Junk Miles » Toronto http://junkmiles.net Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:44:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 The ride home http://junkmiles.net/2009/the-ride-home/ http://junkmiles.net/2009/the-ride-home/#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:08:13 +0000 Adam http://peroxidemammoth.org/?p=63 Yesterday I found a neato handlebar camera mount at Urbane Cyclist, that looks a bit more secure than strapping my mini tripod to the handlebars. I put it on outside the shop and made a time lapse movie of the rest of my ride home.

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I wonder what’s the best formula for waxing  your chain if you’re going to store your bike inside a snowbank?

winter chain

It’s a global epidemic: see the Bicycles in the Snow pool on Flickr.

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Riding up to the lighthouse.

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