Forum: Mountain Biking
March 5th 13, 09:06 AM Posted to alt.mountain-bike,rec.bicycles.soc,rec.backcountry,ca.environment,sci.environment
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,851
Is Mike Vandeman finally dead?
Mikey, has left foe enviers unKnown....
=v= I got email from him about a week ago. The last *public*
missive that I'm aware of can be found...
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Forum: Social Issues
January 21st 13, 12:27 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.soc
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Replies: 15
Views: 3,500
Bicycling and Divorce
= John B.
I can't comment on people who take several weeks to be away
from their wives as I really can't imagine it. Perhaps I'm old
fashioned by my marriages have been more a matter of...
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Forum: Social Issues
January 21st 13, 12:16 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.soc
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Replies: 15
Views: 3,500
Bicycling and Divorce
= Brian D. Potter
For instance, we have a demonstration ride here in my home
town--not Critical Mass stuff, but with a "We ARE Traffic"
mentality.
=v= Imagine that, a "mentality" that...
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Forum: General
January 21st 13, 12:03 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.misc
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Replies: 4
Views: 2,000
Pittsburgh hills
http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/neighborhoods-city/with-grit-sweat-they-tackle-em-the-dirty-dozen-663572/
Wow, and I thought that 20% was painful. Of course that is a
mile long. but...
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Forum: General
January 20th 13, 11:51 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.misc
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Replies: 43
Views: 4,213
Bike boxes - a failed experiment
These?
http://fishwrecked.com/files/ledge64/bike-boxes.jpg
=v= Great photo! But seriously, these:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jym/tags/bikebox
_Jym_
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Forum: General
November 22nd 12, 08:13 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.misc,rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 43
Views: 4,213
Bike boxes - a failed experiment
=v= It's really misguided to point to one (1 -- count 'em! -- 1)
blog entry about one (1 -- count 'em! -- 1) year's data from one
(1 -- count 'em! -- 1) locale and draw conclusions from it.
...
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Forum: Techniques
November 22nd 12, 08:13 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.misc,rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 52
Views: 1,001
Bike boxes - a failed experiment
=v= It's really misguided to point to one (1 -- count 'em! -- 1)
blog entry about one (1 -- count 'em! -- 1) year's data from one
(1 -- count 'em! -- 1) locale and draw conclusions from it.
...
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Forum: Social Issues
October 17th 12, 07:20 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.soc,ba.bicycles
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Replies: 3
Views: 2,254
SFGate stirs the pot with "Hayward cyclist"
[Also Posted to ebbc-talk and sfbike]
=v= I'd say this is a new low. The _San_Francisco_Chronicle_
milked an extremely rare bike/ped death for six weeks. Long
after they'd run out of facts, they...
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Forum: Mountain Biking
October 17th 12, 07:06 AM Posted to alt.mountain-bike,rec.bicycles.soc,rec.backcountry,ca.environment,sci.environment
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Replies: 1
Views: 1,611
Is Mike Vandeman finally dead?
=v= He emailed something to the ebbc-talk email list
just a few days ago:
http://lists.ebbc.org/pipermail/ebbc-talk-ebbc.org/2012-October/011110.html
Share and Enjoy,
_Jym_
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Forum: General
September 17th 12, 04:17 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.misc
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,968
What to Wear
If I merely pin them at the ankles, they drag on my knees.
So I also wrap a piece of twill tape around twice just under
the knee and tie a bow; this keeps the pants smooth at the
shins and...
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Forum: Social Issues
August 28th 12, 06:45 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.soc,nyc.bicycles
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Replies: 0
Views: 2,203
In Honor of "Pee-Wee" Herman's Birthday
It was the worst ... Mass arrest ... I ever seen.
On this very night ... 8 years ago ... along this very stretch
of Broadway ... in a neon glare just like this one ... a bunch
of us went for a...
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Forum: Social Issues
July 2nd 12, 05:27 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.soc,rec.bicycles.misc,rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 3
Views: 2,222
BICYCLE LITERATURE
Reading Forester is a bit like reading Isaac Newton.
