South Bay bike train A “bike train” is a caravan of cyclists commuting together on a regular schedule. During the month of May I’m riding my bike to work the 20 miles from San Jose to my job in Menlo Park via Palo Alto. If you’d like to join me, I generally depart from either […]

I wrote over the weekend that there were 40,000 people at Maker Faire. It turns out that was last year’s attendance — this year, an estimated 70,000 people showed up just on Saturday. Cell phone reception was the pits, probably because the cell network was overwhelmed with so many technology nerds all using their phones […]

Lyrics by Margaret Pye and posted here with her kind permission. Daisy, DaisyGive me your answer doI’m half crazy all for the love of youIt won’t be a stylish marriageI can’t afford a carriageBut you look sweetUpon a seatOf a bicycle built for two Hummer, HummerWhy d’you use so much gas?Smog in the summer,It’s such […]

Momentum Magazine. Publisher Amy Walker, Associate Publisher Tania Lo and Marketing/Partnership Director Mia Kohout of Momentum Magazin are in the Maker Faire Expo. You’ll find the Momentum booth south of the big HP banner hanging from the ceiling near the center of the Expo building. Drop by, tell them Richard from Cyclelicious sent you and […]

What began as Stevenson’s attempt to create the next best thing to having his own scraper-car — known in Oakland’s hyphy-style rap culture for the matching body and wheel colors — has turned into a mobile mini-arts festival of 26-inch-tall Ferris wheels rolling through the streets of East Oakland. At appearances throughout their neighborhood, the […]