Posted in bike carson on Oct 31st, 2008
Happy Halloween and Happy Nevada Day to all from the staff here at Bike Carson!
It’s been a busy week for me, and I hope to soon get back to the blogging. I did take a lot of pictures though, so hopefully the words will catch up with the photos before too long.
New Bike Locker?
Here […]
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Posted in stories, urban cycling on Oct 27th, 2008
…I’m going to Katmandu.Â
In the meantime, however, I’ll share these pictures that Carson City’s Anne Macquarie took on her recent visit to Nepal.
Fruit Bike
Anne says,
Here are pictures of alternative transportation and bike business opportunities in Kathmandu. Actually, walking is the principal method of transport, motorcycles second, then cars, then bikes. Cars creep slowly through […]
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Posted in News, Trails on Oct 23rd, 2008
Silver Saddle Ranch
My family recently went hiking out at the Silver Saddle Ranch. If you’re not familiar with the Silver Saddle Ranch, this park/working ranch is out on the Carson River Road, which takes off near the end of the east side of 5th Street. As we were hiking the mostly flat, packed sand […]
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Posted in Lunch Rides, Rides, Trails on Oct 22nd, 2008
We had an incident on yesterday’s lunch ride, and it got me thinking that I should talk a little about group trail riding etiquette.
Tom was riding sweep, and had a crash in an off camber, sandy dip. It also pinch flatted his rear tube. Tom was OK other than being a little dirty […]
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Posted in Rides, Trails, stories on Oct 19th, 2008
This weekend we had an Expedition into El Dorado Canyon. “El Dorado” loosely translates from Spanish into “The Land of the Lost Golden Trails”. To find this lost land, one must start at the Dayton Rodeo Grounds on Schaad Lane just outside of Dayton. Entering Dayton from the West, turn right on […]
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Posted in Lunch Rides, Trails, stories on Oct 12th, 2008
This recent weather system came as a bit of a shock to the system. I had to pull out gear that I hadn’t touched since last winter. And even though I don’t mind riding in the cold, I couldn’t help but feel crushed that winter was upon us. Didn’t we just get […]
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Posted in News, bmx, urban cycling on Oct 8th, 2008
There is a fantastic article over on the Around Carson Blog about Carson City’s Chinatown. According to the article, Chinatown used to sit along Third Street east of Stewart Street, but was finally torn down in the 1950’s. This is of particular interest to me, since this is right where I’ve worked for […]
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Posted in Rides, beer, bike carson on Oct 8th, 2008
Anyone interested in night riding? If you are, meet us Thursday evening, 6:00 pm, at the intersection of the Jack Rabbit Trail and the V&T bike path.
Expect temps to be in the 40s, with 12 mph winds from the N.
Feel free to bring along a beer or two for an after ride […]
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Posted in Advocacy, News, commute on Oct 8th, 2008
Here’s a bit of interesting news. Did you know a Bicycle Commuter Act was part of the recently signed Financial Bailout Package? The League of American Bicyclists says:
After seven long years, the bicycle commuter tax provision has finally passed both the House and Senate as part of the financial bailout package. President Bush […]
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Posted in Lunch Rides, Trails on Oct 7th, 2008
For the first time in a long time (weeks, months?) we got some rain this weekend! The trails in Ash Canyon were starting to feel like you were riding on the beach. I didn’t get up on the trails immediately following the rain, and rode for the first time on Monday. Wow! […]
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