Mybyk Blogs Syndication http://www.mybyk.com/blogs Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:32:03 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.mybyk.com/images/logo_mybyk.gif http://www.mybyk.com/blogs Mybyk Blogs Syndication http://www.mybyk.com/rickrise/blog/a_winter_s_day One characteristic of life in Los Angeles is that the days after a winter rainstorm are often as beautiful as a day can be and still be something the human soul can experience without exploding from an excess of joy. Yesterday it rained, mostly gentle rain but sometimes a good... Blogs - rickrise's Blog Fri, 26 Dec 2008 18:44:06 +0100 http://www.mybyk.com/rickrise/blog/weather_or_not While my friends in Portland are wondering whether to invest in studded bike tires or not--will the snow and ice last, or will it melt away as soon as you've mounted your hundred-dollar hoops?--we in LA have been having our own bout of doubt about the climate. It's not... Blogs - rickrise's Blog Wed, 24 Dec 2008 06:49:27 +0100 http://www.mybyk.com/rickrise/blog/the_days_after Last week's storm passed through, giving LA a much-needed wetting, and giving me a chance to pull my rain cape out of its stuff sack and enjoy riding around in the gentle, musical showers that followed the first few squalls. And then came the days that Ange... Blogs - rickrise's Blog Sat, 20 Dec 2008 16:21:58 +0100 http://www.mybyk.com/rickrise/blog/water_water_everywhere Our first real rain of the season. We've had some "rains," which were enough to leave the streets wet but which totalled a mighty 0.02 inches so far (six weeks into the rainy season), so this morning's clatter in the downspouts was sweet indeed. After a walk to... Blogs - rickrise's Blog Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:58:51 +0100 http://www.mybyk.com/rickrise/blog/imitation_is_the_sincerest_form_of_bad_design As I discovered today when I rode down to the Bridge at Playa del Rey to visit with my old friend Bill. As we were about to leave, we noticed he'd gotten a flat tire. So off it came, out came the old tube, in went the new... Blogs - rickrise's Blog Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:26:24 +0100 http://www.mybyk.com/rickrise/blog/pasela_vs._marathon No, it's not a Japanese monster movie from the 1950s, but just my impression of two tires I've had the opportunity to use recently. The Panaracer Pasela is a tire much loved among my crowd (the iBOBs), but, after riding on them for the last 14,000 miles, I'm not sure why.... Blogs - rickrise's Blog Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:42:03 +0100 http://www.mybyk.com/rickrise/blog/idiot_drivers There's always something new to stoke one's cynicism, it seems.... Today I was riding to Playa del Rey to meet my friend Bill at the Bridge. It was the latter part of rush hour, and I was riding in the clearly marked and delineated bike lane when, within the space... Blogs - rickrise's Blog Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:33:51 +0100 http://www.mybyk.com/rickrise/blog/the_slow_lane_ii Feeling a little under the weather today (though the non-metaphorical weather was, and remains, beautiful: crystalline skies, warm breezes). Chores don't wait, thoughm especially buying Mom's groceries, especialy since Mom decided she doesn't want to go more than 100 feet from home, and doesn't need to pay for anything. So, after... Blogs - rickrise's Blog Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:33:03 +0100 http://www.mybyk.com/rickrise/blog/at_long_last_rain Love it--and I'll be riding in it tonight. This morning, I took the bus downtown for garment business--not because it was raining (it wasn't), but because I'd be walking from shop to shop for a good while, and didn't fancy leaving my bike locked up outside for a couple of hours... Blogs - rickrise's Blog Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:59:56 +0100 http://www.mybyk.com/rickrise/blog/the_most_important_accessory Today I suffered a grave disappointment, and I can blame it all on my U-lock. I'd taken off early to ride one of my favorite Sunday loops. The sky was gray and cool, traffic was light, and I rode down LA's primary main drag, Wilshire Boulevard, west through Beverly Hills,... Blogs - rickrise's Blog Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:18:38 +0100