Sun Microsystems (my employer) actively encourages non-car transportation to the annual JavaOne conference by offering shuttle service to hotels not within walking distance and to the 4th & King Caltrain station. Most conference websites give driving directions and parking information, while JavaOne only gave information on public transportation options to the Moscone, with an interactive […]

What do you all think of SRAM’s Torpedo SS/fixed hub? This is like a flip flop hub, except there’s not flipping or flopping. To convert from singlespeed to fixed mode, you give seven full twists of a screw on the hub. Brad @ Urban Velo has a unit on test, but I’m curious if anybody […]

While the U.S. Federal Government contemplates supplementing the Highway Trust Fund from the general fund, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger proposes raiding the state gas tax to pay into the general state budget. This move would take $750 million from local transportation budgets statewide each year. For cities that rely heavily on state funds to repair […]

Long ago, I suggested a bicycle honeymoon to Husband, covering a route from central New York, where we then lived, to the Capital Region, where I had relatives. More in “Bicyclists bring business“. Bike Commute Tips: Pregnancy and bicycling? Constitutional… Citizen Rider: Cycling is a civil right. Bob Mionske: Is cycling a right or a […]

What laws do I break to get that kit? I was expecting prisoner stripes, not corporate sponsorship. Who gets drug tested more? Pros, or these convicts? The 2009 Prisoner Tour de France departing from Lille in the north of France on June 4. 200 prisoners volunteered for this ride, along with about 100 prison staffers. […]