The stuff that gets you places
This is the bike that started it all: (a good old Trek 1500: low-end but lovely racing bike) I bought it in 2005 after I graduated from college. My roommate and I had just moved away from our shabby house in Portland into what I think was the last affordable …
Awww. I came out of Planet Granite the other day and found that my bike — a Soma Double Cross — had been joined at its bike rack by another Soma Double Cross. (double trouble of black Double Crosses:) I do so love my bitty bicicleta, and when I see …
There are a lot of really sad bicycles in New York. Bikes chained up (and, in fact, most of them are chained, not U-locked) and seemingly forgotten about litter the sidewalks. Many are missing integral pieces — say, a wheel, or two, or a seat, or the handlebars. Many have …
A few times over the last few weeks, I’ve passed this bike locked up near my work: It’s the same frame as my bike, a Soma Double Cross, but built up a bit differently. And even though I don’t get super into bike nerdery the way some folks do, it’s …
