The Little Things

Things I see everyday on my ride make me happy.

• The smiling face of a friend as you battle the nasty snow sleet together “Yahooooooooooooo!” echoing over the wind, friends make even the worst weather worth riding in.
• The fact that the elderly gentleman who ran out in front of me and the cab next to me (and the mini-van in the lane after that) managed to NOT get run over by any of us, even though he tried really really hard.
• The instant karma moment when the guy who was backing up the wrong way through the intersection nearly missed running me over, only to smash ass first into a telephone pole.
• The girl riding no handed down Hampshire street rocking out to her music while conducting an invisible orchestra. Not safe, but awesome to witness.
• The elderly lady popping a perfect track stand on her sweet fixy at a red light. (blew my mind!)
• The woman with her two kids on the back of an extra-cycle cruising up Cambridge street towards downtown without a care in the world.
• The view from the Longfellow as the city is wrapped in fog and low clouds, like a present wrapped in cotton.

What are some of the awesome things you saw while riding your bicycle? Share them in the commons.

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It’s The Little Things: Cambridge Going Nuts With Bike Infrastructure (And Photo Contest)

I have been riding around Cambridge lately and noticing a lot of new things going on. Potential new bike lanes on river street (although they come with some problems as the right hand side of the street is a shit show). The Mass. Ave. Bridge bike lanes have gotten a new coat of thermo plastic. The bike lanes on western ave look like they got a new coat of paint. It looks like the lanes got narrowed on prospect near Mass. Ave. and it also looks like they are putting in bike lanes there. Harvard square seems to be getting some new bike lanes. Various other bike lanes around town (Hampshire off Broadway, and various parts further north) seem to be getting re-painted, or parts that have worn off redone. Over all it looks like there are new bike lanes going in, old ones being fixed up, and a whole lot more. Thanks Cambridge. It is the little things that matter, and I congratulate you on keeping up the good work.

(Anyone that can take a picture of everything I just mentioned and send me the pics will get a prize, use the contact form to drop me a line and I will tell you where to email the pictures)

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