Can you help my daughter with her fundraiser? She’s selling cookie dough door to door in our neighborhood to raise funds for a school trip. For those not in the neighborhood, she would love your help. You can click here to buy stuff for the fundraiser. The deadline for orders is October 26. Ivy says, read more
Does anybody know the background of this car shaped bike? My buddy Saam — who says it’s ‘rad’ — sent it to me but he in turned got it from a friend. Its filename is “toronto_bike_show” so I’m guessing it came from the Toronto Bike Show last Saturday.
Yesterday’s edition of Bike Snob NYC included a fabulous example of a Japanese Ita Chari (痛チャリ). 痛 (itai) is Japanese for “painful” while チャリ (chari — short for “chariot”) is Japanese slang for a bicycle. The name is inherited from similarly designed itasha — originally “Italian Cars” but then the derisive meaning “painful cars” arose read more
Elmhurst College in suburban Chicago, Illinois is offering free bicycles to students, faculty and staff who pledge to not drive to campus for an entire year. The program is open to continuing students who have reached sophomore academic status, faculty, and staff. Participants who sign an agreement will not be eligible to receive a parking read more
Artcrank San Francisco is this Saturday, October 24, 7 PM to 11 PM at the Chrome store, 580 4th Street in San Francisco. Admission is free, and all posters are $30. Best of all, Chrome and ARTCRANK will donate $4.00 for every poster purchased to Bikes To Rwanda. Via Meli who will be there participating read more
I hope you all had a lovely Monday! Video from Jill Morris for the Upright Citizen’s Brigade. Warren and his Rock Star Parking. Has anybody tried these cedar shoe inserts? Mountain biking San Francisco: Save Mt Sutro Trails. Huh, I just learned this: since January 2009, employers in San Francisco have been required to offer read more
