Oh, Portland, Oregon, Damn you! I'm sick of reading how cool Portland is. If you love Portland so much, why don't you move there? Besides, I'm quite fond of Portland, Maine, thank you very much. And I like hot summers and cold winters. And I don't want to live in place filled with smug...

I thought they were supposed to be mellow in the Pacific Northwest. Here are two stories I read on Streetsblog . Driver arrested after alleged road-rage incident against cyclist . Police identify suspect in fatal attack at traffic circle .

I noticed I was getting a few hits from BikeHacks . I had forgotten about this good blog. Read about every New York City bicyclists' greatest fear: hitting a bear head on ! Also good pictures from Japan and a cool little bike spotted on the NYC subway.

I purposefully try not and post pictures of my bikes or talk about my latest bike ride. I hate blogs that do. Really, who the fuck cares about how fast you biked on what bike but you? But for educational reasons--people really do ask me more than you think about what city bike to buy--I'll make an...

There's a good story in the Times about the Paris bike program ... perhaps coming to a corner near you. I was in Lyon a few years ago and was impressed with the system. I wrote about it on this blog . But there's an important detail, you can't use them with an American credit card because...

I'm back in Astoria, glory to God. What grade would I give LA? A gentleman's C at best. Some nice bike racks, though. I also enjoyed the mural on the Farmer John meat processing plant. Not only is it many stories tall, but it goes all the way around this very large building. Such happy pigs!...

I often wonder why I write this blog. It doesn't pay. And I really do have better things to do. But I love biking and bikes. And now three times, this blog has actually done something for me. 1) I met a bunch good people at the Pittsburgh Post Gazette through this blog and (unrelated to this blog...

I'm in L.A. It sucks. L.A. sucks. I don't like the city. Never have. I don't like the car culture. I don't have friends here. But my parents moved to Santa Monica about five years ago so I'm here every so now and then. My father's health is bad and getting worse, so I'll probably...

...on one bike. Check this out: This and other great old dutch bike pictures can be found on Andre Koopman's photostream .

Putting the charm back in Charm City, Baltimore is becoming more bike friendly . Having lived and loved in Baltimore from 1999 to 2001, I can attest that the city is a good biking town that isn't very bike friendly. I lived and commuted by bike and without a car there for the first 6 months. Just...