September 8, 201111 Comments on Off the beaten path with bike shop cafes
Tanya Mohn wrote a story for BBC Travel on bike cafes that are a little off of the beaten path, venturing beyond the usual bike friendly cities to Arizona, Wisconsin, a National Park in Australia, the Northern Lake District in England, and elsewhere.
August 31, 20112 Comments on Jambox promo video
The Jambox wireless speaker from Jawbone seems like the perfect accessory for Bike Party. The video (a parody of “It Was a Good Day” promoting the “JamChain”) shows a bike mount, though as far as I know it’s not available from Jawbone. Maybe sometbody knows different?
Love the line, “Forgot to lock up my bike; nobody jacked it.”
$200 from Jawbone, and the JamChain comes free with it.
August 26, 2011Leave a Comment
It’s been a crazy week for me. The kids began school, and I’ve spent too much time watching the USA Pro Cycling Challenge that will finish up this weekend in Colorado. I even missed my usual Hump Day review, so I’ll make up for it with this weekend update.
August 10, 2011Leave a Comment
I feel completely and utterly uninspired today, so you get a two-fer on the Wednesday roundup. There’s some good stuff below the fold.
August 10, 20111 Comment on Hump Day
Parts of Texas is into day 40 with high temperatures above 100 degrees, and they’re well on track to beat their previous 42 day record set in 1980. When a strong high pressure like the one over Texas occurs, instability around the edges of the system can results in storms along that periperhy. That’s why we have rain and thunderstorms along northern Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas today.
That Texas high pressure is so strong it’s even affecting our weather in California half a continent away. Our summer has been unusually cool, especially along the coast, because of a strong onshore flow. The US National Climate Center says July was the most extreme on record.
Yay fun. Bike news below the fold.
August 3, 20115 Comments on Hump Day