Citizen Rider

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

Sunday, September 20, 2020

Do you want to be in good shape, or do you want to be a bike racer?

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 Trainee David has signed up for delayed entry recruitment into the Navy. He'll be a senior in high school this year, but decided he...
Tuesday, August 25, 2020

The Fart Strip on Route 28

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 A few years ago, NHDOT installed a rumble strip on the center line of Route 28. Any time motor vehicle tires hit it, a sharp, buzz-saw nois...
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Monday, August 10, 2020

The Woman with Exploding Nipples

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 It could happen to anyone with a low-spoke-count, highly tensioned wheel with trendy alloy nipples. They start popping without warning. Thi...
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Tuesday, August 04, 2020

Old reliable no more

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Shifting problems barely existed before the invention of indexed shifting. Now they're a regular annoyance for riders in all categories....
Monday, August 03, 2020

The road less traveled, more traveled

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The work crew on the Elm Street bridge shows up earlier now, but not consistently. Wednesday I got through, but they were on site on Thursda...
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Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Another day, another bike I'd never heard of

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It was too new for Classic Rendezvous, but still from the "screwed and glued" aluminum era. Its worn decals seemed to say Prism, b...
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Monday, July 27, 2020

The cyclist advantage, sort of

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The Elm Street bridge project has developed complications. The Little Dig is going to last longer than expected. No word yet on whether i...
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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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