So I’ll post my collection of bicycle facilities photos instead.

(more…)

QUESTION: Does bike rider courtesy lead to safer roads for cyclists?

I don’t track cyclist fatalities in Orange County, California, but I was prompted to do a quick survey. Here’s what I’ve found (with help from Biking In LA). (more…)

Random geek amusement for this Hump Day. Copy and paste the below as a single line into a file, and compile with a C compiler. Ignore the warnings. It’s a classic “quine” program from decades back, and it still works with the gcc 4.1.2 compiler in my modern Linux distro. YMMV. The fun part is that this all fits in a single Tweet.

main() { char *s="main() { char *s=%c%s%c; printf(s,34,s,34); }"; printf(s,34,s,34); }

(more…)

I saw the cutest thing this morning and wish I had my camera with me: a mom in Menlo Park towing her little four year old tyke in a Weehoo i-Go child trailer.

(more…)

Omar Aziz was hooked on crack for 13 years and stole bikes to feed his habit. He explains how to protect your bike from thieves.

(more…)

Julie Hirschfeld was a New York graphic designer when she fell in love with bikes — specifically, “classic” city bikes designed for comfortable, upright riding.

She visited a few New York City shops, but found they mostly cater to performance and fixed gear enthusiasts, so she established a new kind of bike shop. (more…)