If learning anything is like learning a new language, learning the sport of cricket is, for Americans at least, like learning Korean or Arabic. I.e., hard. Below is a screenshot excerpt from today’s “OBO” (Over-by-Over) Guardian report on the third ODI (One-Day International) between England and West Indies held at The Oval in South London.… Read More Today’s Homework: Sticky Wicket
Right at twice a year Albuquerque gets either too cold or too hot to ride a bicycle outside (and/or too smoky). I’m not complaining; only twice a year is damn close to exceptional. Today is one of those twice a year days, so I’ve spent the requisite 57 minutes coaxing my old Surly’s back side… Read More Today’s Ride: Everyone Knows This is Nowhere
I’d already parked my bike, per usual, at the “bike end” of the Rail Runner car yesterday amid the useless straps and pointless wheel “holders,” when I espied this at the other end of the rail car… Holy Chips Ahoy, that’s a new, seemingly infinite better way to park one’s bike on the train! At… Read More New Rail Runner On-Board Bike Thingee
The idea this morning is to catch the 9:35 Downtown Rail Runner northbound to the NM-599 stop. There’s a 1:26 southbound and the NM-599 arrival/departure gap gives me about two and a-half hours to ramble about on both sides of I-25 for a scheduled 23 miles of ebike. We could call it a “ride to… Read More Today’s Ride: NM-599 Rail Runner Station
My sense is that Truchas’ “High Country Bar” has been closed since about the time of the 1998 gubernatorial race depicted here as “Avez/Denish.” I could be wrong. Btw, those who like cycling about will be happy to hear there’s good shoulder on NM-76 in both directions from Chimayo through Cordova to almost Truchas. Give… Read More Truchas, NM 3.29.25
The Better Burque Tactical Urbanism Team (BBTUT) today encountered some construction signage not up to installation code according to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). So we fixed it. The stretch of smack dab in the middle of the goddamn bike lane signage continued for quite a while, but a few stops and… Read More BB Tactical Urbanism 3.2.25: Isleta Blvd.
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