Report from the road!
Coming to you from *clap clap clap clap* deep in the heart of Texas! I’m taking a rest day in Fredricksburg; though I’ve only been moving west for 2 days, I put a lot of miles and saddle time in … Continue reading
Search Results for: motorcycle
Two Wheels X 2
Anyone who knows me, knows that I love two wheeled vehicles. My own riding has been restricted to bicycles for a long time, but I love looking at a nice motorcycle too. The presence of an engine gives builders freedom … Continue reading
Molly Fin (the bike) 1
Before I get too deep in the weeds regarding component choices, a couple words about how the bike I’ll be hobo-ing on came to be… I’ve been riding a Surly Long Haul Trucker for a bunch of years now and … Continue reading
Sam Gribley goes for a bike ride
I’ve been dreaming about going nomad for a long time. Events of the past few years, both personal and on the world stage, have convinced me that there’s no time like the present. I’ve considered different ways to go mobile: … Continue reading
Inbound from Tomboy Style
Welcome – make yourselves comfortable. The results of a blog search on ‘motorcycle’ are here, there’s some cosmonaut/astronaut (female) art here and a post on Hedwig Kiesler (aka Hedy Lamarr) here. Finally, four recent shots off the phone that will serve … Continue reading
Boardtrack sidehacks
The answer to the question I ended the last post with is yes, there were boardtrack sidecar motorcycles: * Not-great camera work (who am I to talk?), but interesting footage regardless – looks like there’s at least one leaning-wheel rig: … Continue reading
Boardtrack moped and Rule 34
Here, here and here I went on about the possibility of an early racing motorcycle inspired moped. I should have known. I’d already figured out (second link) that is wasn’t an original idea – now I discover that there’s at … Continue reading
Flying Merkel
As mentioned before, I have a soft spot for these beasties. * Road or track, it was difficult to ignore a Flying Merkel, and not just because of the brand’s signature bright-orange paint. Merkels displayed perhaps the finest engineering of … Continue reading
Wordly Wise
Derny (also spelled derney) – “a motorized bicycle for motor-paced track cycling events such as during six-day and Keirin racing) or motor-paced road races. It is driven by a 98cc Zurcher two-stroke engine and by being pedalled through a fixed … Continue reading
Bulls, Bikes, Birds
Via a retweet from @bibliodyssey, an addition to the blogroll – Next Nature. I knew I’d hit paydirt when I saw that the most recent post talked about aurochs and Heck cattle – a topic we’ve visited here previously. On … Continue reading
Got a Match?
Something a little different – a match on two categories of technology for reasons that are pretty abstract. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you… the shotgun and the bicycle. Bear with me – I think a case can be made. … Continue reading
Greasebag Jamboree 2008
Ah, the rhythm of the seasons… Just as October brings foliage to New Hampshire, so June brings us Bike Week. Bike Week has gotten a lot bigger and a lot less 1% since I’ve been in NH – the local … Continue reading