the worst potholes you’ll encounter. They add immeasurably to stability and make riding this trike a pleasurable experience. </span><br />
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<b>Believe me, our local roads are as tough as they come, but the Scorpion provides as close to an air ride as you are likely to get on two or three wheels.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I haven’t tried folding the bike yet, but the instruction manual provides a <a href="http://www.hpvelotechnik.com/produkte/scorpion_fs26/details_d.html" target="_blank">step-by-step guide.</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Again, I have yet to remove the rear wheel (knock on wood), but here is the explanation provided by a Hostel Shoppe mechanic: Shift into the lowest hub gear (it’s labeled ‘1’); press ‘in’ the button on top of the gizmo that receives the shifting cable from the shift lever (pictured above); remove the gizmo and unthread the axle caps with the proper size wrench. There is no quick release, which strikes me as a distinct but correctable design flaw.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">HP prides itself on ergonomics, and judging by their Velotechnik fs 26, they have succeeded. The controls are easy to operate. The bike’s ergomesh wide seat fits my body well, and it’s easy to get in and out of the seat. There is no need to adjust your position as you ride. I have experienced no aches and pains during or following an outing. This is a vastly superior ride when compared to the Terra Trike Tour I owned. Credit for this belongs to the engineers at HP who have given us full suspension, a 26 in. rear wheel for increased smoothness and speed, and single lever braking. </span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6007211460092397225.post-26944211054871132312013-11-11T09:43:00.000-08:002014-12-03T10:17:33.158-08:00What to Do on Sunday If You Have an Artificial Knee<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Had to stop for a chat with the engaging Ingrid of Westhaven. A lot of people with plastic parts inside their knee would be propped up in front of the widescreen on a Sunday afternoon. Ingrid saddled up her <a href="http://www.bionxinternational.com/bionx-international-north-america/products/bionx-e-bike-systems/batteries/" target="_blank">bionix</a>-assisted (battery) <a href="http://www.greenspeed.com.au/" target="_blank">Greenspeed</a> trike and headed out to Scenic Drive. She can make 10 miles in hilly country, 50 in the flats with a combination of pedaling and battery boost. The trailer with passengers adds 150 lbs to the package, a no-brainer if you've got puppies who are up for a Sunday cruise along the Pacific. </div>
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