Yehuda Moon

Yehuda Moon and the Kickstand Cyclery—looks like this bike cartoon has been online since January. A few good chuckles to be had.

Cheap bike as theft deterrent?

Having just completed a full year of commuting on The Bike of Doom, Steve George reflects on the cheap bike as theft deterrent and wonders if he should replace it with something similar when its days are over.

One vote here for Bike of Doom II.

Bike lanes are all well and good…

…until some bright spark does something like this:

Perhaps designed by someone with a pathological hatred of cyclists, or maybe even humanity in general, this path can be found on the MOD site at Abbey Wood and that gate that the path runs directly in to is designed to stop suicide bombers getting into their car park!

Compare bike headlights

A visual comparison of LED bike lights.

Look after pedestrians

Buffalo Bill says look after pedestrians, in response to an opinion piece by James Daley [via velorution]

getacross Campaign

The Auckland harbour bridge is about to be upgraded and cycling and pedestrian advocates are making the case for the addition of pedestrian and cycling lanes.

In the meantime, it sounds like Auckland cyclists have to defend themselves against the same old, tired arguments and abuse.

Persuasive about sportive

How to ride a UK cyclosportive—it's getting popular, apparently.

Does my bum look big on this?

Discover magazine reports on a new super lightweight frame material, a kind of "see-through lattice woven from a carbon-fiber composite and bundled in Kevlar string" (but as they suggest, at $7k a throw it would be cheaper and easier to lose some weight off your body):

The resulting gossamer web may look delicate, but pound for pound this quirky construction—called IsoTruss—is stronger than steel, aluminum, and titanium. Itís even stronger than solid carbon composites, the current front-runners among ultralight bike frames.

Lucre

Twenty-Five Ways To Make Money With Bicycles: "A Bicycle business can be profitable, satisfying, and fun. Learn what it takes to turn a hobby into a business."

"Up your bum"

Finally, I'd just like to wish readers a pleasant stick it up your arse day. Let's get together and have fun…

Comments

steve dennis

Yehuda Moon is beautiful. I am a late comer to your site but Cycleicious pointed me in your direction - great stuff here. Looking forward to being a regular.

Treadly and Me

Thanks for the comments Steve, and the link. If you become a regular, don't forget to leave a few more comments now and again!