Monthly Archives: December 2011

Bike blogs for 2011

A lot of social media activity has migrated over this past year to portals like Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus and Tumblr, but several new cycling blogs have caught my attention and yours in 2011.

I can do link bait infographics too!

I ignored the popular “Bikes Can Us” infographic that linked to a spammy link farm, but people still link to it. Since I can’t beat ‘em, I’ve joined ‘em with my own link bait, inspired by a discussion with Byron @ Bike Hugger on link bait, SEO, and spam websites. The takeaway — say something read more »

Life Sentence For Murder of Dutch Bike Shop Owner

I’m writing this Thursday night, but when this posts Friday morning I’ll hopefully be riding with the Santa Cruz To Google (SC2G) crew through various Mid Peninsula Open Space trail on an epic road + dirt commute to work over the Santa Cruz Mountains. Wish me luck.

Christopher Hitchens rode a bicycle

Skeptic Christopher Hitchens on a Dahon folding bike. He’s riding with his feet off of the pedals to protest New York’s Vehicle and Traffic Law ยง1232, which says “feet must be on pedals” when riding a bike. I’d normally write “R.I.P.,” but that would be kind of against everything he believed in.

Sumo wrestler rides a bicycle

Retired sumo wrestler Hokutoumi Nobuyoshi, who now heads the Hakkaku sumo school, rides a bike during a traffic safety seminar in Tokyo, Japan.

Bicycle Life With Kawaii Girls

Bicycle Life With Kawaii Girls is a collection of artwork depicting women on bicycles by Japan’s leading manga illustrators. A little surprisingly, it’s not all pervy hentai art of impossibly bosomous young girls.