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when cycling is normal
Cycling is normal. Kind of. That is my reason why I am riding my bicycle. Because it is so normal just to put your hat on, grab the bike, and bring it out all the way down from the third floor. It is hot and humid outside. Early summer morning. Real joy to pedal on such a sunny day! Nature is all around you; it is so alive although I am in the middle of this sleeping city – its 6 am. Those who are not in their sleepy mode can hear how this giant city is waking up. Birds are singing, chattering with one another. People and their cars…
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ENGLISH design
Interesting bike designs from Rob English from English Cycles
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This is for everybody who LOVES life and cycling
Somebody shared this video with me. I am very grateful. Now I am sharing it with you!
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About cycling against the wind and Nr. 7.
It is amazing how often I end up riding in a wind tunnel. Don’t know if this is a specialty of the plains of Chicago or simply a curse of every long distance bicyclista. Seems like both to me. My commute takes around one hour or twelve miles from north to south and vice versa. Sometimes these miles are the same as any other day before. Sometimes it seems like you ride it all for the very first time with all the excitement and sense of discovery in almost every turn you make, with every lake-gull you greet. One thing stays pretty much stable nevertheless. I always end up riding……
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Another source for tandem touring inspiration
Or actually for any bike touring. Recently I somehow decided to jump on a tandem again. Once you tried that type of a bike it is difficult to resist the temptation to get back tandeming again. So for now I am contemplating how to have one without spending a fortune. Will go with some “budget” tandem options, most likely with the second hand one and likely it is going to be something from KHS or Cannondale. Or shall I ship one from Daves? Ha, lets keep it for Lithuanian tandemistas! Never the less while going through the web jungles I happen to find a great source packed with images of…
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Bicycle dreams during Bicycle Film Festival
I just went through tens of thousands dreams. Almost all of them were colorful. I don’t even remember when was the last time I dreamt B&W dream. Those are beautiful too. I wont share all of them here, but will try to picture some of most fascinating I saw recently. Im talking here about Bicycle Film Festival which took place in Chicago. Usually I don’t have free evenings during weekends, but this event made me rearrange everything and here I am – enjoying these little gems of visual stories embracing cycling and cyclists. All event was like a dream to me – it was a meta-reality, and man, I was…
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So this is how Netherlands evolved in to the cycling heaven
Short video describing how did the Dutch get there
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Another Brooks experience. “Organic” B67 Select overview.
Not long time ago, just some 1000 miles ago, I happen to get one saddle. It was manufactured in England from that famous saddle producer – Brooks. Funny thing about that particular saddle is that it happens to be B76 SELECT model. Select stands here for “organic” leather they use, which is taken off from organically raised cattle somewhere in Sweden. I still think that no matter good wording and sound reasoning, organic leather and dead animal doesn’t go together. Or maybe I just perceive word “organic” in too naïve way. So at the beginning I was extremely skeptical about this saddle line and somehow even got disappointed with the…
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Where did bycycle take me
I guess I need to practice my writing skills with much stronger vigor. Oh OK. In this life nothing happens fast. Unless you want to forget it quickly – things require some patience and dedication and… repetition or practice. So where did the king of repetition, professor of dedication a.k.a. guru of relative calm – bicycle – take me recently? As always – to various undiscovered and not yet fully explored places. WEEKEND CYCLING IN WISCONSIN I am very exited – almost week ago I had my first in a year “weekender” bike tour. Nothing too special, just three days on a bicycle, loaded with some light camping gear. Away…
