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How to Write About Cycling
Life in the Bike Lane by Tom Frady I know it’s hard for you seven loyal readers to believe this about a far-from-professional columnizer...
mtbjohn
Jun 192 min read
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We Knew It All Along:Â Cyclists Are Smarter
Life In the Bike Lane By Tom Frady We knew it all along, didn’t we? Cyclists are just smarter. But what does cycling actually do for...
mtbjohn
Jun 163 min read
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Rides to Make You Feel Good
Life in the Bike Lane By Tom Frady After over 30 years, June 1 -7, 2025 will be the last AIDS/LifeCycle, a charity ride from San...
mtbjohn
Jun 93 min read
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WHO REALLY STOPS?
The Bike Column By Tom Frady Recently, I took a couple of hours of my precious retirement time to observe motorists at stop signs. I sat...
mtbjohn
Jun 22 min read
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Tired, but Stronger
Life in the Bike Lane By Tom Frady  Bike riding is freedom. No matter your route, you’re getting away. Like many, if not most people, I...
mtbjohn
May 283 min read
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Riding Narrow Roads
Life in the Bike Lane By Tom Frady I was reminded recently during one of our usual morning rides, what a beautiful area this is. Recent...
mtbjohn
Mar 273 min read
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Points of Interest
Life in the Bike Lane - Tom Frady Mrs. Bike Lane and I had driven down to Folsom last week and I was feeling a little down because I have...
mtbjohn
Feb 262 min read
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Quit Saying This Stuff
Life in the Bike Lane - Tom Frady I’d like to ask you nine loyal readers help me to delete a few tropes from the general argot in the...
mtbjohn
Jan 283 min read
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Just One Hour
Life in the Bike Lane Tom Frady You six or seven (I’ve gotten confused over the exact number) loyal readers know I have never met a 50...
tdfrady
Feb 16, 20212 min read
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Traveling with Charlie
Life in the Bike Lane Tom Frady A couple of weeks ago my riding posse had stopped to regroup at the corner of Rocklin Road and Pacific,...
tdfrady
Feb 15, 20213 min read
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Find Your Road by Riding
Life in the Bike Lane Tom Frady I don’t really care for New Year’s resolutions. Although I recognize the holiday season from, oh, about...
tdfrady
Jan 2, 20212 min read
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Riding in Traffic
Life in the Bike Lane Tom Frady Those of you who read this column faithfully (yeah, right) know I have been writing about the recent...
tdfrady
Jan 2, 20213 min read
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Here I Go Again
Here I Go Again Life in the Bike Lane Tom Frady If you five loyal readers (I thought I was up to six, but one moved away) will check your...
tdfrady
Jan 2, 20213 min read
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Streets and Roads
Life in the Bike Lane Tom Frady There was a time early in the Covid-19 universe, the streets and roads around Lincoln were eerily empty....
tdfrady
Jan 2, 20213 min read
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Good Days Bad Days
Life in the Bike Lane Tom Frady If you are an avid cyclist you know about the unpredictability of good days and bad days on a bike....
tdfrady
Oct 6, 20203 min read
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This One's for Us Drivers
Life in the Bike Lane Tom Frady Recently, very recently, one of the members of my Bicycle Club was hit by a car at an intersection....
tdfrady
Oct 6, 20203 min read
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A worthy cause
I have ridden in the Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Waves to Wine ride since 2010. In 2009 my best friend since 6th grade was diagnosed with MS,...
Diane McL
Sep 19, 20201 min read
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Sharing the Road is a Two Way Street
Life in the Bike Lane By Tom Frady Share the Road. I remember seeing that sign for the first time. Actually, my wife had seen it on a...
tdfrady
Aug 15, 20203 min read
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There is a Leash Law
Life in the Bike Lane By Tom Frady Dogs are some of my favorite people. They’re sometimes a real pain, though. Most of the cyclist/dog...
tdfrady
Aug 1, 20203 min read
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