Think “adventure,” not recession

I was biking downtown, and when I stopped at a red light someone rolled down their window and said, “I’ll bet you’re saving a lot of money riding that thing.”
Indeed. Probably tens of thousands of dollars over the last 15 years. Before the motorist took of at the green light, he said he was planning […]

Want an easy bike ride to start out?

Even just a 10 minute bike ride a few days a week will have you looking and feeling better by the end of the month. But if you’re a beginner, you might feel daunted.
Fear not! I can show you a safe bike ride in your home town. I’ve been networking with bikers all over the […]

Bicycle Samurai?

Almost everyone knows the benefits of bike riding. But I’ve been thinking about the similarities between biking and various martial arts.
Both are essentially practical survival skills that benefit your health and physical fitness as a “side effect,” (Although for many people this side effect is the main reason to take up the art.)
If you get […]

Some interesting bicycle facts

The energy in a slice of pizza is enough to move an automobile 100 feet. That same pizza slice will take you 3 1/2 miles if you’re walking, or 10 miles if you’re riding a bike. Special thanks to Transportation Alternatives (link)
Also, according to the late Ken Kifer of www.KenKifer.com, the total cost to you […]

You’ll ride your bike more often if you just do this one thing.

It’s easy to go for a bike ride when you’re bright-eyed and frisky, the weather’s perfect and it’s the beginning of a long weekend with no urgent chores or immediate plans.
For the rest of the time, try this.
Just ride for ten minutes. Anywhere. This will get you warmed up, and it makes it easy to […]

Biking is for geeks

Last week I posted my first video ever on YouTube. It’s about a bike trip up the California coast to visit my mom in Port Hueneme. It seems to blow up the blog every time I try to post it, but it will be here once I figure out how to make it work.
Anyway, there’s […]

Biking and a happy stomach

Bike Metro suggested following the bike line on Glenoaks Blvd when I typed in a route to San Fernando.
Great, except for one stretch where a vomitous stench threatens to blast you off the road. It turns out you’re riding along a landfill, hidden by a tall hedge of shrubbery.
Also, there are sections where the stripe […]