December 2025

We should all be writing the Agriculture Secretary, our congressmen and other decision makers to stop this thoughtless below act.

Our forests are infinitely important to our quality of life and secure wellbeing. They provide to many clean air and water, shelter thousands of species, offer a place for millions to be well and recreate, act as carbon sinks that suck dangerous CO2 out of our air and store it in trees and foliage, etc. …

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Hitting the Dismount in Steller Manner

How to neutralize an explosive situation. Don’t. Riding in duress and finding that one must push harder rather than through the wall. There is now oberservational evidence that air pollution, including from transportation, now causes Autism with concomitant pending systems. Riding into grounds is a process where ones roots merge with the surrounding communities to …

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Teaching setting in and while riding

Ride Up to The Holidays

Today while returning home from my bicycle commute, three thoughts came to mind re bicycling, bicycling infrastructure and bicycling movement. First, the vision and substance of the green prism in better understanding, appreciating and valuing the above three subjects. The green prism is a lens to view these subjects with environmentally friendly thought and actions, …

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Surviving the Winter Slog

With the start of winter, the commute turns into more of a slog. Path, trail and road conditions worsen. There is packed snow and ice. Cities are using less salt and sand to mitigate against dangerously slippery roads. The commute becomes survivalistic. One starts riding outside the box or breaking rules to get by. We …

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Ringing in December on the Wheel

Yesterday morning I spent approximately one hour truing my rear wheel on the Fuji commuter bicycle. I noticed some mild wobbling of the wheel during a recent flat-tire change. I have a table truing stand. It’s portable for travel and compact for storage. I focused my very limited time on the areas of the wheel …

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