- Secure Parking
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"Please do not chain your
bicyclecement mixer to the railing"
(Inspired by this one.)
DIY
- DIY bike porn
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How to get a tasty selection of pics of your bike.
- Build you own recumbent (no welding!)
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Cruzbike has developed a convertion kit to turn a dual suspension mountain bike into a front-wheel drive 'bent.
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And it's fully reversible and transferable to another bike. Hmm, tempting…
Commuting
- Auckland commuter challenge
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In the recent "Go By Bike Day" commuter challenge, Auckland bike commuters won three of four "races" into the city:
The exception was cyclist Jo Pitts, who had to twiddle his thumbs waiting for a 15-minute ferry ride from Birkenhead while occupants of a car and a bus were able to use Auckland Harbour Bridge to beat him to Aotea Square by three and eight minutes respectively.
Mr Pitts, a regular cycling commuter to central Auckland, believed he would have had a good chance of winning the race had he been allowed to pedal over the bridge.
- There are plenty of "buts", but…
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How To Ride Your Bike To Work answers the "buts" and talks about the good stuff:
Riding your bike will bring you many benefits: you will be stronger, look better and save a lot of money on gas. I like to fantasize that each and every one of the people I pass stuck in traffic secretly yearns to be with me swiftly riding past them on my way to and from work.
- City cycling
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How to survive in New York City on a bike.
…When in danger, children and dogs run to their parent/owner. Don't cross the invisible line between them…
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Meanwhile in Istanbul, cyclists contend with
flooded cycle paths, barbecues, trees, bushes, and garbage bins in cycle areas, and lack of bicycle parking.
But it's not all bad…