Today was my first commute by bike in close to a month. Here’s the reason…

Italian bike lock

Originally uploaded by turbofan.

Photo by Ryan Richardson who saw this while visiting Venice. Via SFist in a rant about the new bike rack at Trader Joe’s.

It is July 1st, which means it is Canada Day!
Since my company decided to switch our day off to Monday, so we get a 3 day weekend, I have to work on the birthday of my nation.  So, I decided to share my commute with you.

A. My ride and her parking spot.

Affectionately known as “Ride [...]

Rob asks:
I’ve read different places that people can actually get to work quicker riding their bike than driving their car.  This doesn’t seem feasible to me, especially since my commute is twice as long when I ride.
So is it true that there are bike commuters out there that actually save time by riding instead of [...]

If you don’t cover a lot of miles on your bike, I’d recommend at least doing the “thumb press” test on your tires each weekend, and squeezing both brakes to make sure they are adequately tight.  I’m not usually a slacker, though.  With nice weather, I ditch the bus and go to bike-only commuting mode [...]

I was invited to sit down as a participant on a panel of bicycle commuting “experts” in Kansas City today. I was joined by KCMO’s Bicycle/Pedestrian Coordinator, a Bike Patrol police officer for one of the local suburbs and another man who’s been commuting by bike for over a decade.  Between comments on the radio [...]