Will (Rider/Writer at Large) | February 18, 2010
Yes, I didn’t stop. Which is illegal. Which can be, very, very unsafe. Which can draw the ire of other cyclist. But, after 10 years in San Diego, I can tell you, is not a matter of convenience, or lazy, as some would attribute, but sometimes a very, very real survival skill. Irregardless, it’s against the law. In some states it’s legal, and there’s a ton of debate on if should be, or should not be. The key factor is how to apply common sense to a decision factor that has the potential for very one sided collision out come. But, I didn’t stop.
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Will (Rider/Writer at Large) | February 11, 2010
It’s 1:00 am, cold and almost misty. The streets are erie, almost. I’m somewhere on 30th Street, heading west-ish, towards Market Street; actually, an offshoot. Without ear phones, a song plays — perhaps a radio, or a car — Dire Straits: “Your Latest Trick,” a classic rock tune from the 80s. Something about taxis only [...]
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Will (Rider/Writer at Large) | February 2, 2010
Bike polo, San Diego! Yes, bike polo. We have arrived! Well, in typical San Diego cycle culture fashion, a couple years later than the rest of the nation. What makes bike polo here unique? The singularly laid-back, yet fervent dedication to cycling as a culture first, and a sport second. I heard we had a [...]
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Will (Rider/Writer at Large) | January 22, 2010
I fell in love with Kate Bush once. That might not be exactly accurate. Her voice and a song pulled up beside me one afternoon, and opened a suitcase full of other music. The video for the song “Running up That Hill” was on a TV show entitled “Alive from Off Center.” Since Kate was [...]
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Will (Rider/Writer at Large) | January 14, 2010
It’s not a matter of anti-technology, as evidenced by Facebook, Twitter, a blog, and a phone with web access (it sends text, voice, video messages and something else I don’t know how to do, surely). I’m inter-connected across the planet with a biographical maze of people who share one form of common interest or another: [...]
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Will (Rider/Writer at Large) | January 7, 2010
So it’s 5:45 in the morning and time is running out faster than I’m getting out the door. A month of laziness and a good sinus cold and a few other lame excuses lets me know the lethargy in my legs is very well earned. The best thing about living on a hill is that [...]
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Will (Rider/Writer at Large) | December 22, 2009
At the age of 12, my mother told me I was now old enough to ride my bike where ever I wished. The invisible fence was at the end of the block in an evolving suburban neighborhood in South San Jose. You could, at a stretch, from the end of the block, see down a [...]
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Will (Rider/Writer at Large) | December 11, 2009
There’s something to be said for early Monday mornings, out on the streets. In a car it’s a singular quiet focus. But on the bike, it’s as if you’re waking up with a familiar stranger. In the fall, just after the imposing of daylight savings time, you can glide into a city that is wide open [...]
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