Stories from Bicycle Diaries
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Rilke, Tolstoy, and travel...
Bicycle Diaries &bull Feb 18, 2010
your house is just this side of great distances Of course this has to do with bikes and books ... but first, I figure about half of you out there use Internet Explorer to view Bicycle Diaries . Microsoft 's nefarious product doesn't load it very well.… Full Story »
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That to which we should all aspire
Bicycle Diaries &bull Feb 12, 2010
roll long and prosper From the Daily Mail on-line: It was six decades ago that Owen Hook fell in love with the shining bicycle in his local department store window. But today, the Raleigh push bike is still going strong.… Full Story »
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You have to love pedestrians...
Bicycle Diaries &bull Jan 30, 2010
Pedestrians make up the greater part of humanity. And so begins The Little Golden Calf ( ??????? ??????? or Zolotoy telyonok) by Soviet authors Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov . A new English translation of the 1931 book, by Konstantin Gurevich and Helen… Full Story »
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A smashing success!
Bicycle Diaries &bull Jan 29, 2010
Saturday, 23 January 2010 The BBC's Cozy Hearth Tweed Ride from Aaron Bussey on Vimeo Full Story »
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Dead certainties...
Bicycle Diaries &bull Jan 28, 2010
in the Amazon Basin I just finished reading a fascinating book lent to me by a drinking buddy. The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon , by New Yorker writer David Grann , is… Full Story »
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Let your tweed flag fly!
Bicycle Diaries &bull Jan 26, 2010
on the Cozy Hearth Tweed Ride ... Once again, the Central Committee of the BBC chose an unseasonably warm day to gather together nearly 40 ladies & gentleman for a fab tour of the Windy City 's posh fireplace pubs.… Full Story »
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Passeo Guernika
Bicycle Diaries &bull Jan 12, 2010
journey of discovery Part II I wrote, back in November, about my new journey of discovery in the Boricua neighborhoods of the West Side. My intention was to start a series of posts focusing on interesting things I discover on… Full Story »
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Bike community 2.0
Bicycle Diaries &bull Jan 10, 2010
the rise of the vlosphre A major facet of my nostalgie de dcennie in The Windy City has been comparing my life in 1999 to that of 2010; especially the differences. Perhaps the biggest is the subtle change in the… Full Story »
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10 Years of Chicago BikeWinter
Bicycle Diaries &bull Jan 7, 2010
by the numbers Total Seasonal Snowfall in inches... 1999-2000 30.3 (with 11.1 on 18 Feb 2000) 2000-2001 39.2 2001-2002 31.1 (with 12 between 30-31 Jan 2002) 2002-2003 28.6 2003-2004 24.8 2004-2005 39.4 (with 11.2 between 21-23 Jan 2005 ) 2005-2006… Full Story »
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South Side Ride
Bicycle Diaries &bull Jan 6, 2010
and a surprise 3:36 in... from Aaron Bussey on Vimeo Full Story »
