Bicycle Talk

Bicycle Talk. Episode 442 May 21st 2025.     Ron’s Rant:   The Ride of Silence.  The US Department of Transportation is threatening to withhold funds. And the Child in the White House calls out Pete Buttigieg for riding a bicycle.  On a positive side:  May is still Bike Month!  It’s the  2025 Giro d […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 441 May 14th 2025.     Ron’s Rant: Hartford may remove bike lanes?  Really?  So you can park more Cars?  Did i say this already, Really?   Hartford may hit the brakes on bike lanes. Cyclists are in uproar.  The NYPD keeps ignoring a law that allows cyclists to pass through a red […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 440  May  7th 2025.     Ron’s Rant:    The Tariffs!   PeopleForBikes preparing letter to Trump asking for tariff relief. Leave our bicycles alone!!  On a positive side: Energy fair this past weekend. Working with Bike Mansfield preparing the bicycles for the upcoming  4th grade bicycle program.  And of course, the […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 437 April 16th 2025.     Ron’s Rant:   On a positive side:  Mechanical minute and cycling tips:   Content:   Events and Finishing Points.  2 items, 1. Tariffs. 2.   Bike carnage:  ‘The Carnage is Intolerable’: Rep. Jamie Raskin on Why Bike Safety is Becoming Bipartisan.  On a positive side: Frannie […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 436 April 2nd 2025.    Ron’s Rant: Get off the road! Why people hate cyclists and other issues with bicycles on the road. Get over yourselves.  More in the show. On a positive side:  Frannie and I are Off to Chicago this weekend to see my Son Greg get married!   Mechanical […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 435 February 26th 2025.    Ron’s Rant:  I’m back, more rants about tubeless tires. If I was not made aware of so many failures I would not mention this as much.    On a positive side:  The 6th annual Natchaug Epic. And yes, Your old pal “PedlinRon” was there. And yes, Epic […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 434 March 19th 2025.    Ron’s Rant:   How’s your backup bicycle chain supply? Chains subject to steel tariffs; some cables and other products, too. Secretary Duffy directed staff to start the process of clawing back millions in discretionary dollars for bike lanes.  On a positive side: 500 people attend the Philly Bike […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 433 March 12th 2025.     Ron’s Rant:  All you curmudgeons who criticized Tadej Pogacar for saying the “S” word in his interview after the Strada Bianchi. Really “S” does happen.  On a positive side: Voters Approved $1.9 Billion to Support Better Places to Bike.  And, Just two weeks away from this […]

Bicycle Talk. Episode 432  March 5th 2025.    Ron’s Rant:  The Sound of Silence: Mayor Adams Ducks Questions About Trump’s Move to Kill Congestion Pricing.   On a positive side: More from the Chiropractor. Great video from “The War on Cars” about a solid promotion needed to get bikes back into the news.  The Untold […]

This week I talked about B vitamins. Sometimes taking specific B vitamins can cause stomach upset, and you have to figure out which ones are bothering you. Sometimes it’s best to take a food based vitamin; sometimes a methylated blend; sometimes specific ones separately; and sometimes just get them from food! We help to sort […]