Was out riding the Fair Heights Bike Boulevard over the weekend, and came across the scene in Kafkaesque surrealism above, looking northbound at the southwest corner of San Mateo & Copper. Can you spot the combination of pedestrian absurdities above? No, we’re not talking about humans turning into cockroaches overnight or anything, but there’s some… Read More Let’s Play “Spot the Kafka” at San Mateo and Copper

A few years back I “taught” (actually they taught me) two amazing young women/sisters, and, as is often the case, I came to find out that the sisters’ parents were amazing as well. Over the years of giving his kids A+ after A+ on assignments, I came to find out that the father, John Groth,… Read More BB Visits a Bike Repair/Manufacturing Shop Right Here in ABQ

Not finding much information online about this upcoming public meeting, Better Burque, as a public service, issues the following poorly designed informational “flyer”: A fairly in-depth search of online mentions of the meeting, including a look through City of Albuquerque webpages, shows only this via KOB-TV. Nevertheless, the meeting will take place, and the soon-to-be-announced… Read More Public Meeting Thursday Announcing Improvements at Natalie and Louisiana

Just back from “working” the Rio Bravo & Bosque Path station of Bike to Work 2018. A truly glorious morning, perfect for a ride, and we had more folks stop by than in previous years. No, the numbers aren’t quite up there with those at Civic Plaza, but we did have more than one cyclist… Read More Bike to Work 2018, Deep South Valley Style

Life got you down, buddy? Have things got ya thinking Hamlet was right and “shuffling off this mortal coil” has gotta be better than another stinking day in this existential Hell? Well, that’s where road construction during/after photos can help. I know, we Better Burque readers are almost always telling ourselves precisely this in our… Read More Blake at Coors Construction Update: From ARGH!!! to Ahhhh…..