Apologies to folks who consider the edge of the universe home, but riding buddy and I rode bicycles out to the edge of the universe yesterday, i.e., Paseo del Norte and Universe/Rainbow/Unser. The route went something like this: No, we were not drunk (thanks for asking), riding buddy and I just tend to ride crazily… Read More Cycling at the edge of the Paseo/Unser Universe

Your humble blogger told an outrageous fib the other day. I declared that the City of Albuquerque has zero bike infrastructure signs pointing out landmarks and such. Not true! As shown in this horribly out-of-focus photo I took yesterday, the City’s Silver Bike Boulevard has the occasional sign such as this one. We could point… Read More Ode to Silver Bike Boulevard

Here’s something you probably don’t hear much in coversations between Albuquerque cyclists… “Yeah, yesterday I was out for a ride and took that bike lane on San Mateo at I-40.” Did you know there’s a bike lane on San Mateo Blvd.? I only know because I was staring at the .pdf version of the City’s… Read More That Wacky Bike Lane at San Mateo and I-40

As it appears, again for the billionth time, that a statement by our current president will not be passed along by any major news organization in this country, BB will fill in the gap by passing it along to the seven, eight on a good day, readers of this blog. Trump: “Somalia — they turned… Read More News Not Found in the “News”

Every time I visit a city, I take a picture like this one and wonder, again, for the umpteenth time “Why doesn’t Albuquerque have signs like this?” It really isn’t that hard or expensive, folks. We can do this. And yes, if you squint you can see that the “Murchinson Drive Bikeway” doesn’t really have… Read More El Paso Signage

As my friends will tell you, I spend WAY too much time looking and obsessing over how much crude oil is produced in New Mexico. Hey, we all need hobbies. Neighbor Texas continues to dominate in terms of totals, but let’s look at oil production per capita. Barrels produced per day per person by selected… Read More New Mexico Oil’s Boomiest Boom