Monthly Archives: April 2010

Silicon Valley workplace bike facilities

The Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition now has a crowd sourced workplace bike parking map online. The map shows bike parking and other commuter facilities available at submitted job locations in the South Bay and Peninsula.

Earth Day freebies

Happy Earth Day, all. I feel so appreciated. It appears Earth Day has become yet another way to sell more stuff. Huzzah. At the train station, Colleen from Clear Channel handed me a green “Commuter Appreciation Day” shopping bag stuffed with coupons and product samples. Subway, the Harlem Globetrotters, Vaseline, etc all let me know read more »

Bike seminar at a web conference

WebVisions web design and technology conference will feature a panel discussion on bicycles, of all things.

Crash, burn and sue

If you do plan to sue, don’t race.

Bicycle power slide parking

Check it out — this little girl slides her bike with perfection to parallel park it against a wall.

Lu Ban the cycle man

Lu Ban was apparently something like the Chinese Leonardo da Vinci, except he preceeds da Vinci by about 2000 years so he’s more like a Chinese Daedalus, except Lu Ban isn’t a myth. Xu Quan Long is a Chinese historian who wants Lu Ban recognized as the inventor of the world’s first pedal powered cycle.