Archive for August, 2008

Eighteen month snapshot — 3,836 Km

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

Just to freshen memories, including my own, here’s the current state of the Bike of Doom.  It has been parked outside, locked to a bike stand in our yard most of the time, since March.  Prior to that I kept it parked on our front porch.

It doesn’t look too bad after 3,800 Kilometers.   It still [...]

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Stolen bikes

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

Earlier in the year I put the Supercycle aside and started riding my Giant Boulder to work. I felt like I’d ridden the Bike of Doom long enough… at least to prove to myself that a cheap department store bike could be used successfully as a commuter.  Within a couple of months, the Giant Boulder [...]

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