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• Posted in thread: Favorite Bike Blogs on 09/23/2011 at 9:55AM
  My site Bike New England ( ) has received 120,000 page views in the past year. My blog Cycling New
  England ( ) has received over 50,000 page views since I started it last November. I do accept adve...

• Posted in thread: Essex County on 03/06/2011 at 12:49PM
  I live in Ipswich on the North Shore, where there are dozens of great rides designed by local cycling
  clubs like Charles River Wheelmen, North Shore Cyclists, etc. I decided to build an interactive ma...

• Posted in thread: Cycling Lanes on 04/27/2010 at 4:50PM
  Thanks for asking about Ipswich, Massachusetts. It's almost like a town out of a story book with more
  Colonial era houses than any other in the country, despite its small size. Success with the road d...

• Posted in thread: Helmets on 04/24/2010 at 7:19AM
  A Helmet saved my life 15 years ago and I would walk rather than ride without one. All helmets sold in
  the U.S. must be approved by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). I agree, the Giro Atm...

• Posted in thread: Do you use Helmets? on 04/23/2010 at 6:43PM
  My childhood friend got brain damage when he flipped the bike. Never was the same after that. I ran into
  a post at age 45 but had a helmet that carcked, but my head stayed together with just a small c...

• Posted in thread: Cycling Lanes on 04/23/2010 at 6:35PM
  We have the same problem where I live in Ipswich Massachusetts. The town road department director told me
  a few years ago that they had never thought about cyclists when paving and striping the roads....

• Posted in thread: ? hybrid vs road bike on 04/23/2010 at 6:28PM
  Yes, if you want to ride with the big boys, get a big boy bike so you can keep up. If you want to just
  tool around easy with friends, any bike will work. There is a definite advantage in the road bike...

• Posted in thread: Opinions on Different Types of Clipless Pedals on 04/23/2010 at 6:24PM
  I wear light mountain bike shoes on my road bike so I can walk normally. Shimano SPD pedals last forever,
  and the cleats are simply a piece of steel, not a complex mechanism that will wear out or get ...

• Posted in thread: Bad backs and bicycles on 04/21/2010 at 4:55PM
  It may not be the bike. I spent most of the winter working on my web site, New England cycling| New
  England bike rides|affordable bike tours , and my lower back got very stiff and painful. I eventuall...

• Posted in thread: Greetings from Mass. on 04/21/2010 at 4:48PM
  The first two miles are the hardest for everyone, because your circulation isn't going yet. Start out
  easy, spinning not pushing.Hard plastic and big ass soft seats are both bad. Get one with firm sup...