Ok, so for me, riding a bicycle is usually a solitary act. I don’t love riding with other people–I’m not good at pacing. I prefer heavily-trafficked routes to the side streets with their potholes, unlike most of my friends, for whom fear of the motor vehicle outweighs all else. And I’m a stickler about being a law-abiding cyclist, which means no, I do not want to ride the wrong way down that one way street (S., I’m looking at you). Continue reading
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Goldsprints at Handsome Willy’s on N. Robertson
Tonight was the opening-night party for Bike Bash, a weekend celebrating bikes and bike culture in New Orleans, sponsored by Metro Bicycle Coalition, Plan B, and RUBARB. I was excited to ride my bike to a place where lots of other folks were riding their bikes. Continue reading
Loyola Bike Auction at the Freret Street Garage
Today’s ride took me up to campus for a meeting. Afterward, I walked the Surly over to Loyola with R. to check out their biannual bike auction. Lots of bikes get abandoned on campus, left locked up, their owners failing to return. The Loyola police gather them up and put them up for sale. Continue reading
Bike Parking at the Saint on Lower Magazine
Tonight found me riding my bike down to the Lower Garden District to meet friends for drinks and socializing, and then over to one of my favorite bars for some dancing. The first place didn’t have anywhere to put bikes, so I locked up on a pole about half a block away; a couple bikes had already staked out the bus stop sign. Continue reading
Abandoned (?) Bicycle At Louisiana and Camp
I spent labor day getting some much-needed work done following the last several days of Southern Decadence, so I kept the bike in the neighborhood, cruising to the drug store, the coffee shop to get some writing in, and then the grocery store for supplies for tonight’s red curry with vegetables and tofu. I snapped this picture of a bike locked up to this street sign on my ride home. Continue reading
What I Saw Riding My Bike Around Today 