I was lucky enough to work on great bike clients for work. My devotion, and passion ended up getting the best of me. Cycling consumes a large majority of my day. I never give two thoughts about my mode of transportation. I have a bike with steel front and rear industrial racks so I can transport my radio controlled car and tools to the local rc track. It's a 10 mile round trip on a 50lb bike. I bought this bike for that one reason—to commute with my rc. Of course my lovely wife-to-be has a dented up 1999 Honda Civic. She gives me rides when it is raining (I hate wet denim). Our car to some is an eye-sore, but guess what? It's paid for. We have a mortgage, and very little debt, and cars don't play a large importance in our lives. I am not anti-car, just pro-bike. Of course I do want a pre-85 solid-axle Toyota pick-up truck.
Anyone who knows me well, knows I AM NOT holier than thou. I am just letting you know a little bit of my history. I am probably the nicest guy you will ever meet. I just love biking. I have loved it since the Raleigh my dad bought me in '89. Will this cycling trend end? Yes. Will bike blogs die? Yes. Will I continue to ride bikes? Yes. Will I write a book? Probably not.
Kisses,
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Last week VPR had an interesting show on winter commuting. Glenn Eames from Old Spokes Home was a guest giving tips on a proper bike set-up. Check out the broadcast:
http://www.vpr.net/episode/47621/
Glenn also helped out a few years ago when rideabike and JDK hosted our own winterize clinic. We had a great turn-out of avid winter cyclist, and continuing in the tradition, Glenn and Old Spokes, are hosting Winterize clinics Saturday mornings this winter. Please check their blog or local paper for times and dates.
Here's one of my rigs:
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The CCTA is the 900 lb. gorilla of Burlington public transit, helping to move many residents quickly, efficiently, and, thanks to their grease- burning buses, environmentally. But if you happen to mix your commute with equal parts bus and bike, you'd best be prepared for heartbreak should you find yourself in line behind two other like-minded movers. For, while buses here (and everywhere) are equipped with bike racks, they usually only hold two bikes, and the company line to anyone unlucky to be third in line is "Tough shit." In Kentucky the bus racks maintain the status quo as far as how many bikes they hold, but at least they soften the blow a bit with the PSA communications around the use of said racks.
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To friends both new and old, hi and hello from Burlington, Vermont. It’s December and after much talking and testing and tweaking, we’re glad to be back with an improved (read: simplified, and hopefully more curated and updated) Rideabike website. For those who know nothing of our story, Rideabike is Jager DiPaola Kemp Design’s in-house extracurricular vehicle for thoughts on cycling. We’re lucky to partner with some of the best cycling brands in the world on design projects large and small. This creative process casts off a lot of unspent energy, ideas, and opinions around life on two wheels. That, combined with the fact that so many of us here at the studio have made the conscious decision to ride a bike whenever possible, led us to create Rideabike a little over two years ago.
We promise regular updates as well as the items, events, and other expressions of our affection for and dedication to cycling in all its myriad forms.
(The image of the pursuit bike above courtesy of Michael Jager, who traveled to Japan this summer and documented many of Tokyo’s and Kyoto’s strange and wonderful rides. We’ll be sharing more of his photography each and every week.)
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