James of Bicycle Design first brought the Tatoo folding helmet to my attention about a week ago. Since then, the various popular geek blogs have picked up Fast Company’s critique of the Tatoo helmet. Firstly, one of the Tatoo innovations: It’s made completely of polypropylene and is recyclable. Bicycle helmets are mostly made from expanded […]

I admit it, I’ve been riding fenderless this week during our California rainstorms. The reason: my fendered rainbike is out of action with a broken brake cable. Yes, I should fix it, but it’s just so much easier to grab another bike, and it really hasn’t rained that hard (until today). My raingear has kept […]

All over California, normally dry stream channels are overflowing their banks as rain from a series of storms dump several inches of water over the state. Many bike paths meander along these channels and I’ve seen several bike paths in the Bay Area completely inundated, especially when the paths pass under highway river crossings. Don’t […]

I’ve neglected to mention the Tour Down Under in Australia that started last Sunday. I’ve been busy and I’m sure race fans are following the action and results elsewhere. As usual, Steephill.TV has a great collection of links as well as his own commentary on each stage. This Australian race is the first pro race […]

I don’t have any idea what Diesel is or why they want me to “Be Stupid,” but whatever. Isn’t that old mixte frame bike cool? More: Cheap Jap: Diesel Gets Deep With ‘Be Stupid’.

Winter Bike To Work Day is tomorrow, January 20 in Boulder, Colorado, where the weather will be a pleasant 30 degrees or so with partly cloudy skies in the morning. Chicago also will hold BTWD on Wednesday. Toronto does a Coldest Day of the Year Ride on January 30. That is statistically the coldest day […]