In May of 2011, Bahram Saghari was biking to work as a lecturer in Operations and Management Systems in the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University when he was left-crossed by the unlicensed driver of a Ford Explorer SUV in Los Gatos, California. The collision resulted in a serious head injury for Mr. […]
If it bleeds, it leads, which is why I suppose so many helmet-cam videos feature close calls and idiots on the road. To try to skew the ratio back towards reality, I’ve started posting boring videos showing my carefree bike rides. This video shows the entire part of my seven mile daily commute between downtown […]
The city of San Jose, California has one of the largest urban trail networks in the nation, with over 50 miles of trails open to the public. Several “core” trails — Guadalupe River, Coyote Creek and Highway 87 Bikeway — extend for several miles and are suitable for commuters as well as recreational use. A […]
Anthony Weiner is the New York politican who is perhaps best known for the infamous sexting scandal that led to his resignation from the U.S. House of Representative in 2011. Before he resigned, Weiner further embroiled himself in controversy when he told then-mayor Michael Bloomerg that he would “have a bunch of ribbon-cuttings tearing out […]
I’d been riding with a GoPro Hero camera since shortly after the introduction of their early standard definition model in 2008. The clunky boxy design is readily identifiable, yet I still frequently run into people who ask me what that goofy thing mounted on the end of my stick is. GoPro invented the market for […]
For Valentines Day 2013, Lauren put Valentine’s Day cards on all the bikes at her office building.