Ride to work, reduce absenteeism
According to Dutch research firm TNO if the number of employees regularly cycling to work increases by 1%, employers would save approximately 27 million euro per year in reduced sick time. viaA view from the cycle path and Commute by Bike]
Golf is the new cycling
Hooray! Someone's said it at last: Cycling is not the new golf [twitterer]
Bici d'italiana
Italians do it better. [twitterer]
Der Bergmönch
Bergmönch is an interesting variant on the folding bike: "hiking uphill, wheeling downhill". [thanks tom]
Bus + Bike
According to the Christchurch News:
New Zealand buses could soon sport bike racks after a successful six-month trial in Christchurch.
[via e.Can]
Life is stranger than a B-grade movie
In what could be a B-grade movie plot, a woman staged an accident to cover-up the hit-and-run death of a cyclist. She's going to jail. [twitterer]
Voice of (bitter) experience
Good advice from Surly Dave on [how to avoid the worst that airline handlers can dish out][].
Media, attitudes and responsibility
Do Cyclists Have A Death Wish?:
We take for granted the dominance of the car in our transport system but the might-is-right attitude is downright undemocratic, and proclaims that as a society we believe someone in a 0,000 car is more important than a person on a 00 bike.
And on a related topic: Attitudes to cycling
And here's some sobering reading on risks, safety and responsibility on the roads. And on a related topic, Risks from cyclists.
Electric bikes: not just for girls anymore
Apparently men can ride electric-powered bikes too. Who'd have thunk it?
Rather dashing
Facial Hair, Tweed, and Fixies in London
Bike rack designs for Los Angeles
Los Angeles is holding a bike rack design competition
The City of Los Angeles welcomes the creative energy of the greater community to assist in the creation of this important element of street furniture — the bicycle rack.
And why not? It seems to have been successful in New York.
Real-life Bicycle Repair Man?
Does Portland have a "bike phantom" super hero?
Sigh, inevitably: "Bicycle Repair Man, thank goodness you've come!"
Sadness beyond words
Parts of my home state (incidentally and unimportantly some of the most beautiful countryside in which to ride) have been torn apart by the most deadly bushfires in Australian history.
The Red Cross has launched the 2009 Victorian Bushfire Fund to assist individuals and communities affected by the fires. If you can donate, please do.
Comments
g'day, just a heads up that this week they are selling cycle computers at aldi for 7 bucks !! i just picked up one and it has heaps of functionality:speedo, max speed, average,trip meter, riding time/trip time clock temprature gauge, calories, stopwatch, auto off/on
i never had one before, but for 7 bucks... it's pretty sturdy and i can understand how to run it with the 2 buttons without a problem
anyway, i'm sure you have one of those thingies already, but perhaps some of your readers don't
cheers, tom
ps: and it is a real tronica.. i mean that is just as good as a palsonic or a suny :P