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Stop handing them the stick by Dave M. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking It is now common for newspapers and TV news channels to have websites.News stories and articles are published, and like blogs most allow comments from readers.I find it distur ... Read on »

Bike to work, lose weight by Dave M. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking Here is an inspirational story about Englishman Gary Brennan, who at the beginning of 2008 weighed 546 lbs.He started riding a bike 7 miles each way to work, five days a week ... Read on »

Just as long as it doesn't have pedals by Dave M. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking The late and great George Carlin said:"If I am driving at a given speed, anyone who passes me is a Maniac, and anyone driving slower than me is a Moron."The only rea ... Read on »

I am having computer problems by Dave M. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking Over a week ago my hard drive failed on my PC and I have been trying since to restore my files that were backed up on online.The restore kept failing, or so I thought. My late ... Read on »

The difference between rights and privileges by Dave M. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking In a recent article I wrote about the Miami Critical Mass event I stated that the people taking part were abusing the "privilege" of riding a bicycle on the road.A c ... Read on »

What do you call it, accident or negligence? by Dave M. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking Gregory and Alexandra Bruehler (Left.) were both killed on October 1st when their tandem was stuck by an F150 Pick-up Truck on Texas Route 16, North of Helotes.The driver of t ... Read on »

Uncertainty by Dave M. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking I first arrived in the United States in January 1979; I flew into New York’s Kennedy Airport, and was picked up by my new employers, Vic and Mike Fraysee, owners of Pari ... Read on »

Was it worth it? by Dave M. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking A physician who deliberately injured two cyclists with his car was this week found guilty on seven counts that included assault with a deadly weapon, battery with serious inju ... Read on »

Miami Critical Mass by Dave M. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking I received an email a few weeks back from Andres Viglucci, a reporter with the Miami Herald; later we talked on the phone.Andres was preparing to write an article on the Miami ... Read on »

Chrome by Dave M. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking In 1982 when I began building custom frames in San Marcos, Southern California, I was fortunate that there was an excellent chrome plating business in nearby Escondido.It was ... Read on »

Everything I need to know about life I can learn from my bicycle by Dave M. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking Life is a journey. A bike ride if you like and the joy is in the ride, not the destination.Each morning I awake is like starting out on a fresh ride, I have a rough idea of wh ... Read on »

Discrimination? by Dave M. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking When I read this article on the BBC website, I wasn’t sure whether to be amused or simply amazed.People are campaigning in Britain to make it illegal to discriminate aga ... Read on »

The Newspaper Boy by Dave M. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking What did Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John Wayne, and Martin Luther King all have in common?They were all former paper boys.Long before the newspaper industry went into de ... Read on »

The Higginson Twins: Update by Dave M. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking On May 1st this year, I wrote an article titled “The Higginson Twins: A Pedaling Phenomenon.”I wrote about an event held on March 23rd, 1952; the Calleva 25 mile t ... Read on »

Bent out of shape by Dave M. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking I guess I set myself up for a fall.At the end of my three part series on “The Evolution of Frame Design,” I suggested I was “Thinking outside the box.” ... Read on »

The Evolution of Frame Design, Part III: Clinging to Traditions by Dave M. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking The final article in a 3 part series;Part IandPart IIprecede it.After more than a decade of hard times from the late 1950s through the early 1970s the lightweight bicycle busi ... Read on »

The Evolution of Frame Design, Part II: How Economics Changed Design by Dave M. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking In the 1960s the bicycle business in Europe went through a huge slump, at a time when the general economy boomed. In fact it was because of this boom that bicycle sales suffer ... Read on »

The Evolution of Frame Design. Part I: The Wheelbarrow Effect by Dave M. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking The picture above is Italian cyclist Giuseppe Martano, seen here on his ride to 2nd place in the 1934 Tour de France.Probably the first thing most will notice is that the bike ... Read on »

1983 Custom by Dave M. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking Here are some pictures recently sent to me. It is a 60cm. custom ‘dave moulton’ built in January 1983, with original paint and chrome; which means it was not only ... Read on »

Don’t pursue happiness, reach out and take it by Dave M. Healthy Living Professional

Posted in: Blog Posts in Biking I couldn’t believe it this morning when I fired up my computer, went online and read this article that started out:Is this endless pursuit of happiness just making us al ... Read on »

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