Author Archives: Joe

John Kemp Starley (and a bit of bicycle history)

This is a bit of bicycle history that I just learned and thought it interesting enough to share. It’s common knowledge that many of today’s car companies began as bicycle companies (including Buffalo’s Pierce-Arrow), and that the first car builders were in fact former bicycle mechanics. Well this apparently reaches all the way back toContinue reading “John Kemp Starley (and a bit of bicycle history)”

>John Kemp Starley (and a bit of bicycle history)

> This is a bit of bicycle history that I just learned and thought it interesting enough to share. It’s common knowledge that many of today’s car companies began as bicycle companies (including Buffalo’s Pierce-Arrow), and that the first car builders were in fact former bicycle mechanics. Well this apparently reaches all the way backContinue reading “>John Kemp Starley (and a bit of bicycle history)”

Tell Congress: Make walking and biking safe!

The following is cut-and-paste from Transportation For America website. In the last 15 years, 76,000 Americans have been killed while walking or crossing a street – too many of our roads are built for cars only. But thousands of people are stepping up to make biking and walking safe. Rep. Earl Blumenauer introduced a pieceContinue reading “Tell Congress: Make walking and biking safe!”

>Tell Congress: Make walking and biking safe!

> The following is cut-and-paste from Transportation For America website. In the last 15 years, 76,000 Americans have been killed while walking or crossing a street – too many of our roads are built for cars only. But thousands of people are stepping up to make biking and walking safe. Rep. Earl Blumenauer introduced aContinue reading “>Tell Congress: Make walking and biking safe!”

v3 Mundo: Preliminary Comments

I’ve ridden the new Mundo for a couple of days and feel I am in a unique position for comments and comparison in that I originally owned a v1 and now a v3. My overall first impressions are that I love this bike. It will without doubt become my new “everyday bike,” something the v1Continue reading “v3 Mundo: Preliminary Comments”

Things That Can Be Carried On A Bike (#146)…with a few comments

$120.21 in groceries from two separate stores in a Bike Rev trailer. I haven’t used this trailer in a while, but since I’m without a cargo bike at present and had to go grocery shopping I thought I’d put it to use. It was a beautiful, albeit chilly day today and there were a lotContinue reading “Things That Can Be Carried On A Bike (#146)…with a few comments”

>Things That Can Be Carried On A Bike (#146)…with a few comments

> $120.21 in groceries from two separate stores in a Bike Rev trailer. I haven’t used this trailer in a while, but since I’m without a cargo bike at present and had to go grocery shopping I thought I’d put it to use. It was a beautiful, albeit chilly day today and there were aContinue reading “>Things That Can Be Carried On A Bike (#146)…with a few comments”

More Experiments in Fermentation (Cinnamon-Raisin Bread)

I made a bread recipe that is slightly different but at the same time just a variation on a theme. I made cinnamon-raisin bread using a traditional recipe but including the raisins in the preferment. It was interesting because the raisins, though not entirely disintegrated, became so soft that when I mixed the dough theyContinue reading “More Experiments in Fermentation (Cinnamon-Raisin Bread)”

>More Experiments in Fermentation (Cinnamon-Raisin Bread)

> I made a bread recipe that is slightly different but at the same time just a variation on a theme. I made cinnamon-raisin bread using a traditional recipe but including the raisins in the preferment. It was interesting because the raisins, though not entirely disintegrated, became so soft that when I mixed the doughContinue reading “>More Experiments in Fermentation (Cinnamon-Raisin Bread)”