The writing may not be sparkling and concise, but it
was groundbreaking in its time.
=v= Given the claims that what he describes are proper...
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Forum: Techniques
July 2nd 12, 05:27 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.soc,rec.bicycles.misc,rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 12
Views: 808
BICYCLE LITERATURE
Reading Forester is a bit like reading Isaac Newton.
The writing may not be sparkling and concise, but it
was groundbreaking in its time.
=v= Given the claims that what he describes are proper...
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Forum: General
July 2nd 12, 05:19 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.soc,rec.bicycles.misc,rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 57
Views: 3,787
Please don't help so much
Studies consistently show that half of car-bike crashes are
the fault of cyclists.
=v= Studies based on police reports do, but these are subject
to the known and documented effects of observer...
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Forum: Techniques
July 2nd 12, 05:19 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.soc,rec.bicycles.misc,rec.bicycles.tech
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Replies: 167
Views: 3,176
Please don't help so much
Studies consistently show that half of car-bike crashes are
the fault of cyclists.
=v= Studies based on police reports do, but these are subject
to the known and documented effects of observer...
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Forum: Social Issues
July 2nd 12, 05:11 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.soc,nyc.bicycles
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Replies: 0
Views: 1,990
PHOTOS: NYC Critical Mass {Jun-2012}
[Also Posted to critical-mass]
=v= Back in the olden days, we used to take photos on put them
up on a home page, or flickr, or somesuch. Now it's all blurry
cellphone snapshots, and...
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Forum: Social Issues
November 25th 11, 04:54 PM Posted to alt.mountain-bike,rec.bicycles.soc,rec.backcountry,ca.environment,sci.environment
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Replies: 48
Views: 5,915
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Forum: Mountain Biking
November 3rd 11, 04:03 PM Posted to alt.mountain-bike,rec.bicycles.soc
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,017
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Forum: General
October 23rd 11, 05:40 PM Posted to alt.autos.toyota,rec.bicycles.misc,alt.society.liberalism,alt.fan.noam-chomsky,alt.fan.michael-moore
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Replies: 12
Views: 1,540
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Forum: Mountain Biking
October 23rd 11, 05:39 PM Posted to alt.mountain-bike,rec.bicycles.soc,rec.backcountry,ca.environment,sci.environment
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Replies: 15
Views: 2,017
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Forum: General
October 13th 11, 03:44 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.misc
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Replies: 0
Views: 937
folding bike for touring
Has anyone who has made the switch to a folding bike for long-
distance, self-contained touring had a positive experience?
My criteria a (a) folds quickly and easily (b) low and
variable...
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Forum: Social Issues
October 1st 11, 06:01 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.soc,rec.bicycles.misc
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,375
Sidewalks, bikes, & civil engineering
I named specific and well-known forms of bias (observer
bias and survivor bias). I did not invent these insights,
I'm just applying them.
You can hardly expect researchers to discard all...
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Forum: General
October 1st 11, 06:01 PM Posted to rec.bicycles.soc,rec.bicycles.misc
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,676
Sidewalks, bikes, & civil engineering
I named specific and well-known forms of bias (observer
bias and survivor bias). I did not invent these insights,
I'm just applying them.
You can hardly expect researchers to discard all...
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Forum: Social Issues
September 29th 11, 06:41 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.soc,rec.bicycles.misc
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,375
Sidewalks, bikes, & civil engineering
Frank Krygowski writes:
So what you're saying is "_All_ the data is bad. I
just know it is. You just have to believe me."
=v= What I actually said is that *part* of the data is
subject to bias:...
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Forum: General
September 29th 11, 06:41 AM Posted to rec.bicycles.soc,rec.bicycles.misc
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,676
Sidewalks, bikes, & civil engineering
Frank Krygowski writes:
So what you're saying is "_All_ the data is bad. I
just know it is. You just have to believe me."
=v= What I actually said is that *part* of the data is
subject to bias:...
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