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Poetry Friday

GOING DOWN HILL ON A BICYCLE

A Boy’s Song

With lifted feet, hands still, I am poised, and down the hill Dart, with heedful mind; The air goes by in a wind.

Swifter and yet more swift, Till the heart with a mighty lift Makes the lungs laugh, the throat cry:— “O bird, see; see, [...]

Sunday mornings

I’ve always enjoyed Sunday mornings … from going to Sunday School and then services at First Baptist Church of Chattanooga, Tennessee with my great-grandmother when my age was still in the single-digits, to my current more adult-oriented fare (no, not porn) of double cappuccino, CBS Sunday Morning, Face the Nation, and the New York Times.

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Ode to the Bicycle

ODA A LA BICICLETA

Iba  por el camino  crepitante:  el sol se desgranaba  como maíz ardiendo  y era  la tierra  calurosa  un infinito círculo  con cielo arriba  azul, deshabitado.

Pasaron  junto a mí  las bicicletas,  los únicos  insectos  de aquel  minuto seco del verano,  sigilosas,  veloces,  transparentes:  me parecieron  só lo movimientos del aire. [...]

Porn porn porn porn

… of a certain type, anyway. Now available for pre-order (currently $37.00) from Amazon.com.

Custom Bicycles: A Passionate Pursuit    by Christine Elliott & David Jablonka

Cycling has never lost its appeal. Alongside mass-produced models, the craftsmanship of handmade bespoke bicycle makers has emerged to satisfy the passion of people who ride bikes as a means [...]

Trek-Volkswagen calls it quits

VeloNews | Trek-Volkswagen calls it quits | The Journal of Competitive Cycling. By Fred Dreier Posted Jan. 3, 2009

The list of riders who have suited up for the Trek-Volkswagen professional mountain bike team over the years reads like a who’s who of North American off-road racing: Travis Brown, Alison Sydor, Roland Green, Susan Haywood [...]

A (Cyclist’s) Christmas Story (redux ad absurdum)

Copyright © 1999, by Kent Peterson. Republished without permission, but it’s too good a story not to share.

It’s been years now, but I’ll never forget that Christmas…

The days had grown short, the snow had begun to fall and my friends and I were all gathered around old man Petersen’s bike shop in the [...]

Poetry Friday

JOEY AWAKE NOW

Some poems, right some poems.

I’m a lover of poems. And yes, we lovers of poems

must stick together. Don’t mind me. Pardon? Glenn? Glenn? Glenn. It is nice to meet you, Glenn.

You are thinking you are in luck. Because look,

a strange old man has joined you at the bar. [...]

Senate Plan bails out cyclists (sort of)

If for no other reason, the revised bailout plan (Adobe PDF), currently being considered by the Senate, should be passed because of the following passages:

SEC. 211. TRANSPORTATION FRINGE BENEFIT TO BICYCLE COMMUTERS.

(a)  IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 132(f) is amended by adding at the end the following: “(D) Any qualified bicycle commuting reimbursement.”.

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Poetry Friday, part 2 (for T.)

early morning bike ride

lamppost lamppost lamppost

changing of the lead between my shadow and myself

my shadow looks to be in better shape and currently has the lead

but i am catching up quickly.

  — justin.barrett

In case there’s any doubt …

… on which candidate to vote for come November, let these two vid clips point the way.

Barack Obama rides a bicycle (albeit with a saddle that’s WAY too low).

John McCain will veto beer.

If that’s not a clear sign, I don’t know what is.