Driver kills man on bike in Soquel, California

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The Santa Cruz County California Highway Patrol responded to a fatality traffic collision after an 18-year-old man drove his vehicle into the back of a westbound 31-year-old man riding a bicycle on Soquel Drive near Rosedale Avenue at 8:30 P.M. Wednesday night. Update: The cyclist has been identified as Kevin “Jack” Meehan, who moved to […]

Pro pandas with the Xshot Deluxe selfie stick and Bluetooth remote

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Back at the dawn of time when online photo sharing was brand new, we shot selfies while riding bikes and we called them “panda portraits,” named for this rad woman in Austin, Texas who was known online as “faster panda kill kill.” Shooting these panda portraits generally involved stretching an arm out while simultaneously pushing […]

Toutch my car again and there is going to be big problems

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A couple of photos of passive-aggressive notes taped to car windows have gone viral over the past couple of days on various social media. These remind me of a note pasted to a half-dozen cars I saw while cycling in rural Santa Cruz County (the San Lorenzo Valley for those who know the area) a […]

A DIY tubeless tire pressurizer?

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Important Disclaimer: Using inflammable substances and poorly engineered devices to mount tires at high pressure may result in hard bits of these devices achieving enough velocity to take an eye out and other undesirable consequences. Random thought prompted by Dan’s link to this new tubeless tire charger from Schwalbe: I think we’ve all seen that […]