Month: January 2008

Biking in Astoria

Bike snob

There’s a much better bike blog than mine. Anybody who reads Astoria Bike and doesn’t read Bike Snob is either ignorant or has serious time management problems. Most of his posts are great. His More BSNYC Infrequently Asked Questions is a gem. (But why is a threadless headset better than the old-fashioned kind? I thought…
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Tandem Melbourne

Things picked up a bit in Melbourne, bike wise. I couldn’t score free bikes (actually I probably could have, but hadn’t yet thought of my Australian bike connection), and renting bikes is crazy expensive. $50 per day. It costs more to rent bikes than rent a car. What’s up with that? But we wanted bikes.…
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Bike New Zealand

We weren’t in New Zealand for long and it was closed. Early January is not, I repeat not a good time to visit cities in New Zealand. They’re closed for the holidays. Spooky tumbleweed quiet. In Wellington, I got a lead to go to the anarchist book store on the Left Bank off Cuba St…
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Bike Portland

A month abroad and bike stories to share. From Portland, Wellington, Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney. I’ll start in chronological order. New Years in Portland, Oregon. Rumor has it that it’s a biking haven. Rumor has it the food is delicious. Rumor has it they drink a lot of coffee. I’m naturally suspicious of any place people…
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