a bike for all seasons

Monthly Archives: December 2015

It’s holiday time! And for me that means it’s time to go to the beach and hang out with family and friends, and enjoy the festive season. I’ll be back in mid-January to share more stories. Wishing you and your loved ones a safe and peaceful time over the Christmas holidays and a new year rich with the very best that life can bring. Thanks for sharing my bicycle journeys with me. It’s wonderful… Read More

Riding home last weekend from a housewarming party I saw something quite remarkable. It wasn’t the type of remarkable that nature delivers. This sight was of the man-made variety. The housewarming party straddled the late afternoon and early evening, laced with a beautiful sunset over the hinterland and a balmy summer night. It took us to some different streets in an adjoining suburb. Riding home in the early evening under the beam… Read More

Travelling by bike with two nine-foot surfboards attached behind on a tiny trolley doesn’t go unnoticed. In an earlier post, I shared how a solution arrived for getting my surfboard to the beach without using our car. What I didn’t share was the unexpected attention this invention attracted. Even though we’d trialled the surfboard trolley in the driveway, taking it onto the streets and footpaths was an altogether different set of circumstances. I was fairly… Read More