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This bike is smokin’!

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Lems boulder boot

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We do have President Trump’s track record. We know that he doesn’t make the usual disclosures about his taxes. We know he’s not at all eager to talk about his health. … But he also has shown a particularly dangerous kind of secrecy in issuing the immigration order that barred refugees and people from seven countries temporarily from coming to the United States. That kind of secrecy, where he not only did not consult with many of his advisers, but did not consult with the government’s lawyers, and did not consult with the agents who had to carry out that order, really making it impossible for them to do their job, that kind of secrecy is extremely self-destructive, but in this case, it was also destructive to thousands of innocent people. So that’s an indicator, I think, that he is going to be very inclined toward secrecy. … I think that President Trump is showing us that it’s not possible to keep policies secret in the digital age.

Mary Graham, author of Presidents' Secrets, with Terry Gross (via nprfreshair)

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U Lock Holster

I’ve been riding bikes with bags, big bags, for a few years now.  No longer tied and bound by backpacks, belts, courier bags, and any other thing I have to attach to my body.  But I’ve never had a very good solution for the U Lock, which is a big old heavy piece of hardware that can damage just about anything it bumps into.  There’s plenty of room in the bag, but I find that if I put it in there without wrapping it in something, it bashes whatever else is in there.  And if I put it on the bottom, it bashes on the rack and eventually wears a hole in the bottom of the bag.  

But I’ve never been a fan of the black U Lock clip that attaches to your frame.  So I tried the Oopsmark U Lock Holster, pictured here.  It’s pretty flexible in that it can be mounted on the side of the rack (and pretty far back as I have it here) as well as under the saddle.  I have done both and they work well.  You can be creative.  The lock fits in easily and it doesn’t bounce around too much during a ride.  And of course there are certain stylistic considerations that are important to me.  Good stuff.  And pretty cheap.

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Sam Hillborne got a new backpack.  The Sackville Saddlesack Medium by Rivendell.  I’ve wanted one for years.

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Climate change

Now that we have a climate denier in chief, plants have decided to take matters into their own hands. Thank you plants. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/11/10/if-youre-looking-for-good-news-about-climate-change-this-is-about-the-best-there-is-right-now/?hpid=hp_hp-more-top-stories_ee-climate-250am%3Ahomepage%2Fstory

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I Need a Bike Light or Two

Should I get the Retinihilator or the Seizure Maker 5000?  What’s with all the damn lumens?!!  Good gravy!  And the blinking?  Day and night?  Blinking blinking searing pain.  Jeez.  All of this overkill only serves to make you eye bleedingly painful to behold, broke, and completely impossible to locate.  Don’t you see that?

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New biking shoes. Xero shoes Umara Z-Trail.

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Best summer biking clothes. Patagonia AC shirt, Rivendell MUSA shorts, Rivendell cycling hat, Keens.

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