Bart Hawkins Kreps of Port Hope, Ontario understands that it’s hard to do your shopping by bicycle. His suggestion: Don’t shop for anything bigger than a sidewalk. In this cute video, he shows us how he hauled 3300 kg (almost 4 tons) of granite slabs to his home, along with buckets of stone, to build […]
I’m moving this weekend, which explains why I’m being slow responding to some email requests I’ve received over the past couple of days. I’ll try to get back to you by next Wednesday or so!
Welcome to the blog that discovers the cycling-adjacent weird and wonderful tidbits as I walk the aisles of the Sea Otter Classic 2023 Expo. Today, I talked with the two representatives of Jiangsu Snail Zhixing Technology Co.,Ltd , which manufactures solar-powered scooters. Photovoltaic panels cover the front and the deck of this scooter, which I’m told […]
With December, January, February, March, and April showers come flooded roads and paths. We all do what we’ve got to do to get through these areas, but it’s best to avoid biking through deep water. Prolonged water contact will damage any type of bearing surface in your bicycle, but don’t get too confident if you […]
Whilst reading my Mastodon feed, I ran across mention of a “fixed gear ebike.” This piqued my interest: can such a thing really exist? The top results when I google “fixed gear ebike” include a blog post on the “Best Fixed Gear Electric Bikes,” which begins with a description of this weird, nonsensical chimera. While […]
We’re excited in California for AB 2097 to take effect with the new year. This law bans parking minimums for new developments within a half mile of transit. Cycling advocates and others who care about housing and the climate fought for this bill, and we celebrated when Governor Gavin Newsom signed 2097 into law last […]