I’m obsessed with bicycles. Hello Kitty Hell chronicles people obsessed with Hello Kit. We combine these two obsessions with a third — an obsession with Swarovski Crystal — to create a crystal covered bike with a Hello Kitty motif.Click through to Hello Kitty Hell for photos of the manifestation of these obsessions. Courtesy of my […]
Frank has an nice winter CX baiku in Illinois. He also pointed me to a old set of baikus from last summer. Carlton talks about “get off the road for your own safety” individuals in the Netherlands(!), India and Nazi Germany. Perhaps there’s a connection with this “bicycle neglect”. Alan makes the point that the […]
As the person who built this fire-breathing bike wrote, this is major “Hold my beer and watch this” action here. Don’t try this at home! Do it in an empty parking lot instead. By remote control. Here’s video of this bike in action. This might be useful for the bike commuters out there. Thanks to […]
“Folk cycling” is the antithesis of “vehicular cycling.” While vehicular cycling is the practice of bicycling in a visible and predictable manner in accordance with the principles of driving any other vehicle on the road, most cyclists don’t believe the rules of the road apply to them. They either don’t care about the law, don’t […]
A recent comment from CycleDog directed me to the blog of bicycle lawyer Erik Ryberg in Tuscon, Arizona. According to his Blogger profile, “Erik Ryberg is a lawyer whose caseload includes many bicycle accidents, injuries, and assaults on bicyclists in Tucson and elsewhere in Arizona. I also represent Arizona bicyclists in criminal cases and traffic […]
Don’t forget: Streetview Contest! Danilo Di Luca busted for doping. He didn’t actually test positive for any drugs; Di Luca was suspended for three months for links to Italian doctor Carlo Santuccione, who is the center of an “Oil for Drugs” investigation. Di Luca recently won the Giro d’Italia. READ THIS NOW: Cycling is safer […]