I want to bicycle at casual speed for 5 to 10 hours a day in temperatures 20F-35F. How should I dress? This is what I think: 1. Wicking base layer 2. 100 wt...

I need to bicycle 4 miles one way to a grocery store and carry back about 50 lbs.. I think it can all fit into a backpack I see online but I'm not sure if I...

I want to ride my bicycle (hybrid)to the grocery store once a week. Roundtrip is about 10 miles with one big hill. I have some questions: 1. Are panniers the...

I used a rain jacket over fleece for a short ride in cold weather recently and I was amazed at how the rain jacket blocked the wind. However the rain jacket is...

Closing date: 18 August 2008 We've got 4 x WeeRide Kangaroo Bike Seats to give away. Introducing the WeeRide bike seat. WeeRide sits perfectly for...

"HarryB" wrote in message ... Question: Presently I eat a cold cereal breakfast...

Hiya: Survived first time as the "ride leader" for a group ride. Only three wrong directions on the route sheet (my fault, already corrected in the computer...

Hiya: While walking about on Miramar Road saw one commuter cyclist take a self-induced fall. Actor: Relatively young roadie on old lugged...

Hiya -- here's the three plus two halves best bike sightings of the weekend: First, the two halves of a bike sighting go to the couple on the Saturday 40 miler...

Hiya: Last night, whilst going on an exercise walk in a bar-infested neighborhood (I live there), I saw the police horses are now wearing reflective bands on...

Hello: This particular unsettling double feature in today's local section of the San Diego Union-Tribune has me deeply troubled. For obvious reasons. Truck...

Hiya Steve: On the hydration front, if you can spare the weight, and are using 16 ounce/ .5 liter water bottles, you might want to go with 22 ounce/ .75 liter...

Hiya: I notice the Trek 520 has been made since 1983 (according to a vintage Trek web site). Now, the components and frame construction methods, and possibly...

Hiya: You know how it goes at flat tire time. Step one: Fix tube or get replacement tube ready. Step two: See if you can find that gol-danged foreign object...

Hiya: OK -- I put my seven year old Trek Hybrid with original wheels (but by no means oriignal tires ;P) in the shop because the chain sucks (but no actual...

Dear rbm: Hi! While walking back from the post office to where I'd parked my bike, I came across a cyclist, dismounted, fiddling with the bottom bracket area...

Howdy: After having to retire a few rack trunks over the past two decades due to worn out Velcro -- and listening just now to one manufacturer's representative...

Hiya! The weird bicycle sighting for this week -- well, actually there were a lot of them, including a flat-handlebar bike of unknown make that had downtube...

Dear Bicycling Abbys: When riding at night I am often passed (almost never is it the other way around) by other cyclists whose rear LED lights are dim,...

Hiya: While I'm in the Castro Valley mode, why no internal gears on this model? Between an IG rear and the dyno front with the light, it'd be a commuting...