Citizen Rider

Some advice and a lot of first-hand anecdotes and observations from someone who accidentally had a career in the bike business.

Tuesday, May 12, 2026

It's "Rain its Ass Off Week."

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  A League of American Bicyclists email arrived in my inbox, announcing that it's Bike to Work Week. Wolfeboro used to make a big deal o...
Monday, May 04, 2026

Thousand-dollar water pumps and other consumer woes

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  Back in January or thereabouts, I changed a headlight bulb in the Ford Escape. That proved to be as annoying as working on any modern mach...
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Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Wet riders in a drought

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  The car needs a new windshield. I came out of work on Friday to find a long, sinuous crack that rose from the lower right edge, snaked acr...
Thursday, April 09, 2026

Selfish motorist vindictiveness

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  Still stuck in the car while I lay down some base miles, my time in transit still depends on other drivers more than anything I do myself....
Tuesday, March 31, 2026

The Color of April

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  The color of April is brown. It's a dusty brown, the tan of sand on the roadway, the brown of dry, dead leaves in the woods. Grass pre...
Thursday, March 26, 2026

Maybe mechanics shouldn't be riders

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 A mechanic who had been with us for eight years decided that he didn't want to put up with our winter ski business any longer, so he qu...
Monday, March 23, 2026

A coded message from AYF

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  For years, an American Youth Foundation summer camp in the area had run bike tours as part of its offerings. Camp Merrowvista in Tuftonbo...
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I like to explore under my own power. I like to avoid using motor vehicles, but I'm not obsessive about it. Okay, maybe I'm a little obsessive about it.
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