Monthly Archives: January 2011

Lessons From my First Winter of Bicycling

Posted on January 31, 2011 by

My list of things I learned about bicycling in the winter during my first winter on the bike. Continue reading →

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The Googles, they do nothing!

Posted on January 28, 2011 by

The story of our bike rack at work, or so we thought.  I work in the same building as other businesses like Desire2Learn, now Google and others, but  I work for Communitech. Our original bike rack for the Tannery dwellers … Continue reading →

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Bicycle Transmission Physics

Posted on January 21, 2011 by

Bikes are pretty simple machines. Completely enjoyable without special mathematical treatment. But if you’re an obsessive engineering-type geek like me, you’ll feel better when you have a little math to go with all that exercise. This is a real simplified … Continue reading →

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Cold enough for ya?

Posted on January 16, 2011 by

I can’t believe I haven’t posted in over a month. Wow. What have I been doing? Well, to be honest I have been enjoying my time off over the holidays, starting back at UW part-time and working my butt off … Continue reading →

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Renewed in the New Year

Posted on January 14, 2011 by

I’ve been slightly guilty of letting my bike be lonely while I drive the family car to work in the past two weeks. I got a ride home last Thursday when it was snowing, then a ride back on the … Continue reading →

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My Favourite Part of My Commute

Posted on January 10, 2011 by

I know it’s been done before, but I can’t help but show pictures of traffic that I whip by on my bike. And the other direction Notice the headlights to the bottom of the picture compared with the taillights directly … Continue reading →

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