Critical Mass Bicyclist Assaulted by NYPD

WTF?

Me & My Folbot

I'm still trying to discern the heritage of my non-folding Folbot Kayak. All leads welcome.







That's Serial # FLB 076980 6 82.

Blatantly Gratuitous Baby Pix

I know, I know, she's just so darn cute...

Asleep on her trail-a-bike during our Saturday morning Bagel & Coffee Ride.
(Saturday Mornings, 8 AM, leave from East Coast Bikes on Colley Avenue. 8+ miles, family C-Pace ride. Finish at Elliot's Fair Grounds Coffee for bagels & coffee.)


Playing in the Surf.

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These Are Some of My Favorite Things

Multi-Hull Sailboats That Are Actually Sailed-



My "new" non-folding Folbot sailing kayak with hydrodynamic outriggers


My daughter playing in the surf



And, of course, bike racks...




My favorite Bar in Norfolk, Crackers, has installed a bike rack right on the front sidewalk!
Woohoo!
Let's hear it for tapas, cocktails & fixies!!


I've added links to Panoramio.com, the website for posting pix to Google Earth. One way to help the cycling community grow in Norfolk is to publicize the location of sturdy bike parking. Not all bike racks are made the same-

Those all-too-ubiquitous cheap-ass bike racks can be busted with a monkey wrench. A thief doesn't need to bust your bike lock, just the rack. Then they can take the bike home & bust the lock at their leisure. So think twice before you use a bike rack that's already been defeated...

Gerber Clutch vs. Gerber Clutch

If I was in a clutch, I know which one I'd rather have in hand...

Gerber Clutch Mini Pliers


Gerber Lil' Clutch Security Blanket


Then again, I think I know which one my daughter would rather have, too...

2 Darned Proud of Myself

There's this thing about practicing a skill- once you've mastered it, you don't have to be primarily absorbed in it. It becomes an unconscious skill.

Consider how our consciousness of writing cursive script evolves as the skill is learned, then mastered- for the first few years you're intensely conscious of the feel of the pencil between your fingers and thumb, the texture of graphite sliding across partially-pulped, yellow schoolhouse paper transmitted up the yellow wooden cylinder.

But then, gradually, with little notice or fanfare, writing cursive script became an unconscious act- no longer are you absorbed in the how of writing, but rather in the what, or perhaps, why, of writing. {And if you're a PostModern Existentialist Heideggarian, you'll have moved from writing to Writing, in all of it's capital-letter implications.} You scratch down an address on the back of a dollar bill, scribble out your name on the FedEx guy's digital clipboard, and pen a few thoughtful words in the get-well card going around the office.

So I've been strapping little digital cameras to various bikes and trailers for a couple of years now. It's been a demanding little learning process- figuring out how to get a camera securely mounted on the bike, then puzzling out how to get the camera securely mounted, and vibration-free. Figuring out camera angles, interval timers, wide-angle adapters, wide-angle adapter mounts (dental floss. no joke). Finding a compact, simple & effective lens-cleaning tool.

So it was darn satisfying to realize that somewhere between Kingsport, Tennessee and Abingdon, Virginia, it all came together for the picture above...It'll be part of the Bike Virginia Movie that I'm putting together. See my BVA blog for more info.