Virtuous Cycling

08/29/2026

This one has it all ...and with a sense of humor!

A kid on my team went through a stop sign once. Use code CLIMATE at...

08/25/2026

08/18/2026

Setting my own (shaded) route.

105 degrees made me look twice at the sunny, low-stress route suggested. It's a brilliant app and everyone should give it a squiz. But I knew a tree lined alternative to the path through the very exposed, wildflower field.

07/29/2026

Who needs a cargo bike? One of the reasons I commute on a hard tail mountain bike is to carry an additional 50 or so pounds of groceries in the panniers.

07/27/2026

Casual public contact is a key to building community.

Jane Jacobs wrote that trust in a city often starts with “casual public contact.”

In The Death and Life of Great American Cities, she describes the small encounters that happen at the local level, most of them unplanned and many of them tied to errands.

You nod at someone jogging past, smile at the baby in a stroller, or recognize a face you weren’t expecting to see, and even when it doesn’t turn into a conversation, that small exchange reinforces the feeling that people on the street are seeing one another.

Jacobs wasn’t arguing that city life should work like a small town where everyone knows everyone’s business; part of the beauty of city living is that people can keep a private life while still connecting in small ways.

The barista, the woman who runs a cafe, and the dad who’s always walking his fussy baby don’t have to be close friends; because they’re part of the street’s ordinary, everyday life, they’re already part of the web of trust .

When streets are designed so that people stay inside their cars, those small points of contact disappear before that web has a chance to form.

Where have you felt that kind of web of trust in your own town, and what helped create it?

07/06/2026

🎂 Happy 80th Birthday to George W. Bush!

You might not know it, but the man is a serious mountain biker. And we do mean serious. Out on his Prairie Chapel Ranch in Crawford, Texas, he's built 43 miles of singletrack and rides them hard.

For years he hosted the Warrior 100K, a multi-day mountain bike ride for wounded veterans across that ranch. Hand cyclists, amputees, riders carrying the invisible wounds of war, all out on the trails together with George right at the front setting the pace. Ask anyone who's ridden with him and they'll tell you he drops people half his age.

He even marked his 70th birthday the only way that made sense to him: saddling up for a ride with a group of vets.

That's the spirit we love around here. Doesn't matter who you are or where you've been, the bike brings people together, and there's always another mile to ride.

Here's to 80 years, and many more in the saddle. 🚴‍♂️🎉

06/28/2026

Per my usual, I took DART down to the Dallas Critical Mass ride Friday night. I was excited to see all sorts of FIFA fans on the train with me!!! Public transit benefits from a critical mass of riders too! Get on your bike ...and on the train!

06/21/2026

The best way to explore is always on two wheels and under your own power.