transportation
Carrier Pigeon Diary 28
Saturday was an awesome spectacle of sunny goodness, so we set out with the girls early to take in as much golden-delicious happiness that we could. A quick trip to Sunnyside School was just what the doctor ordered. The trek was beautiful –cherry trees are in full bloom right now. I like to think of [...]
Carrier Pigeon Diary 27
The diary entries have slowed as we simply haven’t spent much time on the box bikes recently. A combination of illness, foul weather and a spring break road trip (in grandpa’s plush SUV with the DVD player) have kept the tomato twins perched quietly in the garage. While I have continued my daily commute on [...]
Carrier Pigeon Diary 26
After the successful conversion of Goliath to an externally geared transmission with high-performance FSA crankset, it took little time to choose the same path for Big Beef. Fortunately the folks at Joe Bike were ready to go and had the slick new Sturmey-Archer freehub in stock. Before I knew it, the new wheel was built [...]
Carrier Pigeon Diary 25
The recent conversion to an externally geared drivetrain continues to impress me with every ride. I haven’t ridden my wife’s bike much since the conversion, but each time that I do, I’m completely pleased. Today I shuttled my daughters to Fred Meyer, and the trip was just fantastic. With the 32T front chainring on the [...]
Carrier Pigeon Diary 24
I snapped some photos of Goliath after its conversion to a super-cool externally geared transporter. Simply click on any of the images in this post to be directed to the gallery, where you can view each image in higher detail. Note that in one or two of the photos you can see clearly that the [...]
Carrier Pigeon Diary 23
Back in November, 2008, I discussed the possibility of converting one of our carrier pigeon box bikes to an externally geared machine, in an effort to gain greater flexibility in the drivetrain compared to an internally geared hub. While I have enjoyed the Sturmey-Archer XRD-8 hub a great deal, it –like its internally geared brethren– [...]
Carrier Pigeon Diary 21
We just had two consecutive days using the carrier pigeons for packing our family about. On Tuesday, Keri and I each piloted our box bikes with human cargo to a kindergarten roundup. The best part of this journey was that it was the first time we rode as a family in the dark! I must [...]
Carrier Pigeon Diary 20
This past Monday I added a diary entry rhapsodizing about the carrier pigeon’s keen ability to handle robust hauls from the grocery store. Unfortunately, I haven’t been terribly good at adding photos of the box bikes in action, though I have received several emails from readers asking for said photos. With this in mind, I [...]
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