Miscellaneous

Who’s Bike Commuting and Where

September 26, 2011

I found this interesting article on The Atlantic about the areas of growth in bicycle commuting. While we’ve all seen the large number of articles regarding the growth of cycling commuting, it is interesting to see the geographic concentrations of this growth. Unfortunately, Oklahoma City shows no growth (we sit at a 0.1%...
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Car Free OKC: Recap

By Nathan

September 2, 2011

So today was my first day back to driving. I drove primarily just for the contrast and to mark and end to the experiment. Boy, was the irony suddenly laid on thick. I climbed in my car, turned the key and nothing happened, just a clicking noise as the starter motor tried to turn...
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Car Free OKC: Grocery Shopping

By Nathan

August 22, 2011

When I lived in Chicago, grocery shopping was never really an issue. For example, at my last apartment, my grocery story was literally 25 yards away from my back door. Thanks to the re-opening of my local grocery store by El Mariachi, this is still true for me. However, this isn’t the situation for...
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Car Free OKC: Shower Alternatives

By Nathan

August 19, 2011

I’m often asked by non-cyclists about how I clean up after my daily commute. After looking over the comments from my recent post about the contents of my commuter bag, this subject is of great interest to cyclists as well. Up until just a few months I had the best possible option, an actual...
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Car Free OKC: Rain? Don’t Sweat It!

By Nathan

August 17, 2011

Though many of us believed that it would never happen again, over the last couple of weeks we’ve seen some decent rain storms make their way through the city. Not nearly enough to make up for the drought, but it is a start. Normally, I must admit, I am a complete wimp when it...
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Car Free OKC: Week 1 & 2 Recap

By Nathan

August 15, 2011

I was planning on writing a recap of my car free in Oklahoma City experiment every week, but last week was extremely busy so a two-week summary will have to do. To be perfectly honest, this makes it easier because it has really been an uneventful transition to being car free. I had planned on...
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Car Free OKC: Commuting Bag

By Nathan

August 3, 2011

So far in my little experiment, I’ve really only been bicycling between home and work, which isn’t really a big change for me except that it’s my only option now. However, because I’m now completely reliant on the bicycle to get me around, I have been attempting to make myself absolutely prepared for as...
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Car Free in OKC

By Nathan

July 29, 2011

For the past year, I have participated in a few 30 Days of Biking events. I truly love participating in these events and it reminds me of how much I love cycling. Lately, I have thought about my days in Chicago. My bicycle was my only means of transportation and it was incredibly liberating....
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St. Baldrick’s Day 2011

By Nathan

March 25, 2011

Admittedly, this has nothing even remotely to do with cycling so I hope you’ll forgive the change in subject matter. In any case, this Sunday, March 27th, at between 2 and 4 PM at VZD’s (4200 N. Western), I will be getting my head shaved in support of the St. Baldrick’s Foundation. This is...
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All Work and No Play . . .

By Nathan

March 14, 2011

So, I know it’s been quiet around here lately and it’s my standard excuse; some big projects both work and personal have just been eating up my time and keeping me away from the blog. However, the schedule has opened up a bit and there has been a lot of exciting news lately including...
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