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Bike + Transit Haiku

Jackie Dishner aka “Bike Lady” celebrates the joy of bikes and biking with a few haiku. Thanks, Jackie, for the inspiration! Here’s my baiku of the day: Bike To Work Day soon. So many people with bikes! Crush crowd in Caltrain.

Twitter Contest

I’m running a contest on Twitter right now. The prize is a $20 gift card from online bike retailer Jenson USA. To enter: Tweet a 5-7-5 haiku about bicycling. You *must* use the hashtag #baiku and you must get my attention by appending your tweet with @cyclelicious. The Deadline is at noon US Pacific Time read more »

November Baiku

Trailsnet reminds that I haven’t posted a bike haiku in ages! What’s wrong with me?

Spring bike haiku

Bradley the True Geek posted a spring time bike haiku. Bradley masterfully shows us the change of seasons from winter to spring in his baiku when he describes the gray roller dust coating his bike tires. Besides the well known 5 / 7 / 5 syllable pattern, haiku is defined by the use of words read more »

Colorado bike haiku

Carl ran a bike club for students at Columbine Elementary School in Longmont, Colorado. The bike club was for the Walk Or Wheels (“WOW”) program at the school, which encourages students to walk or bike to school and which has an astounding participation rate of over 90%. Carl started the club as an additional impetus read more »

Bicycle news

There’s a lot’s going on the world of cycling in this second week of 2008! Cute story in the SF Chron: Kids Bike Sex Change. It involves duct tape and scissors. Spray paint is much easier and faster. Reno, NV: Don’t let the cold keep you off your bike. Boston motorists blame bike lanes for read more »