Monthly Archives: November 2013

GET A LIGHT!

Tweet See the rest of this amazing comic, from the ever Talented BikeyFace.  Get some awesome prints of her great work here, tell her BostonBiker sent you over. I honestly don’t know what people are thinking, but you need lights. … Continue reading

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GET A LIGHT!

Tweet See the rest of this amazing comic, from the ever Talented BikeyFace.  Get some awesome prints of her great work here, tell her BostonBiker sent you over. I honestly don’t know what people are thinking, but you need lights. … Continue reading

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McGRATH HIGHWAY REPAIRS: The Occasional Superiority of Short-Term Solutions

Both Advocates and Public Agency leaders can find a number of lessons in the multi-level effort to deal with the McGrath Highway corridor in Somerville – which has resulted not only in a commitment from MassDOT to explore ways to eventually replace the crumbling neighborhood-dividing “Chinese Wall” with a less intimidating ground-level road, but a […] Continue reading

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Cycling Starts In The Home

TweetThe first experience a child has of the world is his home. For the first few years of life, the home is all a child knows. It is the center of life and remains so until he has achieved a … Continue reading

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Bike Check: Tyler Paul Farris

TweetIt was a cold, blustery day in Lower Allston on Sunday, but we managed to get in a few games of polo before our toes and fingers started to go numb. During a particularly physical game, the unthinkable happened: Tyler … Continue reading

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Bike Check: Tyler Paul Farris

TweetIt was a cold, blustery day in Lower Allston on Sunday, but we managed to get in a few games of polo before our toes and fingers started to go numb. During a particularly physical game, the unthinkable happened: Tyler … Continue reading

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The Polo Injury and the Happy Life

TweetWhen my left scaphoid, the bone supporting the thumb, broke, I did not know it. Felt like a sprain. I would have just hopped on my bike and kept playing but my stem was twisted 90*  so I took a … Continue reading

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The Polo Injury and the Happy Life

TweetWhen my left scaphoid, the bone supporting the thumb, broke, I did not know it. Felt like a sprain. I would have just hopped on my bike and kept playing but my stem was twisted 90*  so I took a … Continue reading

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Lexington, KY: Midwest Open 4 Sure

TweetI had a few “holy shit!” moments this weekend. It was never, “holy shit! I’m going to die!” or “holy shit! there’s Obama, where’s my healthcare!” It was more along the lines of, “holy shit! I’m on the road to … Continue reading

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miserable bike trip – a vision of the future

TweetThis past Wednesday evening I had one of the worst bike trips in recent memory. Going to a friends’ for dinner around 6pm, I found the stretch down Beacon Street Cambridge from Inman Square to Park Street to be THE … Continue reading

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