Yesterday morning, while one of my friends tried to tell me that cell phone use doesn’t cause distracted driving, divers fished the body of an Antioch woman out of the water after she drove her Ford Expedition into the Sacramento River. She was on the phone with her daughter when she drove her vehicle onto read more
Happy Monday, and I hope you had a nice Thanksgiving holiday in the USA. A couple of odds and ends you might have missed over the long weekend. Caltrain to have GPS driven real time delay info. Caltrain says they will equip their trains with GPS transponders and provide real time arrival & delay information read more
Freakonomics: What do women want. MAKE: DIY bike repair stand. Kanye West likes this $9,000 Grace eBike. How to shoot mountain bike photos. MAKEZine’s Alex Rider Dream Gadget Contest started earlier this week. Cannondale is hiring. GC’s guide to winter cycling in Chicago. Streetsblog: Blaming the pedestrian. Again.. A blog focused solely on the Chinese read more
I’ve been biking to work since the 80s, and I have bike parts laying around all over the place. Sitting on my desk at work I have a 1986 Shimano 105 brake lever waiting to be put to use somewhere. Likewise, I have an inbox of bikey links to share, some older than others. Enjoy! read more
Update July 22 2008: This contest is closed. I’ll select a winner later today! I have a leather toe clip sewing clip to give away. It’s a kit with two strips of leather, some string, a needle and instructions to customize the look of your MKS toe clips. Akihiro aka “swamp” in Japan creates these read more
The new Stow Away backpack from CycleAware is a simple mesh bag perfect for carrying small, lightweight objects such as jackets, arm warmers, and small odds and ends like wallets. The mesh minimizes weight and sweat, while a reflective panel on the back improves visibility. In this video, Lee of Cycle Aware describes the benefits read more
