Palm Beach Bike Tours

About 50% of my riding is at night. I never count on just one rear-facing light, particularly LED lights, because they are highly directional. I have a NiteRider taillight (the brightest taillight made as far as I know) on the rear rack.
Behind it is a highly-reflective Slow Moving Vehicle triangle. On my Camelbak are two [...]

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I run with my NiteRider Pro 12E taillight blinking night and day. It’s the only LED taillight I’ve found that is visible in bright daylight.
The Pro-12E headlight has a strobing feature that’s designed (they say) to attract attention. You can set up so that the headlight is off and the taillight is blinking until you [...]

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If you’re concerned about white lines on your face from your helmet straps, grow a beard.
 
Strange tan lines are part of the game. I ride in Shimano Sandals. They make for a really weird pattern.
 
Shortly after I started riding, I looked down at my hand on the keyboard and thought, “Wow, that’s an odd bruise. [...]

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All of them, only one at a time and I usually need one more lower than my lowest.

Never had I the occasion to wish for a bigger, faster gear but, woe is me, I have wished for a smaller, slower, easy to climb with gear.

When I was a kid in Missouri, my bike only had [...]

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I know all too well what carpal tunnel (CTS) is all about. Too many years at a keyboard and a mouse have taught me more than I want to know. And, yes, I’ve been wired up and had my muscles jerk like a frog in a skillet while a guy in a white lab coat [...]

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