London considers bike sharing program. Mayor of London Boris Johnson is known for his everyday use of a bicycle for transportation, and now he wants to encourage more people to ride their bikes by inviting companies to submit their bike share plans for London. He would like to see 6,000 rental bikes available at 400 […]
Sometimes when something does all that it was meant to do its all too easy to take it for granted, but sometimes the capabilities are just so exceptional that its hard NOT to take note. Xtracycle’s and Surly’s Big Dummy frameset are just like that. My wife and I had been researching the best solutions […]
Momentum Magazine publisher Amy Walker channels Olivia Newton John as she exhorts a Bike Ninja to “Get Visible” with lights and reflectors in this cute and campy video for the Vancouver Area Cycling Coalition. Starring Amy and the B:C:Clettes. Ride with lights at night! See here for higher quality and for information on the lights […]
It was another awesome weekend in Santa Cruz, California. The kids and I went mountain biking from the UC Santa Cruz fire roads and into Wilder Ranch State Park, where I made a wrong turn so we ended up halfway to Davenport, California when we popped out on Highway 1. We rode a couple of […]
Read this important recall notice carefully to see if this applies to your vehicle. Via various sources; image from NY Times Special Edition (a parody of the NY Times). I don’t know where the blog post this goes with is, though. I hope you’re’ having a good weekend. The kids and I went mountain biking […]
In response to my rednecks on bikes post last August, Russ in Cleveland sent me this photo of his dad’s bike with his old .22 rifle. Russ writes of his dad and his dad’s bike: It’s a pretty simple rack using two wood mounts and some elastic to hold it in place. He is not […]