A friend and I rode through a cycling themed street festival in Winnipeg this weekend.
I think it was called Cyclovia..? Either way, I wish I had brought my camera to show you all the many factions of bike people. Talk about bike candy…
If you have pics or links, I ‘d love to post them up. Send them to allweathercyclist@allweathercyclist.com
Cyclovia?
Sep 13
I thought I would share this short video I took using my DIY helmet cam. I took a Norco Six down the hill at the lake to test out my contraption. I’m not really satisfied with the quality, and it would certainly make more sense to purchase the real deal, but zip-tying a tripod and point and shoot camera to your helmet works adequately in a pinch!
I’m still glad that I got to record the memory for playback during the winter…
Bike Lanes Around The world
Jun 18
I found this article on the Huffingtonpost.com site and found it thought provoking. Are bike lanes like these the solution to get the average Joe bike commuting to work? How would you feel about your children riding alone to school or to the mall in either type of bike lane. How do these bike lane solutions compare to what you have in your city now?
Check out the article here.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/04/bike-lanes-from-around-th_n_439274.html
This May, Winnipeg has been experiencing a heat wave. Temperatures in the high twenties every day. It’s like summer with out the mosquitoes. I remember snow falling on many May Long weekend camping trips growing up. But not this year. It’s been great bike riding weather since early April and the cycling peoples of Winnipeg are definitely taking advantage of it.
There’s nothing like the cool breeze on your back in sweltering hot weather, the kind you don’t get wearing a back pack or messenger bag. For the commuters out there, I cannot more highly recommend the use of panniers on really hot days. No constriction on your upper body, or sweaty back, just the cool breeze… and a weighty reminder to take it easy.
The UV Index was also very high today at a 6.0, so I wore an ultra thin full sleeve jersey. The long sleeves may be the slightest bit warmer, but far less so than the constant burning of a glowing sunburn while typing away in your cubicle. I can still feel the sun beating down on my neck as I write this. I need to get more full collared jerseys.
There’s a crazy amount of bikes zipping around this year compared to last. Cyclists on the street, some on the sidewalks, lot’s of kids on dirt jumpers. This must be the latest fad. Dirt jumpers are like a BMX’s on steroids with a totally slammed seat, fat tires and fat shocks. I don’t know how they pedal around a flat prairie city like that? No less with a Slurpee in one hand!
I’m just happy to see people discovering what cycling means to them, and how the bicycle plays into the way they live. Whether it’s for practical reasons, entertainment, transportation, fitness or competition, you’re spinning those cranks with purpose. You might be a cyclist or just a guy who rides a bike to the beer vendor, but there’s certainly a reason for everyone to love riding a bicycle. What’s yours?
Beautiful weather today, I wore shorts and a jersey. No gloves. Dare I say winter is over? Parked the Norco in the office today. I didn’t want to leave it on the street all evening for fear of thieves. It’s Saturday, no suits, the skeleton crew was running, so nobody noticed the bike locked to a support post in the unused office space.
I broke a spoke on the Simpsons Sears road bike on the way home from work last night so I had to take the Norco. I do remember pushing extra hard, and not going any faster. But now I see, that when I spin the wheel, it’s so out of true, it’s knocking the caliper brakes at every revolution.
The source, a spoke broken right at the hub. It could be all over for those wheels. All the spokes may break one at a time, I was lucky up until now. Do i rebuild a set of corroded rims, or buy new 27 Inch wheels?
They are probably 40 year old rims and I punished them all winter long. What ever brand they are, they’ve done all I can ask.
For now I’ll just replace the broken spoke, and buy a few extras to store in the seat tube, just in case I snap another one.