Byron

Mike Robinson sent an email memorial about Texas Jack Howell who passed on this day in 1997. The email brought back memories of my days…

That’s me, Abby, Amanda, and Mark posing together at Seward Park after riding together with a group of cyclists from the Space Needle. We joined…

In the first few Bettie rides, I joked with Eamon and Pam that you could hook up a push mower to the back of it…

The Ditty Bops are in town and playing Chop Suey tomorrow night at 6:00 PM. It’s an all ages show and costs $11.00 in advance…

Bettie is a Bike Hugger project to build a sport-utility bike with a Karate Monkey 29-incher frame, Stokemonkey, and an Xtracycle. Bettie has an enormous…

Alerted by a reader, I just discovered that Treehugger gave us a big hug today. Nice! And thanks, much appreciated… now I’ll get a cup…

Pam and I rode Bettie to dinner last night and the highlight, besides the romance of riding a bike together, was no parking stress. We…

Switched the Stokemonkey setting to high-mode today on Bettie and flew up Admiral Way for a morning coffee run to Metropolitan Market. The high setting…

Todd, the inventor of the Stokemonkey says, “Your timely and appropriate shifting permits the motor to operate within a small band of powerful and efficient…

First ride with a “thrilled” passenger on Bettie, our sport-utility project bike. And I quote, “it shoots you up the hill at like 25 miles…