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Month: August, 2005

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see more pics from a lazy Saturday in Durham over at Jack Edinger’s.

Column: Why should drivers, bicyclists share the road?

Phillip Barron The Herald Sun August 25th, 2005 DURHAM — If you haven’t heard, the state of North Carolina just issued new ?Share the Road? license plates. For $30 annually, cyclists who drive can show their fondness of two wheels even while in their car. And if talk in the local cycling community is right, [...]

Bike! It’s patriotic.

Errol Morris, documentary film-maker, occasionally does commercial work to pay the bills. He’s got a hilarious series of aborted projects for Miller High Life, including this one about “alternative fuels.” His commercials are about as over-the-top manly as they come, full of the kind of swagger and strut and posturing you expect from a Texas [...]

Four days off, four days of riding

I don’t very often have consecutive days of absolutely no obligations, so months ago I committed to spend four days in July on some classic Southeastern singletrack. My plan was to drop off a friend in Atlanta, then meander my way back to Durham. In the days leading up to the trip, Hurricane Dennis was [...]

Column: Cycling through Mexican streets is enjoyable

Phillip BarronThe Herald Sun August 11th, 2005 OAXACA, MEXICO — After asking at a taller de bicicletas (a bike shop) whether I could rent a bike, a mecanico leads me across the street to Pedro Martinez. Sr. Martinez is a former Olympic mountain biker who rents bikes and leads tours in Oaxaca, Mexico. (Bicicletas Pedro [...]

talleres de bicicletas de Oaxaca (bike shops of Oaxaca)

Bicimundo — on calle Aladama, I bought some bright blue fixed-gear hubs here. The west end of calle Aldama seems to be the focus of the biking community. Pedro Martinez — Pedro, a mountain biker who once rode for the Mexican Olympic team, rents bikes and guides tours in the mountains around Oaxaca. His shop [...]