- Thanks People’s Poet
As part of its sponsorship of Moving Galleries, Connex posts haiku on posters in trains, some of which are rather good—but I was rather taken by this extra offering, penned by “fare evader of no fixed address”.- Hmm, I’m taking photos of the inside of trains—I’ve really got to be back on the bike…
- Brrrr!
- Uncle Mark’s prescription for a better cold weather cycling experience:
If you look at the Bureau of Meteorology website, the historical data proves that significant rainfall is only experienced on average on 32 days (including weekends) in the year between the hours of 7am and 9am, and 4 to 7pm. So less than 10% of our potential commuter riding is done in rain.
So we should just stop our whining :)
- Along with that reality check, there’s some really good advice here on gearing yourself up and maintaining your bike for the dark, wet and cold.
- The world’s simplest cycling log
- velog looks a lot like twitter, but also keeps basic cycling stats.
[via Where the bike takes me] - Cyclists live longer
- According to the numbers crunched by Dave Moulton.
- Eastlink Cyclovia, anyone?
- Noting the pre-opening Eastlink user in the photo illustrating this article, Hielke asked over on Melbourne Cyclist about the possibility of a cyclovia occuring on Eastlink before it opens to motorised traffic. Sounds like it’s on the cards, date yet to be determined.
- On the topic of the article itself, Hielke is sceptical about President Sarkozy’s motives:
Honestly, I think France just doesn’t have the money. These highways are $$$ suckers and EU rules mandate a budget deficit of at most 3%. I think France is already nudging that, but I may be wrong.
Still, you can’t fault the key argument: more roads mean more cars, so these new road projects just become more linear car parks. How much fun will people have being stuck in traffic underground in Sir Rod’s east-west link tunnel?
- Tax free bikes for work…
- …in the UK at Cyclescheme.
- Hmm, methinks we’ve discussed something kinda similar here before.
- Stick it to ‘em
I parked in a bike lane
stickers. Heh!- Commuter challenge—is this still news?
- Bike comes out ahead in morning commute challenge
In the U.S., 40% of all trips are two miles or less. In Portland, and other cities where its relatively comfortable to go by bike, more and more people are realizing that bikes aren’t only cheaper and healthier, they’re also faster.
[via RocBike]
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Work is just something I do between bike rides
Heh!
Speedlinking 2 May 2008
Oops, sliding into the old habits again…
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I was thinking about the 10% chance of getting wet. It felt it was too high, but I have an idea why this may be so. 10% would apply to a commuter with a 2 hour commute in the morning and a 3 hour commute in the afternoon who simultaneously rides on every single bit of Melbourne’s roads! My own commuting route/time/luck is such that I can’t even remember the last time I did get rained on. My best guess is that my probability is somewhere around 2 to 3%.
Posted by hielke | 9 May 2008, 11:07 pm