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Some Words of Warning: Blogging is Stupid on Nov 7, 2009 in RANTWICK has lost it I always kind of knew it, but blogging is stupid, IF: It pressures you to post more often than you would like. It makes you post something you don't mean. It makes you fixate on stats. It draws more of your than attention than being on your bike, or...

I Like People I Don't Know on Nov 6, 2009 in bridges liking people stuff You know, I find that people I don't know are often really easy to like. Like the people responsible for the content of the following video. I like them, and the strangers I met on the bridge that morning too.Make Some Music Of Your Own This Weekend,...

Movember - Team Fatty Canada on Nov 4, 2009 in Movember Team fatty I hope some other Fatty (Fat Cyclist) fan doesn't get mad at me because they were "Team Fatty" in some other event, but after reading Fatty's post about Movember and being unable to join his team, I have started Team Fatty Canada, with the blessings...

The Cutoff for Shorts on Nov 4, 2009 in cold cycling shorts original, undoctored photo is at icebike.comWhen temps start to drop and I begin bracing myself for winter riding, I always start wearing my long cycling pants a little too early. I end up overheating for a few days and return to cycling shorts soon...

The King of Autumn on Nov 2, 2009 in trees Autumn It is October 30 as I write this. I think I'll probably post it on Monday November 2. On October 28, I stopped the bike and took some video of a tree that I have come to think of as "The King of Autumn". It is not an impressively large tree, but big...

Happy Halloween! on Oct 31, 2009 in eeeeek. Here is the best decorated Halloween house in London, at least that I know of. There's eerie music, fog and excellent creepy lighting at night. It's only a few blocks from my house, and it is the only place my kids insist on visiting at Halloween, wh...

Ode to Smooth Pavement on Oct 30, 2009 in praise smooth pavement In these times of government stimulus money, good things can actually happen, like new smooth pavement. These streets had been overdue for re-surfacing, and it seems to me that if I'm going to piss and moan about bad pavement, it is only fair that I...