Tready calls it Speedlinking, so here we go…

WIRED: Rent bikes via cellphone in Germany.

Photo by Bruce Turner in Austin.

MAKE: Conductive paint LED bike helmet.

Photo: One legged track cyclist at the Thinking Blog. I see a one legged bike commuter during my commute on some mornings.

Gizmodo doesn’t like the bicycle food tray.

People keep pointing me to this this Hello Kitty Tire. Enough already!

Ithaca: Bike shop brings community together.

LA bicycle ride stories.

11 year old girl donates bike to feed the hungry.

A winter time story in the mass media about tips for the bike commuter.

Drew does a no-hands, trackstanding self portrait “panda” shot. And he claims, “I can track stand till the cows come home, but I can’t ride no hands.” Yes, he’s trackstanding in his apartment in this photo.

Delta Sports Arantix truss frame in the news. I’ve touched this bike; it’s delicious.

Tour of Georgia 2008 course details.

Christmas idea: Buy a vaccine delivery bike for UNICEF.

Urban Velo: Advocating advocacy. It’s a good idea.

Tuscon Christmas bicycle parade.

Muddy cyclocross in Santa Claus costumes.

The Electrobike Pi weighs 60 pounds. Which reminds me: Optibike’s FAQ says “The [$6000] Optibike only weighs 57 lbs, about as much as a full suspension downhill bicycle, so pedaling as normal is a blast.”

Shoe dryer.

Sue has another Bike Haiku.

Bike in the background at the Sartorialist.

Palo Alto resident and local bike nut Martin Krieg often rides his high wheeler “ordinary” bicycle around town. I see him cruising around downtown. This article in the Palo Alto Weekly talks about how police stop Martin to cite him for violations of some aspect of California Vehicle Code, but he always talks his way out of a ticket (and I can imagine him doing it, too — he’s very talkative, very positive and always does it with a smile). There’s also a pretty cool photo of him taking the lane in heavy traffic on his slow, historical bicycle in the rain. Read more.

There’s also this article about Martin’s ordinary bike and the definition of a bicycle under the California Vehicle Code. Sgt. Paul McCarthy of the Redwood City division of the California Highway Patrol agreed Wednesday that “this device” does not seem to be classified as a bicycle. “Legally, it doesn’t appear he has an obligation to follow the sections of the vehicle code pertaining to a bicycle.” The article describes rolling in circles at intersections waiting for traffic to pass, but I seem to recall seeing Martin do trackstands on his high bike.

Speaking of Palo Alto, dozens of bicycles were stolen during Stanford’s “Big Game” against Cal State last Saturday night, including one that was stolen from a player from the locker room. Apparently, organized groups of thieves went around with lock breaking tools and a truck during the game stealing bikes locked to bike racks, poles and fences around the stadium. If you ride your bike to Stanford football games, volunteers from the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition provide guarded bicycle parking during all home Stanford games. During the Big Game, SVBC volunteers parked 1,461 bicycles. The service is free, but donations are appreciated.

Specialized has once again produced a glockenspiel-free Christmas video with music made with bicycle parts: pedals clipping, spokes turning, cables plucking, freewheel turning and ratcheting, brakes clamping and squealing, pedals hammering, spokes plucking, shifters clicking, and chain pulling. Watch and listen here.

I saw it at Roger Kramer’s Cycling Blog, and he saw it at Bike Biz.