The first bicycle tourist of the season?

Hello, friends. Many of you know I work at "the Hostel". And throughout the course of the year, I see quite a few cyclotourists. This, of course, is exciting to someone like me. But cyclotouring is generally a nicer weather pursuit, meaning I see most of them from late spring to early autumn. If I...

Hello, friends of Three Speeds! The excitement builds as the clock ticks 'way. It's only three short days until the first Three Speed Ride of 2013 in Portland, and the inaugural ride of Society of Three Speeds! Here's some final info for you and yours:I've been hoping and hoping that we will get nice weather...

Blog Posts Revisited: Northern Quebec Bike Tours

Hello to all my funky friends. Welcome back to the semi-regular series "Blog Posts Revisited", which is like a VH1 retrospective, except it's on this blog.Today we'll talk about a blog post I did about a year ago, where I ruminated about what it would be like to bike tour on some of the most...

Blog Post Revisited: Parrots, Peacocks, and now Pheasants

Golden pheasant. Hello friends, welcome to the semi-regular series "Let's revisit old blog posts", where we revisit old blog posts! Today we'll revisit one of the most popular posts I have ever written, Of Parrots and Peacocks, which was written in this blog's infancy (2005!) For most of the existence of this blog it was...

Misadventures of the bicycle unmechanic

Now that's a trailer hitch!I find it interesting that some people think I'm a good bicycle mechanic. And we all know that "interesting" has broad connotations; it could mean that I find it amusing, and it also means I can find it frustrating. And I feel both of those things, interestingly enough.Some people won't believe...

Other People’s Three Speeds: The Dunelt at the Belmont Library

If you are a regular reader here, you probably know that my usual library branch is the Belmont Library at SE Cesar Chavez and Taylor. It's been my default library for a number of years, as it's centrally located in SE and is mere blocks away from work. I go here quite often, at least...

Three Speed Ride 3/3/13: Updates!

It's just a little over a week until the first Three Speed Ride of 2013. I've been quite busy getting ready for it: readying the Rudge, creating the Society of Three Speeds membership kit, working on the Society of Three Speeds website (please check it out if you haven't yet), and praying to the weather...

Later February Updates

The irony of this image is the playground no longer exists, usurped by the housing going up on the left.Hello to all my followers, all four of you! You may have noticed a downturn of blog posts over the course of, oh, the past two weeks or so. There are a number of reasons that...