Riding home from work in the dark and hard rain at about 5:00 on a well paved, wide shouldered, but busy road. Ran into a heavy roadsign tripod laying flat...

Best Road bike under $1000 (ideally $700)? Hi, I’m commuting a *lot* on a mountain bike on flat city streets in Tucson, AZ. I’m going to go carless and...

"Ken C. M." wrote in message ... Jeff Grippe wrote: Well I finally learned...

My God! My universe is starting to fall apart! Where the f*** is Tom Sherman? He has left ARBR and I have not been able to find him on any of the other...

Hi all, I usually lurk, but my morning commute story from today is a good one, and my SO who I usually share my stories with is out of town, so . . . AsI was...

I saw something on the news a few nights ago that might interest the newsgroup. The French have come up with something they call the "Velobus". It is a...

It was kind of funny. I got a call from my girlfriend, and she told me that she was pulled over by a cop on her bike. The cop said that it was illegal to bike...

I have a 2004 Fuji Professional road bike. It has an aluminum/carbon fiber frame. Last week I noticed a severe crack in the rear drop (where the rear axle...

I've been pretty much car free since 10/30/06. Weather here has been nice, no rain. I commute to work by bike 4 days/week, sometimes 5. Five miles of my...

Hi, Cold weather is upon us. Time to pack away our shorts. But I don't feel comfortable wearing tights to bike to work. I'm still a little chubby and very...

Hi, ok, i was heading to an exit door. At the same time a cyclist pushing his bike also was approaching for the same door, i walked a little bit faster and...

I paid Rivendell $20 on Sunday for a subscription to the Rivendell Reader and a catalog. It was mailed on Monday, and arrived here in Florida on Wednesday,...

Well, I have been riding my Trek 7300 for the last month on a 10.3 mile 'loop' around my house, and the Bontrager sport seat is just not comfortable. Any...

The drug addicted finally said good bye. Mr.Armstrong said he had a enough of winning and time to quit. While on racing a bike, Mr.Armstrong worked for...

"Tom Keats" wrote in message ... I've also been drawn into chat that goes on a little too...

Just a quick question for the group. I have an older style bike (at least late 70's early 80's) that dosen't have lugs for bottle cages. I have looked around...

I have been doing a bit of quick research using google, and I am thinking from my early reading that a vegetarian diet may not be the best diet in the world...

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/rssstory.mpl/metropolitan/3232387 I'm having trouble imagining this "runaway bicycle" scenario. "According to Kentucky police,...

I was in my local Circle K getting some Gatorade(bought gas yesterday) on my bike ride, and the clerk got a call from her boss. Gas prices are going...

Definition Metabolism (from Greek ???????????? "metabolismos") is the biochemical modification of chemical compounds in living organisms and cells. This...