October 30, 20103 Comments on Door Prize in the New York Times
I’ve seen short mentions of cyclist collisions into open car doors in police blotters and traffic columns, but I don’t believe I’ve read any involved treatment of doorings in general media before this article in the New York Times in their City Room blog.
October 29, 201018 Comments on Tape or not?
It’s time to replace the bar tape on my road bike. It’s ratty and unraveled and flaps in the wind.
Question for you: I’m a year round cyclist. The rainy season will start soon in California. If I wrap my bars with shiny new tape, I’ll just have to replace it again after things dry out next Spring.
Should I spring for new tape?
October 29, 201012 Comments on Judge: 4 year old sidewalk cyclist can be sued
In 2009, Juliet Breitman and Jacob Kohn — who were both four years old at the time — were racing their training wheel equipped bikes down a sidewalk when they ran into 87 year old Claire Menagh. Ms Menagh was seriously injured and died three weeks months later. [correction]
Ms Menagh’s estate sued the childrens’ parents and they named the four year old children in the suit!
The New York State Supreme Court recently ruled that the lawsuit can go forward and that small children can be found liable, though it did not judge on the case itself.
More at the NY Times: 4-Year-Old Can Be Sued, Judge Rules in Bike Case.
October 29, 20104 Comments on Trimaran sail trimming with a bicycle
French yacht skipper Franck Cammas will race his 100 foot trimaran “Groupama 3” across the Atlantic using pedal power to trim the sails.
October 29, 2010Leave a Comment
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“Jitensha” (Japanese for “Bicycle”) tells the story of Mamoru Amagaya (Yugo Saso), a young man struggling to find meaning in life. He’s a social outcast with no friends. A series of humiliating encounters on and off the job results in Mamoru leaving his job.
Mamoru’s spirit is broken. All he has left in his life is his bicycle. And then somebody starts taking pieces of his bike, one by one.
October 28, 2010Leave a Comment
New York photographer Bridget Flemming takes pictures of the backsides of cyclists for a multimedia project.