I’m leaving town in the morning for Interbike. You can expect a few hundred photos of good bike porn and the people of Interbike over at my Flickr photostream. Most of my updates will be posted to Commute By Bike. You can expect to see coverage about Bianchi’s 2009 lineup, the new “Ascend” Iso Truss […]
Patent 5619007 describes a “bicycle mounted bulletproof armor shield system.” Armor plating is installed inside the main triangle and rear triangle. According to the patent: Peace officers are using a new form of transportation, the bicycle, which has greatly enhanced their ability to perform their duties. Unfortunately, peace officers on bicycles are extremely vulnerable to […]
Coined by Sara Best. From this discussion on my Facebook account: Me: “I had Silk Very Vanilla soymilk and a brownie made with real dairy butter for breakfast.” Desiree: “That’s like a vegan sin, isn’t it?” Me: “I’m like a flexaterian, except I’m a fudge brownie eater who occasionally eats vegetables.” Sara Best: “Like a […]
Organizers for the 2009 Amgen Tour of California need volunteers to help run the popular professional cycling road race. Volunteers looking for an opportunity to participate in the fourth-annual race can apply online for positions, including course marshal, security, media relations and medical control. The event’s fourth running is scheduled for February 14-22, 2009. Traveling […]
In an effort to tame traffic, the once and future bicycle kingdom is now promoting bikes for transportation in Shanghai with an experimental bike sharing program. The trial program by Shanghai Metro at a train station encourages people to take transit and ride the rental bikes to their jobs. Read more. Bike share in Montreal […]
Carlton Reid showed up early in Vegas and attended Blog World Expo, the show for bloggers and other Web 2.0 nerds and geeks. He writes: Weirdly, I met loads of folks into bikes. OK, there were lots of fatties at the show but there also lots of fitties. n a seminar entitled ‘Beyond Adsense: Exploration […]