Tag Archives: bicycle parking

You’re outside more than you think. 30 days of biking, #21

Posted on April 24, 2022 by 16incheswestofpeoria

—- Unless you’re thinking of cave dwellers, you have to believe humans spend more time outside than inside. Play along for a minute: Riding a bicycle? You’re definitely outside. Sitting under an umbrella? Yep. Outside. Walking inside a house? You’re … Continue reading →

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The victimless non-crime. 30 days of biking, #3

Posted on April 3, 2022 by 16incheswestofpeoria

Instead of a kidnapping victim, the front end of a tandem. Instead of a newspaper, daffodils. Instead of proof of life, proof of ride. The daffodils have yet to peak. The leaves have yet to be cleaned from the bed. … Continue reading →

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Design fail: uphill bicycle rack

Posted on July 16, 2019 by 16incheswestofpeoria

When my friend Mike Honnold lived in Peoria, he created an online database of greater Peoria’s bike racks and encouraged people to add their finds to the site. Well, I found another rack but haven’t submitted it for consideration. The … Continue reading →

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Review while parked: Click-Stand

Posted on June 28, 2016 by 16incheswestofpeoria

I have bikes with kickstands and without. The Click-Stand is the parking solution for bikes without a standard kickstand–like my tandem. Continue reading →

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Colorado bicycles at rest and in use

Posted on January 15, 2012 by 16incheswestofpeoria

Peorian Lar Davis headed out to Colorado to visit his niece in Wheat Ridge over Christmas. He recently talked to me about three pictures I spied on his Facebook page. A bicycle that once belonged to long-distance cyclist Susan Notorangelo … Continue reading →

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