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I borrowed a smart helmet, thinking it might raise my IQ. Didn't work. At the end, I was a dumb as ever.

The bird on top looks like a great blue heron, not a goose.

I heard that long ago they were using black gum (eucalyptus) for RR ties in California. Apparently they all rotted out in a year or two. For supreme rot resistance, black locust is hard to beat.

15 or 20 years ago, Bellingham imposed a pretty strict pedestrian privilege in street crossings, even where there are no crosswalks. This was actively enforced for a few months, then enforcement slacked off. Interestingly, the newly-learned habits seemed to stick, and drivers now almost always...

Non-alcoholic beer is worse than sex without a partner.

Depends on how bad the hip break was, I guess. Two or so years ago I T-boned a passing car at an intersection. Out of it I got a concussion and a cracked hip socket. Took me about 6 weeks to heal enough to resume riding. Since then I have been super cautious at intersections. Note that I ran...

About drop bars: I know what they are for, and that roadies absolutely must have them. But in 99% of the photos I see, the riders are not riding on the drops, but using the upper part of the bar (does that upper bar have an official name?). I have never had drop bars on a bike, because my wrists...

I've discussed previously my wife's refusal to try an ebike, even though I've offered to buy her a Gazelle (which I can find at a shop within easy walking distance). She's still maintaining that stance. But that just gave me an idea: next time she wants me to try something new, I'll try to...

The only thing I have to prove is that I have nothing to prove.

A good excuse to wear Groucho glasses, if you ever need such an excuse.

Charles Darwin was the one who figured this out, and wrote about it. And of course he was right, as he was about many things.

I have never understood that farmer objection. The animals and crops don't know or care what time it is. Why wouldn't the farmer simply time his day according to the needs of his farm? Okay, I realize sometimes the farmer has to visit the feed store, and doesn't want to arrive too late, but why...

Sorry, but this is why I don't look to an ebike forum for insights into cosmology

Sorry, I can't be bothered to "fear" something that might happen in 100 million years. Parochial of me I admit, but I can't help it.

Long ago, when I was fly fishing, the preferred lube for rod ferrules was nose oil

Thanks for the opportunity to rant. I'm reacting to your "snow event." Our newspapers and other sources of weather info are now fixated on these "events," and I doubt whether they can ever be weaned off them. So we have "rain events" and "snow events" and "wind events," and before long I expect...

No. (In answer to your last question).

Why would you set the PAS to zero without a throttle? Sorry, doesn't make sense to me.

The rack on my Ariel Rider is made of tubular steel. welded, and not removable. Very solid.

Forgot to add: I also am able to sleep with a pea under the mattress.