A gas station owner in northeastern Japan uses a pedal powered pump at a ruined gas station.
Monthly Archives: March 2011
Another tsunami bicycle escape
March 23, 2011 – 3:00 pm
This story is kind of horrible. When tsunami warnings blared in his town of Minamisanriku north of Sendai, Japan, Chuichi Sato bundled his wife and son into the car and sent them fleeing to higher ground, while Sato would follow on his bicycle.
Hump Day Hugs
March 23, 2011 – 12:35 pm
True Story: I ride the bus from Santa Cruz with “Sharon.” She works at Adobe and recently attended SXSW in Austin, where she told me she rented a bicycle. “Austin has these wide one way streets,” she told me this morning. “I can’t go fast and I didn’t really know how to get across four read more
Hydrophobia
March 23, 2011 – 8:09 am
A shout out to those who ride rain or shine! (With a bonus Nikwax giveway below the fold.)
Bicycle stuff
March 22, 2011 – 2:25 pm
You might remember the 83 year old woman who rode her bicycle to safety when a tsunami hit Hachinohe, Japan. Taylor Anderson, who was last seen riding her bike in Ishinomaki, wasn’t as lucky: She’s the first known American casualty from the disaster in Japan. The 24 year old school teacher from Virginia worked for read more
