Recumentblog a great site.

One of the the great blogs on recumbent is the recumbentblog, which is re starting this is the best on overall recumbent site.

Having problems with your route?

Well here are a few answers:
My commute Sucks is website that sends a message to government on bike route problems, this is a real good way to get issues fixed, and get some funding from them is resolve your issues.
While you are waiting for the your route to address by the goverment (good luck) there is a great site called Map my Ride, this is a great way to find new routes to work and back.

Bike to work week May 11 to 18

http://www.hostelshoppe.com/ reminded me that it is bike to work week, and what better way to do it than on a Recumbent. Because most people commute from 6 to 12 miles to work with average traffic speed of 10 to 15 mph in a car. this can be done easily on a recumbent.

This is a great week to get started on a regular bike or on a recumbent. One of the reasons why I ride because it is a great way to stay in shape. However there are a lot of great reasons to bike to work.

Pig headed Cycling

Ok, this is my blog and I can now rant on a issue that has been troubling me for years, and that is the International Cycling Union this group has stop the bicycling movment for over 75 years and it needs to stop. 

These are the guys that outlawed recumbents from international cycling races,  because of this the current bicycle frame as been limited to a diamond frame.  now they are limiting the tubing on the the frame come on!!! lets stop the madness and build better and faster bikes for the masses. We need to dump the ICU in the name of progress. 

Portland biking community

I think that Portland is the number one biking City because of the people, not the bike lanes in the street, or the bike trails.

Like this morning one of the local bike shops where doing free bike check ups and serving coffee (I don't drink coffee but it's still nice).

I write systems for car dealership (a dying business whenit comes to new car sales) however car dealership make half of their money in part and service. So helping out Joe commuter can go along way.

Upgrade to your bike

there are a lot of times you are not happy with your bike, add on and replacement part are the best way to address this. I have used Add on help on my one of them was a chain keeper.


The best place of this is http://www.terracycle.com/ they are the king of chain management. They have Idlers, brackets every think to customize your bike and make it better.

rolling stop law

I totally support the Idaho stop law coming to Oregon. This video does a great job for defining the law.



Bicycles, Rolling Stops, and the Idaho Stop from Spencer Boomhower on Vimeo.

Better Designs

I like to read http://bicycledesign.blogspot.com/ there are some great designs on that blog. Not just the traditional diamond frame bikes but folding and recumbent are given there fair share.
Most in the biking industry are snobs, so it is nice to see someone open to new ideals.

One of the news designs out there is the Skua. It takes three wheel recumbent to a new level. This is something that the average person can use to get to work, and it address on of the problem with other recumbent is two wheel traction.


Now look at the GM solution to transportation, the P.U.M.A. (Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility) again we see at solution from GM that is the Hummer of Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility I hope that we are not going to bail this solution out.

the new way to get folks on bikes

I would use this if they had them at airports, however I would need a trailer or better carry on luggage.

Snow to Rain to Snow

This was my ride today. I am reviewing adding studs to my tires. This year has been full of surprises.

With this little of snow however I had no problems. I did have one or two from my staff that did not drive to work because of the snow, and you can see about the same amount of traffic on the Hawthorn Bridge.

riding route is flooded

this is my route in to work. This route is called the Springwater Trail the water is full of sewage so it is far from spring water.

This is the worst flood we have had here in Portland