I’ve been following James Thomas and his Bicycle Design blog since its inception in 2005. This morning, he announced he’s closing up shop to devote his energies elsewhere, including his new industrial design blog. I stole borrowed some of my best inspirations from James and his blog and learned a tremendous amount about bike design, […]
Have you ever explored Strava segments outside of the areas you normally ride? Last night I wondered, “Are there any KOMs in the Himalayas?” The answer: Of course there are: On Strava, I went to the “Segment Explore” page, typed in Nepal, and boom. Check out some of those segments: 31.4% grade for 2.9 miles […]
Among the 13 stories published in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Return of Sherlock Holmes is “The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist,” in which a Victorian gal on a bike is stalked by a fixie riding hipster.
“Polo games in which the players are mounted on bikes instead of ponies is the latest sport devised for the amusement of Hollywood movie stars.” “Clair Dodd, movie star, playing polo on bicycle equipped with special ring-shaped handlebars.” Image from Modern Mechanix.
From the Santa Cruz Sentinel: A 53-year-old Aptos man was riding eastbound in the bike lane on Soquel Drive when a man parked on the shoulder opened his car door and caused the cyclist to veer into a car that was stopped at a red light. Full story here, including comments from the peanut gallery […]
Local news media reported yet another pedestrian hit-and-run fatality in San Jose, CA. This one occurred on Snell Avenue just south of Capitol Expressway in south San Jose. There’s a twist in this case: police are treating this death not as an accident, but a homicide: