Monthly Archives: November 2010

Taiwan Cycling Festival: Is Taiwan Committed to Cycling?

As Cyclelicious readers might have noticed, a few of us went to Taiwan to check out the cycling there.  And now we just can’t stop talking about it.  As one of my travelmates noted, the cycling itself is amazing, and we could (and I will) go on for days about it.  But what I can read more »

Bike Tuesday roundup

There ain’t nothin’ worse than being called a no good bicycle thief.

Colorful saddle bag

It used to be you could get cycling shorts and bike tires in any color you want, as long as it was black. I thought the same was still true today for saddle bags, until I saw these colorful seatbags from Krieg Cycling at the SF Bike Expo.

Blekko search engine

My cycling buddy Bryn works for Blekko, a new search engine company. They do something called “slashtag” search. You can use these slashtags to modify your search. To search for something on bike-related blogs and sort by date, for example, you search your-search-term /bikeblogs /date.

Taiwan Cycling Festival: Riding Where Your Bike Was (Likely) Made!

TAIWAN, where I unexpectedly I got my cycling groove back! That bicycles can be a means of bringing strangers together was never truer than on this trip. An unlikely rag-tag group of 5, plus our guide, spent 12 days touring this beautiful paradise. We went from clean bustling cities like Taipei, to rice field-lined bike read more »

Pico Boulevard gate

Late in 2009, the San Mateo County Transit District (SamTrans) closed a gate connecting Pico Boulevard with the San Francisco Bay Trail. SamTrans staff cited safety concerns because Pico Boulevard provides access to the SamTrans bus yard in San Carlos. This gate closed off a very popular cycling route and an important connector for cyclists read more »