Happy Friday, everybody!
Yummy bike porn at Good.Is: The Art of the Handbuilt Bicycle.
“Don’t Kill the Messenger,” about bike messengers in Washington DC, highlights the danger of biking in DC, so whatever. I’m not a messenger nor do I ride like one, but I’ve been cycling with traffic for over a couple of decades now and I’ve yet to even come close to having titanium bits inserted into my wrist. F-bomb alert in this video. I yelled at a woman driving a huge GM SUV this morning when she tried to merge directly into me, but that’s unusual. Props to Rosscott, Inc.
Riding a bike is hazardous to your health.
Cafiend on metaphorically whacking the dog’s nose with a newspaper to take his right of way.
My daughter is credited as a photographer in the current issue of Momentum Magazine.
A Googler on Bike To Work Day last week (in the SF Bay Area):
Most days, I bike to work. No spandex, no special shoes; just me and my cruiser (and a basket on the back for my laptop). It’s about 4.5 miles door to door. Now, I give mad props to the folks who bike from San Francisco to Google every week. But biking to work is for regular folks, too. It feels great: the exercise, the fresh air and doing something “green”, all while giving my brain time to warm up for — or decompress after — a hectic work day.
So how can we get more people who live right around Google offices to get off their good intentions and on to their bikes?
![Bike Parking](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3303/4620701548_d2a2e52eed.jpg)
Bike Fetish Day NYC tomorrow. “A Block Party For Your Bicycle.”
Okay, this is Freakin’ Amazing. I think it’s time for a new pair of undershorts after this near hit.
![Cyclist narrow escape from death](http://www.cyclelicio.us/images/lucky-bicyclist.gif)
Make Magazine on Champ and his Scraper Bikes.
General Carlessness wildly impractical visibility ideas. She also discovers the joy of a saddle that doesn’t hurt.
Chicago BIKE THE DRIVE Real Soon Now.
Wow that gif image is really amazing and really too close to accident. That guy is really lucky.