And it's gettin' me antsy! I've actually been doing a bunch of fun volunteering with the Atlanta Bicycle Coalition, so that's getting in a good bike fix.
But the tour to Massachusetts is looming large. The tour to Savannah shook out some logistics, and I've been slightly changing my gear, including picking up new brakes to swap out. (I want a little more stopping power, and the Tektro Oryx the Surly LHT comes stock with just don't cut it.) The tour is looking like the last week and a half of May, and the first couple weeks of June. Then I might ride to Colorado or something.
Speaking of Colorado, some fun news for Earth Day: Denver launches Denver B-Cycle , which is billed as "the first large-scale municipal bike sharing system in the United States." If it's anything like the big programs in European cities, like the amazing program I saw in Barcelona, called Bicing, it could revolutionize how we get around in cities. The first half hour of any ride is free, so it's a great way of getting around a city core, without waiting on public transit, trolling for parking, or, god forbid, walking. Wait...
This all said, of course, cycling in cities is only feasible when the cities invest in meaningful infrastructure and policy for cycling. Denver is moving that way, but like all cities, has a long way to go.
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