(sigh.) A perfect world if you ask me. Although it looks like a giant clusterfucky-free-for-all, I assume one just gets used to it.
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This is what traffic SHOULD really look like
Review: Field Notes Brand Graph Notebooks
Review of Filed Notes Brand Graph Paper, a bare-bones GTD method, and probably, way too much writing about a notebook.
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Well, it took me the better part of fall-winter
to put this jersey review up because I have been plagued with mechanical issues on both of my bikes that have taken the better part of the last two months to fix. I have learned a lot from the humbling experience of coming home every night and trying to work on my bike...
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Gear Review: L.L. Bean Continental Rucksack
Let me say right now that I am surprised how good this bag is considering it costs $40 and I basically bought it for the parts. I was going to rip it apart and make the bag i wanted. Here were my needs and wants and how this bag stacked up against...
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Winter Commuting, Part Uno
Now is the time to winterize your bike, while it’s still hot and last year’s goods are on sale. It’s a two part process- winterize the bike and winterize you. I live in a mild climate with good weather year round and hardly need fenders and winter parts but there are always days where...
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Winter Commuting, Part Due
Keep a thin vest or jacket stuffed in your bag this time of year as well, you never know. My favorite layer is an Icebreaker merino wool hoody with thumb holes on which I spent and ungodly amount but my hoody returned the favor when it saved me from dying of hypothermia in the...
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Checking out “Upgrade Your Life: The Lifehacker Guide to Working Smarter, Faster, Bettter”
I started looking into this book about the same time i found myself picking out a new paint color for my 1996 Bianchi Volpe by tweaking hexadecimal colors on web-design sites, super-charging my Media Center PC, instituting pleasing rituals for work and play, imaginging a tech career eventhough my working-class background prepared me to...
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Carrying Stuff 101: Ask Yourself…
How much and what kind of stuff will I be schlepping?
Will I be schlepping stuff year-round?
Will I need to pick up or drop off stuff before or after work?
Do I also need to prepare for additional activities, like going to the gym, a knitting club, a dinner party?
Do I need to schlep in some...
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Feedbag 101
When some folks decide to start commuting by bike, there is some anxiety over what to do about eating becuase it’s yet another thing you have to do and we know how that can suck. If you are like me, and prefer whole foods over prepared foods, saving the earth to raping it, eating...
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