Over the past few weeks I’ve heard a few mentions of bike thefts off of the bike car on Caltrain. A typical scenario seems to be this: a commuter brings his bike on board several minutes before the train departs. A no good, dirty, rotten scoundrel hops on the bike car, grabs the nearest bike read more
Lucas Brunelle and his buddies shows us how it’s done on the Charles River in Boston back in 2004.
Architect Martin Angelov presents this bike facility concept to transport cyclists over busy intersections and other areas where more traditional infrastructure may be cost prohibitive. You propel your bike by pedaling in a metal track. To keep from falling off and hurtling to your death, something like a chairlift grip mechanism attaches the bike handlebar read more
I haven’t done a job posting in a long time, but somebody asked me about this topic this morning so here’s my first job posting for 2010. These are job postings from Craigslist for bike industry jobs but not bike shop jobs (sales, mechanics or store managers), some transportation or advocacy related postings if I read more
Central Coast artist Kathleen King poses with her recently completed Bike Scribble mural at K-Man Cycle & Run in Atascadero, California. “K-Man” is Keith Schmidt, who commissioned Kathleen to paint the mural at his new shop. Keith does a lot to support the local community. Kathleen is looking for the next bike shop wall to read more
Here’s some handmade wooden bike loveliness that will be shown at the Japanese Handmade Bicycle Fair [2010 ハンドメイドバイシクルフェア] which begins this Friday. Shipbuilder Sueshiro Sano is the owner of a 200 year old business that handcrafts oceangoing wooden sailing ships for an international clientèle in Japan. In the fall of 2007, Sano began to experiment read more
