Happy National Coffee Day. As if we need an excuse to buy coffee for a friend.

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Environment Transport Association in London built this “BOND Bike” to help sell their bicycle insurance. The bike features a handlebar flamethrower to ward off those pesky motorists who pass too closely, an ejector saddle anti-theft device, and a track drive and ski blade to enable all terrain, all weather mobility.

The BOND (Built of Notorious Deterrents) Bike can be viewed next week at the UK Cycle Show at Earls Court, London in another week (7-10 October).

Via Kent Peterson.

I’ve seen Josh Agee play his bagpipes at San Jose Bike Party, and now I’ve found video of him!

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I mentioned the Princeton Tec PUSH light very briefly last week. Here are more details.

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What does “Share the Road” mean? What do Share the Road signs convey to road users?

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Happy Monday.

The San Francisco Bay Area Air Quality Management District (abbreviated and pronounced “QWGHLM“), announced a “Spare the Air Day” today because of high levels of ground level ozone caused by very high temperatures combined with the usual chocking volume of automobile exhaust. Ozone was so thick in the air yesterday afternoon I could taste it, and I plan to ride my bike 22 miles through it this evening.

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