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Riding Single File

This entry is part of a series: Cyclists & the Law» I had a recent dis­cus­sion with a fel­low cyclist. In it, he repeated a com­mon mis­con­cep­tion about some legal require­ments for cyclists. He thought that cyclists are required to ride sin­gle file. Noth­ing could be fur­ther from the truth. And the fact that I

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Deep Rim Carbon Wheels, Pt. 3

Orig­i­nally posted 2011-04-21 20:39:18. This entry is part of a series: Ebay Car­bon Wheels»   On Wednes­day night, my son and I took the new wheels to the local bike shop (LBS) and glued the tires on. This was an expe­ri­ence! A friend had told me to expect a mess and, boy! Was he right:

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Taking the Lane

Orig­i­nally posted 2009-03-26 08:31:56. I’m sorry for slow­ing you down. Legally speak­ing, Cal­i­for­nia gives bicy­clists the same rights and respon­si­bil­i­ties to the road­way as motor vehi­cle dri­vers. And there are even a few instances where bicy­clists can ride out in the traf­fic. Which is when you saw me. I saw some con­di­tions ahead that—if I had con­tin­ued

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How to Pin Your Number

Published on December 31st, 2011 by in Featured, How-To

Orig­i­nally posted 2010-05-19 14:10:48. How To — Pin Your Race Num­ber. SDC has an excel­lent blog with many tips and per­ti­nent advice. This par­tic­u­lar entry explains how to pin on your race num­ber before an event. No one ever explained it to me: I had to find all this stuff out by watch­ing other rac­ers.

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Legal to Kill in Florida

Orig­i­nally posted 2011-02-21 01:07:02. Another notch for our Kill-A-Cyclist-With-Impunity Depart­ment… The Pen­sacola News Jour­nal pro­claims the dire con­se­quences for killing another human being: License sus­pended for man in cross-country cyclist’s death. So, all you dri­vers out there, make sure you pay atten­tion when dri­ving. You wouldn’t want to acci­den­tally kill some­one and <gasp>lose your license for

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