Amphibian Bicycle Can Travel on Land Or Water. We’ll soon enter the rainy season here in Northern California, when many of our riverside bike paths will be inundated. With this bike I can just float the bike down the Guadalupe River straight to work, and then pedal upstream for the trip home.
I was saddened to learn Thursday of Dennis Ritchie’s passing this past weekend.
Pedal powered generators provide electricity for mobile devices at OccupySF. The key problem for the group is power. At present the OccupySF crew is keeping systems running almost entirely on pedal power. A bicycle generator donated by Rock the Bike runs 24/7, with volunteers usually lasting 30 minutes before handing off to the next fresh read more
From the Associated Press — “New roads post-storm make New Orleans cycling city”: “A lot of my gripes have been resolved,” said [biking blogger Joseph] Donnelly, who started cycling in the 1970s and ditched his last car for good in 1989. “When I started the blog in 2006, there was not a single bicycle lane read more
In 1950, GM’s “New Departure” division manufactured bicycle components and advertised “The most exciting Christmas gift since 1896!”
In the “imitation is the sincerest form of flattery” department…
