You might be seeing more of these in your future:

You know that London has invested nearly £ 1 billion for bicycles and alternative transport in…

I relished the weather yesterday.  There were dark clouds, but I never saw any rain. Yet I was out until 9 p.m.  This aimless wandering ended up being about 21 miles.

I stopped next to a log to sit, read, drink tea, eat two eggs(a complete protein) and rest a little.…

People who I've ridden with from time to time know that I sometimes create the ride as I go along.  Getting lost is a lot of fun.  You discover new places and see new people at a very comprehensible pace.

I meant to go to the store to get milk, cereal, and raisins.

Oops. I got a little…

Have you seen these things!?  I feel like I'm about to be living in an age only paralleled by The Jetson's series.

I would say it's on that level of technology anyways.  Don't worry, we'll get the spaceships to fly around in anytime now.

But you can't argue with something so brutally efficient.  This thing hardly ever needs maintenance,  has amazing…

Hi everyone!

I'd like to apologize about the lack of new content on the website.  It's pretty time consuming to update things here.  And of course I'd rather be out riding, like you.

Although the website is my passion, I've got other obligations as well.

That's where you come in.

Remember all those bike websites you've been to, where all you can do is comment on things?  Lame right?

Well not here.  Anyone who joins can add their own stuff.  Almost anything…

I just really need to rant about how much the world doesn't want me to succeed at this, how little I know about bikes, and how it affects my measly amount of motivation for physical activity, mostly because I think it's funny. It isn't Louis C.K. funny, but laughing at misfortune and inadequacy is still the overall point. Attempt 1 at physical activity after about 9 months of none at all went like this:

1:15pm AMPED for a warm day, I pull out my bike.

1:30-2:00 I whine for a…

Pardon if my French is poor.  I mean to say "Tour of Suburban Lakes."

Anyways, I had to get out and explore today.  And also, it was time to buy more light bulbs: excellent excuse to go on a ride.

Don't worry, those aren't miles.  It's a little over 31.5 miles in total length.…

Sixty acres of land has been given the "go ahead" by city staff. 

This was possible with the San Jose Parks Foundation, Guadalupe River Park Conservancy, the San Jose Police Department, and San Jose city councilman Sam Liccardo, who represents the downtown district.

Since it's a "cyclocross arena" that means it's devoted, as in YEAR ROUND.

Just saying.  Proposed layout:…

Motion pictures are worth a billion words.

The man built this prototype out of bike parts.  Bikes to the rescue again.  What are your thoughts? Check out the full website…

So today I did a windy ride to Brunswick from Vienna.  It was my first big ride in a long time.  Thanks to Ed and Tom for dragging me out!  And dragging my butt forward with the pace line!

So we stayed, ate, and rested a while.  The ride back was bittersweet, I was tired and my muscles told me "you're…

I'm ashamed of how long it took me to post this.  Forgive me?

Ann did a great job with the article.  I think she's got great writing talent.  Thanks Ann!  

We didn't expect for it to be published by the Fairfax Patch! 

Thanks for publishing Patch!

Read the full article…

So I've been tinkering, as I do, and I figured out how to make one of these wonderful Google Chrome Extensions.  It's so cool how Google has it set up, anyone can upload anything, and share it with anyone.  So I thought I would do that for all of you, my faithful Pedal Collective readers and general bike aficionados. Let the technology dazzle you!

So instead of doing this:…

With all of this conversation about gun rights lately, I felt I might as well post something pertaining to that.  Also, I just wanted to prove to you that I can still write blogs, and not just post videos.

In Uruguay this past month, people were exchanging guns for computers and bicycles with a new government program: Weapons for…

Certainement pas: je ne crois en la vie après la mort, et je n'ai valeurs morales. Afterlife que l'assurance de la morale est une sorte de carotte et du bâton: une bonne chose, obtenir le nirvana, enfiler être mauvais, ou bien l'enfer! Ce genre de menace primitive peut forcer quelqu'un à se soumettre à des règles imposées à l'extérieur, mais il nourrit rarement une capacité à faire des jugements moraux, et ne crée pas un respect pour bonne conduite pour elle-même. En d'autres termes, au-delà…

Wow, my first post! As an avid bike rider and wannabe writer, I thought I would put the two together and see what happened (so proceed with a grain of salt!) 

Living on the East coast, I have been to some beautiful places on my bike, but I have a "bucket list" so to say, of West coast places that I would love to test out! Park City,…

I hope all of you had a great & safe holidays. 

25th Infantry at Yellowstone in 1896

For those of you who are a little rusty on history, the Buffalo Soldiers, as they were called, where all black regiments enlisted to fight the Confederacy during the Civil War.

They helped pioneer bicycles as the original alternative to mainstream…

It's hard to beat a good protected lane when riding a bike.  There's probably no better place to be in an urban environment: cars and pedestrians are forced to look out for you, and you've been given the proper space to comfortably maneuver.

But what you probably didn't know is that creating a protected bike lane in downtown may…

You may know him as a car man, but James May of Top Gear is also a bike lover.



May, admits to being a more casual cyclist.

"Maybe these cycling crusaders don't take me seriously, since I ride in my clothes rather than in a Lycra gimp suit with TV packaging crash helmet and a stupid…