Author: Richard Masoner

Proximic – context based links for your website

Richard MasonerOctober 7, 2007Leave a Comment

If you visit Cyclelicious you might have noticed I’ve added a small “Prox It” widget near the top of the web page. This widget from the small Germany start-up Proximic examines the content of your website, does some pattern matching and pops up what it thinks are related news items, Wikipedia articles, websites and products. If you have a moment, please try it out and let me know if you think the results are relevant or interesting. I’m especially interested in knowing if there’s any benefit for you, the Cyclelicious reader. Javascript must be enabled on your browser for this to work. Thanks!

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Moldable goo withstands shovel whacks

Richard MasonerOctober 5, 2007Leave a Comment

I can definitely see some useful cycling applications for this material.


The material is called D30, which is described as a “lightweight material is very flexible and malleable, until subjected to abrupt force, making it useful in protective clothing in situations where the wearer may be exposed to blunt trauma.” D3O has been used for protective ski gear, soccer gloves and shinguards, and motorcycle gloves.

Via CycleDog, who found it via WIRED.

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Sock Guy socks du jour: Ride Clean

Richard MasonerOctober 5, 2007Leave a Comment

I wore these eye-popping yellow Sock Guy “RIDE CLEAN” socks this morning on my commute.

Socks du jour: Ride Clean

RIDE CLEAN is a campaign promote clean cycling.

The RIDE CLEAN blog makes notes of the news that track star Marion Jones admits to doping. This confession comes on the heels of the recent news that Canadian cyclist Genevieve Jeanson admitted to regular use of EPO since she was 15 years old. This summary of Genevieve Jeanson’s confession hints at the possibility of an abusive relationship with her coach.

Like the RIDE CLEAN people like to say, Ride Clean and the rest will follow. I really really like the positive example that Team Slipstream is setting in this regard and I hope that the rest will indeed follow.

The water bottle in this photo is from Bike N Hike in Longmont, Colorado. They carry Trek, Fisher, LeMond, Haro, Redline, Sun, and Diamonback.

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Bay Area bike commuters

Richard MasonerOctober 4, 20078 Comments on Bay Area bike commuters

I’ve been commmuting by bike for a about 20 years, but nowhere have I seen more regular bike commuters in the U.S. than in the San Francisco Bay Area. Even though mornings have been chilly lately, I still see several dozen bike commuters every day. Here’s a sampling of photos just from yesterday and today.

This stylish young woman is Emily, who regularly commutes in Menlo Park on this beautiful pink cruiser. I told her I love her pink bike. “I love my pink bike, too!” Emily exclaimed.
Emily and her pink cruiser

This is Aaron on a Masi Speciale Fixed. I ran into him at San Jose Diridon Station. Up to 32 bikes can be loaded into Caltrain’s bike cars, which have been packed with bike commuters like Aaron all summer. Aaron reads Masiguy’s blog.

Aaron's 2006 Masi Speciale Fixed

Here are some of those Caltrain bike commuters walking through the access tunnel to the station exit at San Jose Diridon station. I see five cyclists in this photo. You’ll see a big variety of bikes, gear, and bags on Bay Area bike commuters.

Bike commuters in San Jose

This is one of the bike racks at the Palo Alto Caltrain station. Palo Alto also features secure, indoor parking at the Palo Alto Bikestation.

Palo Alto bike parking

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They say cycling is dangerous…

Richard MasonerOctober 3, 20074 Comments on They say cycling is dangerous…

Silicon Valley Highway 101 Traffic Hell I don’t know if this has made the national news yet, but three motorists on U.S. Highway 101 in the San Francisco Bay Area have been shot this week.

Highway 101 is one of the main north-south routes that runs the length of the San Francisco Peninsula along the west side of the Bay.

Elsewhere around the nation:

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