A Bicycle's point of view

Observations from my bicycle on my daily commuting and riding through North Texas. Living in Texas is not a nightmare for cyclists, but there is not enough information out there to even convince Texans themselves. The objective of this blog is to bring light to the subject of cycling both locally, nationwide, and internationally from the vantage point of a bicycle.

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Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Bicycles for Sale

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Bicycles for Sale I am selling a few bikes on eBay, in hopes that with a few bikes sold a few more come along and I can start a web bas...
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

The Countryside, Man-struation, and jogging 7 miles

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Current Happenings as of late A Series of short stories that are sure to make you laugh out loud. Probably. The countryside is a beau...
Thursday, October 4, 2012

Vintage Find- Antique Bike of Unknown Origin

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Vintage Find: Great Old Bicycle Sometimes some of my restorations don't come with labels, and the bikes are so old that the...
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012

What to do about those pesky headbadges?

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Advice for reinstalling riveted headbadges The picture above says it all. Use crazy glue or the generic equivalent. Riveted headbadge...
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Ye Olde Bike Shop

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My New Workspace This is actually organized for me. A couple of weeks ago one of my neighbors was having a yard sale and selling al...
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Thursday, September 20, 2012

Back to the 80's- My "Maglia Rosa" Custom Road bike

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Lately I have had 80's thoughts. "What are 80's thoughts?" One might ask. It's when you suddenly catch yourself lis...
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Coming full Circle- Being a well rounded cyclist

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My Cycling Journey- And why its important to be balanced. All my life I have been riding my bike. Since I was fifteen, I have always fo...
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Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Book Review- My take on Bike Snob NYC

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Afterthoughts on my latest Read: Bike Snob NYC When not building or restoring bicycles, riding bicycles or ranting about any bicycle relate...
Monday, September 3, 2012

A Visit to Mellow Johnny's

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 Mellow Johnny's Bike Shop Austin, Texas It's no secret that I am a big fan of Lance Armstrong. I had an opportunity to drop by his...
Monday, August 27, 2012

How to Restore a Bicycle- Part 4: The finished product

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Enjoying the fruits of your labor-The fiinished product I finally got finished with this bicycle restoration. After months of waiting on pa...
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Saturday, August 25, 2012

Premium Rush- Movie Review

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SPOILER ALERT!!! IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS MOVIE, DO NOT READ THIS ARTICLE. THANKS If you do want to know what h...
Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Premium Rush- Good or Bad for the Cycling Community?

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Premium Rush- How does this make us look? Okay, okay, before anyone thinks I am going to do a negative preview about the only cycling movi...
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Saturday, August 18, 2012

Bike Friendly Garland is here!

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Bike Friendly Garland, Texas Although Garland, Texas has a long way to go before becoming bike friendly, there is a group of people who are...
Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Introducing Johnny's Customs

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Johnny's Customs- Introducing the Prototype When I first started my "Transform your Klunker" column on my page, I did not kno...
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Saturday, August 4, 2012

Cycling and the Environment

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We all know cycling is good for the environment- here's why. Nowadays around contemporary subcultures it is very common for people to d...
Tuesday, July 31, 2012

I Fell in love with a Step Thru- My 1980 Schwinn World Tourist

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Vintage Find: 1980 Schwinn World Tourist Five Speed My new coffee shop bike I recently responded to a classified ad on a pair of Schwinn Wo...
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How To Restore Your Bicycle: Part 3-Re assembly

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Now that we got the rust off, it's time to put it back together. I first want to apologize that I have been behind on my recent activit...
Friday, July 27, 2012

DART Orange Line- Irving, welcome to Mass Transit

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It's finally here! The Orange line comes to Irving/ Las Colinas Open for business on July 30. This Rail Line marks where the Las Colin...
Friday, July 20, 2012

Why Restore an Old Bicycle?

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 Will restoring an old bicycle add value to it? I have been getting feedback on my blog from several viewers. One such viewer asked me th...
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