- Fun—and pretty scary
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Just on the off chance that you haven’t already seen it… Do you have change blindness? Do the test.
…only a tiny fraction of all the information going into your brain enters your consciousness. People often fail to see a change in their surroundings because their attention is elsewhere.
Even stranger, if you are concentrating on something, you can become blind to other events that you would normally notice. This “inattention blindness” is possibly the reason why motorists collide with cyclists.
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[Thanks Charlie, and via just about every bike blogger including Velorution, kimbofo, Dave Moulton, Adrian Fitch, The City Fix, UrbanVelo and Momentum. Nothing like being the last to publish…]
- I love the java jive and it loves me
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So cyclists like coffee—who knew? “Coffee calls to all kinds of cyclists: mountain bikers who live for adrenaline rushes, commuters who matter-of-factly pedal to work or to the grocery store, and “roadies” whose perfect weekend involves a 30- to 60-mile ride on paved roads.” [via Metafilter]
- Thanks for the feedback
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wurple.net got some good feedback on bike lights.
- Swoop!
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Watch out—magpies aren’t the only swooping birds out there!
- $25 bakfiets!
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BT Humble has knocked together a cargo trike for about $25. It’s hard to beat that kind of price!
- This doesn’t sound right
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It appears that some local councils in the UK want to turn a popular rail trail into a high-speed bus lane.
- What happened here?
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“There is no part of the world where cycling is in greater favor than in Southern California, and nowhere on the American continent are conditions so favorable the year round for wheeling”—so what the hell happened since 1897?
- Making space for bikes
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World’s Narrowest Bike Path. Heh. [thanks Tom]
“Caffeine is one of those elements that cyclists want to put into their bodies.” – Agreed.
Posted by Warren T | 15 March 2008, 7:20 amIndeed. Therefore it’s good to know that “caffeine is one of the last legal drugs”…
Posted by Treadly and Me | 17 March 2008, 3:26 pmI love the dancing bear. Maybe its too much coffee.
Posted by Tri Boy | 17 March 2008, 5:03 pmROTFLMFAO a moonwalking bear! Yes it is scary though. Guess I won’t be wearing a bear suit for any bike rides any time soon.
Posted by Crowlie | 21 March 2008, 10:01 pmAs I’m sure I saw someone remark on this topic, how much more noticeable would the dancing bear be if it had been wearing hi-viz gear? It cuts both ways: watch for cyclists and be easily seen.
Posted by Treadly and Me | 22 March 2008, 9:34 am