Modern Mechanix takes us back to August 1931 for this steering wheel for bicycles. It’s not really a steering wheel in the sense that you rotate the wheel to turn the bike, because the wheel is attached to the stem along the ring, while a car steering wheel rotates around the center of the ring. […]
What happens when raging floods close local streets to motor vehicle traffic? Hop on the bike and go, like this man does on Zhongshan West Road as heavy rains flood over 100 homes and 60 streets in downtown Shanghai on August 25. Look how happy the cyclist is moving through the water, while the motorist […]
San Jose, California Leaders Call for Bold Bicycle Program in the Downtown. Pilot program to link downtown employers, San Jose State University, Guadalupe River Corridor and transit hubs. Without a pesky court order to slow the implementation of a bike plan, San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed with Councilmembers Sam Liccardo and Forrest Williams call for […]
Scottish track cyclist Chris Hoy rides a folding bike during the Olympic closing ceremony in Beijing. With his three gold medals in Beijing 2008, Chris Hoy is Scotland’s most successful Olympian, the first Briton to win three medals in a single Olympic games since Henry Taylor in 1908, and the most successful Olympic male cyclist […]
Wife in the North is a popular blog by UK journalist Judith O’Reilly, who blogs about her “lonely journey into the Northern heartlands” and asks, “Just how grim can it get up north?” She also thinks “sight of an Englishman on a bike [is] faintly absurd” in this Times guest editorial. I don’t mind the […]
After a one year absence, Bianchi has reintroduced steel road bikes for 2009, including the nice Vigorelli. The Bianchi people I’ve spoken with really like the 2009 Vigorelli steel road bike — the exact word used is “love,” and this bike built up with Reynolds 631 CrMo tubing and carbon fiber fork is indeed easy […]