“Girls In Orchard With Bikes” is a short excerpt from “The Wheels of Progress,” a 1927 film on the benefits of public roads for personal motor transportation. The film was produced by the US Department of Agriculture Bureau of Public Roads.
Monthly Archives: October 2010
SF Critical Mass 1915
October 21, 2010 – 2:37 pm
Enjoy this silent footage of a mass bike ride in Golden Gate Park in 1915. The cyclists rode to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Check out the double decker tallbike at the beginning of this short film!
Airbag bike helmet
October 21, 2010 – 10:50 am
$450 bicycle helmet disguises safety device as fashion accessory. The Hövding (Swedish for “Chief”, Bork Bork Bork) is a head protection system that remains hidden in a vaguely stylish collar until you need it in a crash. The collar contains a folded airbag which deploys in a crash. The airbag then poofs out into a read more
Overseas Chinese Day
October 21, 2010 – 7:00 am
Today is Overseas Chinese Day in Taiwan, an official holiday to invite the huge Chinese diaspora to visit Taiwan. It’s a good excuse to say hello to your Taiwan expatriate friends. And finally, it’s an opportunity to mention the Taiwan Cycling Festival taking place this month. The “ 2010 Taiwan Cycling Festival” includes a series read more
Wednesday night bike news
October 20, 2010 – 5:15 pm
Hi all, and happy Wednesday night (in the United States now, anyway). Per usual, hover over the photos for their captions.
Young police chief wants to establish bike patrol
October 20, 2010 – 1:07 pm
20 year old criminology student and mother Marisol Valles Garcia was sworn in as Director of Municipal Public Safety in the city of Guadalupe Distrito Bravo, Mexico. She was the only candidate for the job in a town with drug violence. Her police force has only a single patrol car. She says she wants to read more
