Part II of this Series Part III Finale Here’s a visual trivia contest question that pretty much every cyclist in town and many, many walkers would get right in a nanosecond while 99.8% of the “normal” (i.e., not walkers/rollers) population would be stumped. The Question: Where is this and why is it a hugely important… Read More $842 Million Yet the Same Dangerous Slip Lane at Lomas and Yale Remains: Part One

The H.A.W.K. (High-intensity Activated CrossWalK, yes, sometimes these acronyms stretch a bit to become recognizable words) signal installation appears complete now along the Hahn Arroyo (Paseo del Nordeste) trail at Carlisle. The signal was installed in City reaction to the killing of 19 year-old Kayla Vanlandingham back in July. In terms of what’s new, we’ve… Read More New HAWK Signal Installed at Carlisle and Hahn Arroyo

I am very much opposed to fascism and am thus part of a terrorist organization according to the currently fascist United States government. I vehemently oppose our military invasion into parts of the country the currently fascist government doesn’t like. I strenuously oppose any and all fascist government attempts to stifle dissent and outlaw any… Read More I Am Antifa

I am an American citizen. To accomplish this achievement, I have done absolutely nothing. I just happen to have been born within a certain set of superficial, invisible geographic lines. As is the current custom, I am supposed to be proud about the certain set of lines I happen to have been born within. I… Read More Abolish ICE

Somebody has apparently broken into Tom Tenorio Park off Arenal on the Southwest Mesa. Bernalillo County’s Tom Tenorio Park is fully (almost) surrounded by the fencing above, preventing neighbors from accessing the park adjacent to their homes and altogether (almost) defeating the purpose of a public park. Except for the hole above. Googling and other… Read More Tom Tenorio Park is a Prison in Reverse

I’m old-fashioned in many ways, including the strong, antiquated feeling that any bicycle with bigger than 2″ diameter tires isn’t a bicycle. Nothing against really fat tire proponents, only their bicycles. My bias runs aground, so to speak, when combined with my silly desire to ride places that bikes with <2″ tires have no business… Read More Today’s Ride: Mesa del Sol’s Wet Sand