Predictably a Blog

  1. Poetry Corner

    Poetry Corner
    Long before internet commerce was mainstream, we enjoyed making and mailing print catalogs. Our idea was to present motorcycling, and Aerostich products, and related items, in ways that were not only accurate but also inspiring. We wanted to tell stories about riding which reflected a worldview I privately called ‘Andy’s Planet’. This was a small motorcycle-centric place that in my...
  2. How Food Science is Like Transportational Science

    How Food Science is Like Transportational Science
    Here’s an interesting 57-minute video about how highly processed foods connect to increased levels of obesity. This seems unrelated to motorcycling, but dig a little deeper and it is not difficult to connect a few core ideas to similar considerations involving riding and other personal mobility choices. More specifically, this video indirectly supports what I suspect about the differences between...
  3. A Serious Error in Judgment

    A Serious Error in Judgment
    (Thanks to Dr. Greg Frazier, who used this phrase in an email to dryly describe an especially difficult cold weather experience he once had, which inspired me to respond accordingly, as you’ll see here. We sell a couple of Dr. Frazier’s books here and if you order more than $100 in Aerostich merchandise this week, we’ll send you one as...
  4. Shortest Mr. Subjective Blog Post Ever

    Shortest Mr. Subjective Blog Post Ever
    I love my iPhone, but apparently have almost no use for it. This is not a competition, just an observation. I see I’m using my motorcycle a lot more than my iPhone. Hmm. See image below. Wouldn’t it be cool if the instrument panels on motorcycles automatically provided a weekly summary like this? Many years ago there was a popular...
  5. Rat Races, Paradoxes, and Other Stuff I Don’t Quite Know What Else To Do With

    Rat Races, Paradoxes, and Other Stuff I Don’t Quite Know What Else To Do With
    A Year-End Collection of Assorted Drivel “Riding makes every trip a bit of an adventure.” - Mr. Subjective Several years ago a couple of my co-workers encouraged me to start writing an Aerostich blog. This was about when we did the Zero Below Zero project during the winter of 2015-16. Here’s a collection of random topics from the past year...
  6. Shiny Stainless Reflections

    Shiny Stainless Reflections
    On December 8th of this year (2023), a week or so after the release of the Tesla Cybertruck, Road & Track magazine’s Victoria Scott wrote a wonderful short essay that included this: “…our vehicles reflect (widespread cultural) anxieties. More than half of vehicles sold today in America are trucks and SUVs; this fueled a new all-time high for the average weight...
  7. Totally Rideable

    Totally Rideable
    After making the youthful transition from a bicycle to motorcycle, I often found myself daydreaming about motorcycle riding. Simply looking out over the countryside was enough to trigger a lapse from reality into moto-fantasizing. In reality, I was exploring my local world by simply wandering around looking for interesting trails to explore, obstacles to overcome, and hills to climb while...
  8. Not Another Paradox

    Not Another Paradox
    We humans have spent the last few hundred years very earnestly, carefully, and diligently building a world where it is ever easier to move about efficiently, comfortably, and conveniently in order to obtain all of the things we want or need.  From groceries to manila envelopes to lipstick to health care to haircuts, to you-name-it, everything we seem to require...
  9. A Funny Science Experiment

    A Funny Science Experiment
    This link is to a write-up of a very funny science experiment. Back in 2014, someone wondered what would happen if a hamster wheel was placed in a forest. Would wild mice use it? And if they did, why? I only fast-scanned this. I’ll spare you the effort: If you place a hamster wheel in the forest, wild mice will...
  10. ICE vs. Electric

    ICE vs. Electric
    These days lots of people are thinking about the future of ICEs (Internal Combustion Engines) vs ‘electrics’ and are trying to make realistic projections about various things related to the widely anticipated transition. One personal thought experiment involves today's excellent electric fireplace inserts, which provide both room heat and a highly realistic simulacrum of a traditional fire. Managing combustion is...

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