Monthly Archives: November 2010

More solar bike stations

Japanese electronics giant Kyocera announced a turn-key ebike charging station powered with photovoltaic cells.

Google “Bike There” in Canada

Google Canada announced bike directions will be available for several Canadian cities.

Autumn showers

What a marvelously rainy weekend!

Furry tail fender

This undated image by photographer Nina Leen is merely captioned “Boy On Bicycle.” It fails to mention the animal tail used as a mudflap at the end of the rear fender!

Early Ice Bike

Joe Steinlauf demonstrates his spiked icebike tires in Chicago, 1948.

Friday roundup

Happy Friday, all! Rain and cool weather have arrived in Santa Cruz and the San Francisco Bay Area. By March or so I’ll be sick of it, but for now it’s a refreshing change as I ride my bike on wet roads.