The first “Albany Bike Ride for Kids” turned out to be a bust, but it should not be taken as a discouraging sign. Getting kids interested in cycling doesn’t depend on events. It comes on its own if it comes at all.
It’s a headwind until you turn around
Written April 19th, 2014 by Hasso Hering
Riding your bike on the Oregon coast can be a lot of fun or a lot of work. Which it is depends on the wind direction, more than anything.
Christmas Eve, and another flat
Written December 24th, 2013 by Hasso Hering
There are better things to think about on the afternoon of Christmas Eve, but as I’m sitting by the side of a Southern Oregon road with a wheel in my hands, I’m wondering about this: What is it in the cosmic scheme of things that causes sharp little bits of steel and slivers of glass to find […]
Back on the open road …
Written December 13th, 2013 by Hasso Hering
After a full week of winter weather, all that misery was over Friday. Mid-valley roads and city streets were clear again for a bike rider to follow one of his usual routes, which in this case includes Pirtle Drive south of Albany (below). During the week of first snow and then ice, some cyclists could be seen braving Albany […]
Thanksgiving’s over, but …
Written November 28th, 2013 by Hasso Hering
The only point here is that there’s more to Thanksgiving besides turkey, football and a big family meal. Among many other things, we have reason to be grateful for the uncrowded, open countryside near which many of us have the privilege to live. (hh)
Waiting for a green that never comes
Written September 16th, 2013 by
This summer I had the opportunity to ride my bike around California’s Newport Beach, and I was delighted to find that the street department there had placed buttons where cyclists can reach them to activate the traffic signals when there happen to be no cars to do so. Too bad nothing like that has been […]
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Where the good berries are
Blackberries, one of the compensations making up for a long summer heat wave! And nowhere are they more plentiful than along the car-less roads of the E.E. Wilson Wildlife Area in north Benton County.
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