Tag Archives: Car Free

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#441)…plus a quick glance and a couple comments

On the bike…A full tank of propane. Comments…First of all I love the slogan that Yuba often uses, “What a bike can do.” And I love the comments and looks that I often get while carrying stuff on a bike (looks that say…I didn’t know you could do that). The above image is one IContinue reading “Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#441)…plus a quick glance and a couple comments”

New York State Paid Me to Remove My Truck from the Road

Yup, it’s true. Many of you know that I recently sold my truck, and after being car-lite for many years I am finally car-free (I did recently join Buffalo Car Share but haven’t used it yet…haven’t used a car in more than a month actually). Anyhow, as if the savings from the true cost ofContinue reading “New York State Paid Me to Remove My Truck from the Road”

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#440)…and a bread recipe

A dough rising bucket and two loaves of freshly baked whole wheat oatmeal-flax bread (recipe below). Whole Wheat Oatmeal-Flax Bread Makes 2 or 3 loaves 6 cups whole wheat flour, divided 2 cups oatmeal, plus additional for coating ½ cup flax seed 2 tablespoons vital wheat gluten 4 cups water, divided 2 tablespoons instant yeast,Continue reading “Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#440)…and a bread recipe”

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#439)

6 live vegetable plants, 6 herb plants, a 12ft. garden hose, an 18ft wire fence, 5 tomato cages, 4 lbs of dog food, a bottle of red wine, and $67.24 in groceries. Urban Simplicity.

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#436 & #437)

#436…A small nylon bag containing various tools, a canvas bag containing–among other things–3 books and an extra camera, a live blackberry bush. #437…A book, a Fender Stratocaster guitar,and a double order of Chinese take-out food. Urban Simplicity.

A View From my Handlebars

Buffalo, the city in which I was born and currently reside, is not a large city (we rank 70 out of 275 in the size of American cities, according to this page), but it’s a lovely city and a great place to live and work. But we still have traffic jams and rush hour, notContinue reading “A View From my Handlebars”

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#434)

24 live fruit and vegetable plants (including a small blueberry bush) and $32.27 in groceries. Urban Simplicity.

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#433)

  48 live vegetable plants, 120 lbs/54.4kgs top soil, 2 bags (5 lbs/2.2 kgs each) organic vegetable fertilizer, a jean jacket, 2 lbs/.91 kg brown rice,  2 lbs/.91 kg boneless chicken legs, 3 liters of red wine, a quart of milk, and 1 lb/.45 kg fresh spinach.  Urban Simplicity.

The Last Remnant…literally and figuratively

Many of you likely know that I have finally (finally!) given up car ownership (or in my case, truck ownership) and have have seamlessly moved from being car-lite to car-free. Well in a last act of departure I had to “surrender” the plates to the DMV today, and it seemed appropriate–as if in some finalContinue reading “The Last Remnant…literally and figuratively”

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#431 & #432)

#431…A dough rising bucket and three loaves of freshly baked whole-wheat wild rice bread. #432…Three books and a shovel Urban Simplicity.

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#430)…and a few comments

A jean jacket, a cell phone, a camera, a small bag of tools, two New York State automobile license plates (more on that later), and four cement blocks. Okay…so this is pushing the limit what what to carry on a bike. These blocks, the best I can figure weigh about 38lbs/17.2kgs each (152lbs/68.9kgs total)….it feltContinue reading “Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#430)…and a few comments”

Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#429)

A jug of laundry detergent, a full-sized camera tripod, a new pair of jeans, a package of boxer briefs, a package of t-shirts, two bottles of contact solution, four live cabbage plants, four live broccoli plants, four live tomato plants, six live pea plants, two bottles of weed killer, two packages of meal moth traps,Continue reading “Things That Can be Carried on a Bike (#429)”

This is Just a Test…

Well, first of all, while I’m not entirely car-free yet, I don’t specifically have one to drive. What I mean by this is that my truck is officially off the road (no longer legal as the inspection has not been renewed) and is sitting in the driveway of my son’s mom’s house, but I stillContinue reading “This is Just a Test…”

I’ve Made a Decision

Before I get to mentioning the decision let me first explain the above image. That is a new rear spring bracket I purchased today for $80 for my truck. I’ve mentioned many times on this blog that I am not car-free but am car-lite. Anyhow, the above bracket has to replace the rotted one onContinue reading “I’ve Made a Decision”

A Cold, Wet Day and Evening..good for practice

Today–as the title of this post stated–was cold and wet. Not the dangerous frigid cold you get in mid-winter, but that bone-chilling wet-cold that can only come in the spring. And it’s been sort of snowing and raining for the better part of the day. Anyhow, I mentioned in a previous post how dismayed IContinue reading “A Cold, Wet Day and Evening..good for practice”

Now This is Interesting (a brief story)

Most who visit this blog know that I like bikes…a lot. I ride mainly for transportation, but also because I enjoy it. And some also know that I am not entirely car-free, but car-lite (I own one small late model pick up truck and a small fleet of bikes). Sometimes it seems silly that IContinue reading “Now This is Interesting (a brief story)”

Planet Walker

I came across an article on John Francis today and was intrigued…and still am. I had never heard of this inspirational person. In 1971, after a collision of two oil tankers under the Golden Gate bridge which resulted in a disastrous oil spill, he decided not to ride in motorized vehicles…and he didn’t for 22Continue reading “Planet Walker”