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Biking Hurricane Sandy
TweetThis past Monday, my office closed along with much of the city while Hurricane Sandy struck Boston. Sitting at home, eyes glued to the Weather Channel, I felt like something was missing from my...
View ArticleJoys of Drum-Biking: Rocking Out Everywhere All the Time
TweetIt’s usually pretty easy to spot the drummers in public places; we’re the guys and gals totally happy to be rocking out on the Green Line to Slayer’s Raining Blood playing through our ear buds...
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New Video: Biking Boston’s Blackout of March 13th, 2012
TweetBack in March, a transformer fire at Boston’s Hilton hotel caused all of Boston’s Back Bay area to black out for an entire night. Thanks to two six-hour Amtrak rides over Thanksgiving break, I...
View ArticleDrumming for November Project’s Ninja Race
TweetTwo weeks ago, I joined up with Brogan Graham’s November Project, a free Boston-area morning workout club, to drum-off hundreds of Ninjas for their first ever Ninja-themed running race along the...
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New Video: Biking Nemo
TweetWhen I heard there would be an epic snow storm early last week, dreams of taking the C line up to the top of Beacon St. in Brookline and skiiing down suddenly became a potential reality. Early...
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My Newest Favorite Bike Shop and My first Dig Write-Up: Hub Bicycle Co.
TweetI’ve been finding myself heading to Hub Bicycle Co. in Inman Sq. lately for all my bike-repair needs because the folks who work there are some of the friendliest people I know, so I stopped by...
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New Video: Drum-Biking In The Snow, And Why I Always Read The Comments Section.
TweetLast Friday, I strapped my bucket-drums to my handlebars after a relatively drum-less winter and drummed my bike to work during the morning snow storm: Click here to view the embedded video. Well,...
View ArticleNew video: Drum-biking St. Patty’s day, Irish drinking, German rap in Boston,
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What I’ve been up to in the past year
TweetUPDATE: Read Part 2 here! It’s come to my attention that it’s been exactly one whole year since I’ve updated this blog (whoops!). What could I possibly be doing that isn’t bike-blogging, you ask?...
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What I’ve Been Up To In The Past Year: Part 2
TweetThere were a number of things that happened in the year-long hiatus from this blog that I forgot to mention in the last catch-up post I wrote you, dear readers, so here are a few more blog-worthy...
View ArticleThis blog is moving to a new home!
TweetDear readers, after six wonderful years living on BostonBiker, I’ve decided to move this blog to a new home on wordpress.com under a new name, “TheHumBum.” Over the years, I’ve created a few blogs...
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A Taste of the BU Bridge Bike Lanes to Come
TweetIf you’ve been biking anywhere near the BU bridge (or BU for that matter) in the past few years, you might have noticed it’s a big spattered mess of construction (like the Big Dig smack in the...
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A Spacecraft on Wheels from Japan, for the Kids.
TweetBiking downtown in my New York suburbia hometown this week, I parked my bike next to what looked like a spaceship emerging from its bicycle cocoon: All labels and writing on this bike were in...
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How to Save Money: Do It Yourself! A Broken Shifter, Repaired.
Tweet“You know your rear shifter is broken right?” The City Bicycles NYC mechanic fumbled to shift my gears properly after replacing my chain (lost to a Times Square strom drain thanks to a snapped...
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19th Century U-Lock Justice
TweetU-lock justice in 1853 meant something very different than what we now know as “U-Lock Justice.” Carrying my U-lock everywhere means anyone would have a hard time stealing my bike (or perhaps...
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A Broken Saddle, a Lesson in Jaw Surgery,
TweetModern medical advances in jaw surgery are both wonderful and terrifying. If you ever break your jaw for any reason, you should not only take comfort in the fact that solutions exist to not only...
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Giving Thanks to Bicycles in Aviation History
TweetWhenever I bomb the downhill stretch of Beacon St. from Cleveland Circle to Kenmore Square on my bike through Brookline, I feel like I’m flying, and imagine the airborne feeling of cruising above...
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Bike Poetry, Oh Noetry!
TweetWhen I’m biking anywhere for more than a few minutes, my minds sometimes starts to wander. I’ve been in New York visiting family for the holidays this past week, and it happened to wander upon...
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Capturing Biking in Boston with Cartoon Drawings, 1978 to Present
TweetI learned the value of artistic expression at a pretty early age; one time my parents wouldn’t let me eat Oreo cookies before going to bed, so I grabbed my handy box of crayons and in a fit of...
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Get Ready: BU Bridge Gets Bike Lanes Tomorrow Morning
TweetThree years ago bike lanes on the BU Bridge didn’t seem likely, but advocacy organizations including BU Bikes, Livable Streets Alliance and Mass Bike (to name a few) fought for them. Two years ago...
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