Author Archives: Christopher

I find myself saying that a lot. Clever people come up with clever ideas and the rest of us are just left in the dust thinking inside the box. This might explain the lack of original content on this site, but that’s a topic for another day. These ideas usually come from BikeHacks.com, but today this one comes from a great blog called LovelyBicycle!.

[Image from Lovely Bicycle!]

So simple is this trick that it can be used by anyone with a rack. She does mention that you can also do this with reusable grocery bags, but if you remembered to bring bags in the first place you would not need this trick. Hop over to her blog to read more. Be careful with the eggs though.

Oh, and happy Cinco de Mayo.

Written by Chris Belsole

Are you fluent in English? Would you like to win fabulous prizes? Do you like bicycles? If you answered yes to all three of those questions then have I got a contest for you.

Brooks, for all who don’t know, is primarily a company which makes leather saddles (seats) for bicycles. They have since branched out into other leather products, but have still maintained the history and integrity of when they started, or at least they are British so it seems that way.

Anyway, they are holding a contest in which you must,

“Compose something of 26 words’ length. It can be a poem (doesn’t have to rhyme), a sentence, a series of sentences, anything at all. Punctuate, italicize and bracket as your heart desires. The only rule is, the first word of your composition should begin with the letter A, its second with the letter B, its third… you follow.”

This is not the only rule. For a full list of rules and how to enter visit their site. They have not listed the prizes or how long you have to enter but it started May 2nd and it’s Brooks. So the must have something great in mind.

Written by Chris Belsole

It’s that time again. What time you ask? Time to go over the awesome events that are happening this week and next week in Bike Month!

May 2nd – 7th

May 8th – 14th

Written by Chris Belsole

Hey everyone. I hope you are all looking forward to the Bike Expo Tomorrow. I finally got the calendar update for Bike month. It might take a while to update on the site, but you can click on it and it will bring you to the calendar with all of the events on it. Just in case you missed it here is the lowdown for tomorrow’s event.

9:00 Bike Expo starts – Coffee will be provided by Anton of the Hudson River Coffee House because he is awesome

9:30 MHCC’s ride will leave the boat launch

10:00 ABC’s Ride will leave the boat launch

10:30 NYBC’s ride will leave the boat launch

1:00 Everyone is back and the merriment begins with food from local eateries and events

4:00 The whole thing ends and we leave to eat, drink, and be merry

I hope to see you all there tomorrow.

Written by Chris Belsole

Picture from BikeCommuter.com

We have been getting a lot of hits in the past few weeks. It is nice to watch the graphs readjust themselves to compensate for the larger numbers. This post will definitely help because who does not love free stuff.

Over at BikeCommuter.com they are giving away their last cycling hat, and all you have to do is tell them what bike you commute on and what state you live in. Isn’t that easy. So head on over and get a chance to win a free hat.

Also I better see all of you at the Bike Expo this Sunday at the Corning Preserve/Boat Launch. I have your IP addresses, and I will find you.

Creepily written by Chris Belsole