October 7, 20101 Comment on Bike To Work Santa Cruz County
Today is Autumn Bike to Work Day in Santa Cruz County, California. I stopped in at Mollie’s Country Cafe in Scotts Valley for the best free breakfast ever.
October 7, 20101 Comment on Physicians and risk assessment
Kathleen rides a bicycle. Kathleen’s fork failed on braking. Kathleen fell and bumped her head on the road.
Kathleen has a concussion and feels a little dizzy. Kathleen’s doctor says, “Don’t ride your bike! It’s too dangerous!”
The doctor says driving a car, however, is fine and dandy. Which Kathleen calls, the “worst doctor advice ever.”
October 7, 20102 Comments on Baron Karl de Drais invention
I found this short, 14 minute video covering the history of the bicycle. This bicycle episode of the German “Milestones in Science and Engineering” (with English narration) from 1991 begins with Baron Karl de Drais’s hobby horse or Laufmaschine before covering Pierre Michaux’s pedal bike, high wheel penny farthings, the chain driven safety bicycle and John Dunlop’s pneumatic tires.
October 6, 20103 Comments on San Francisco bike ride guide [Ad]
I just ran across a nifty little book: Henry Kingman’s Short Bike Rides in and around San Francisco.
October 6, 2010Leave a Comment
Free breakfast for those of you who bike in Santa Cruz County tomorrow morning. It’s the Autumn Bike To Work Day 2010. Santa Cruz County Bike To Work Day website has the list of breakfast stations located in downtown Santa Cruz, Eastside, Westside, Capitola, Aptos, UCSC Campus, Scotts Valley, Felton, and Watsonville.
October 5, 20102 Comments on Lisa Simpson invests in a bike shop
Lisa Simpson inherits $50 from her grandfather and invests in a local bike shop.
Watch the full episode: The Simpsons “Loan-a Lisa”:
