Fellow Radicals, As I am sitting here watching the sheets of rain come down, I am thinking of my ride home and how X says not the leave your X in the rain. Since I am a full time commuter, I want to see how people keep the intersections of the different loaders free of rain and ultimately rust, especially when riding in the rain?
Thanks, Devin
Before there were automobiles, and after there will be automobiles, there will be bicycles moving people around for transportation" Andy Thornley, program director for the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition
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Nels Johson 1988 Iditabike rider
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