Monthly Archives: October 2010

CicLAvia – the Los Angeles open streets event patterned after Columbia’s Ciclovia — attracted an estimated 100,000 participants yesterday when the city closed a 7½ milees from East Hollywood through downtown and into Boyle Heights.

The toxic red sludge that gushed from a Magyar Aluminum (MAL) storage pond in Hungary is a necessary byproduct of the Bayer Process, which is the method used for the entire 40 million tons of alumina produced annually. This alumina is further processed into aluminum alloys, which we then enjoy as bicycles.

Take fixie freestyle bike tricks, take away the fixed gear and add West African flair and a kickstand, and you have amazing Senegalese bike dance moves. Via Ian, REI, and Wykop.pl.

Here’s an instructional video from the 90s produced by the city of Madison, Wisconsin with funding from the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration and distributed by the League of American Bicyclists. The video covers the limitations of a child’s perceptions and skills, the rules of the road, traffic safety, door zone riding, sidewalk riding, common read more »

There’s a self-published book aimed for the rank beginner on basic lugged bike frame construction: Lugged Bicycle Frame Construction, A Manual for the First TIme Builder. This manual instructs the reader how to build his own quality bicycle frame using a $35 torch and other inexpensive tools. The new Expanded Second Edition includes a detailed read more »