CSI NY investigators Stella Bonasera and Danny Messer interview (get this) “Gavin Skidmore,” a member of the “Brooklyn Bruisers” bike polo team during their investigations in the episode “Prey.” The guy is way too clean cut to play bike polo, and his polo bike has brakes! View the episode online here. The bike polo part read more
Charikichi in Japan has been linking to Cyclelicious for a while, usually from the Tumblelog which was recently renamed to “Girls on Bicycles” because it often features photos of cute Japanese chicks on colorful fixed gear bicycles. Charikichi, with its tagline “For Girl By Girl,” roughly means “bike crazed” which might be expanded to something read more
Yale University’s Street Smarts website features a animations highlighting simple traffic situations and how pedestrians, cyclists and motorists should deal with them. Hat tip to Design New Haven, which discusses the site and issues in more detail.
30 mph tailwind gusting to 50 mph = passing traffic on El Camino Real. It also means a big tree limb crashing down near me, eucalyptus junk littering the roadway, and a strength sapping chill that kept me from sprinting off the line after red lights. We’re supposed to have winds almost as strong on read more
I watched this video and wondered to myself, “Self, where can I get a radar gun?” And whaddya know: You can get relatively cheap ones through Amazon: Bushnell Velocity Speed Gun
Russ Roca visited the San Diego Handmade Bike Show and talked with Richard Bryne from Speedplay about their Museum of Pedal History. For more bike-y goodness, go to Epicurean Cyclist.
