Monthly Archives: September 2010

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

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).

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 read 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.

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.

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.