Bike Hugger 

untitled, by ~Raymond.

With a few Bike Hugger friends in Taiwan for business, I found Shut up and Drink the Kool-Aid’s post about the factory that manufactures Masi particularly interesting.

A reader altered us to the attack on cyclists and Bike Portland has posted about it. “Two cyclists said they were attacked by three teenagers near a north Portland bus stop on Wednesday. “

I posted earlier about how I love my new 3 Watt LED light. I do - I still love it, but Princeton Tec has sent me their soon to be released DOUBLE 3 Watt LED offering. 2 HAS to be better than 1 right?

Reading about chasing an owl on Bike Seattle, I remembered the animal encounters I’ve had on my bike

• Rode through the middle of a cow carcass during the Tour of Willamette
• Watched a crow fly through legendary mechanic Eamon Stanley’s rear wheel during our legendary ride to Snoqualmie Pass
• Avoided the squirrel that jumped up onto a fender, off a shoulder, and the back of my fellow riders
• Stopped to inspect a road kill badger (very cautiously cause badgers are mean)
• Seen enough dead possums to conclude they are the stupidest animal
• Rode over a seagull on Alki, felt really bad for about 32 seconds, until realizing there’s no shortage of seagulls (I also never liked that Jonathon Livingston Seagull novella)
• Slowed way down and rode really cautiously past a small moose during our tour of South East Alaska (a small moose means a big moose is nearby)