Monroe Street is one of the north/south “President’s Streets” west of San Mateo.  It’s importance for cyclists has grown, as it’s the Fair Heights Bike Boulevard connector between Silver (and the Silver Bike Boulevard) and Copper, as is poorly scrawled in purple (the official Bike Boulevard color) below: The Google pin above is the intersection… Read More Fall, Rise and Current Fall of Signalization at Monroe and Central

A Guest Post by Anonymous: Be careful out there! Summertime is also roadway bullying time — a time when the roads are full of young drivers who have too much time on their hands. While I have no statistics to back me up, in my experience it gets worse this time of year (as I… Read More Summertime’s Here and We Need Something to Cool Down Drivers

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