Messenger Bag Convert

Ok, ok, ok… I am now a bike messenger bag convert.  I know, in my very first post to the JCC titled Hello World, I posted that messenger bags were not for me.  Well…I have now a seen the light. The first bag I purchased was from Sette Quest, which I bought from Price Point.  [...]

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Not Using the Car and Walking the Dog

Deciding to use my bike as a major source of transportation has helped me to think of other creative ways that I can reduce my impact on the environment by driving less.  I will admit that the impetus for this change was initially to save money; gas prices were skyrocketing, I am now living alone [...]

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Biking to the GYM day 3

Yesterday I took my bike to Performance Bikes.  They had to fix all of the little kinks that showed up after I had been riding it for a week.  Like the chain; the chain had already popped out more times than on any other bike I have owned, and every time I went up a [...]

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Shul, MARTA and the Post Office

I haven’t quite figured out how to get to Shul using MARTA and my bike but I will. Today I had my first experience as a bike commuter on MARTA and all I will say about that is that it’s not a good idea to ride late in the afternoon if you haven’t eaten since [...]

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