The amazing power of gyros

I've had my eye on this innovation on-and-off for two years now, and was pleased to hear that it is coming up for commercial release. Its presence at Interbike suggests that the [release date is getting r][], and that's got to be a good thing because training wheels suck. [twitterer]

Who-oa!

Hadar Metal Design—bikes that are works of art. Then again, isn't every bike a work of art? [via MetaFilter]

A solution

["The bicycle is a simple solution to some of the world's most problems."][] [twitterer]

Magda's clanger

I've always had much respect for Magda Szubanski. Unfortunately that's all gone now following her misguided rant on Good News Week. [twitterer]

A good reputation is such a fragile thing.

Truth and the media

Yehuda Moon on road accidents in the news. Sigh. Too true.

What women want

How to get more bicyclists on the road:

An emerging body of research suggests that a superior strategy to increase pedal pushing could be had by asking the perennial question: What do women want?

Waxing lyrical

The bicycle enjoys a renaissance:

One of the wondrous things about cycling is that it's a great equalizer. You can be on a junkyard beater, a three-wheeler with a granny seat or a high-performance racing bike and you're still cycling. You're still going places, seeing the smallest of sights, smelling the faintest of smells, hearing the most distant of sounds. I'm not knocking road trips by car; I love those, too. But from my car, I'm often thinking, I wish I were on two wheels, outside.

Pay up you feckin freeloaders

Why licensing cyclists just won't work [twitterer]

DIY

And if that's not enough, [here's 10 cheap and easy DIY bike projects can do][].

Bloggage

Who's who in the zoo

An Illustrated Guide to the Cycle Zoo:

In this book, Stephen Nurse shows a comprehensive range of bicycles, family cycles, tandems, recumbents, trikes and load carriers and discusses their design with original examples.

World's toughest MTB race

Tour de Timor.

Oooh, look! It folds!

tom blogs here

[thanks tom]

Overtaking

Prevously mentioned, now going to the source on [The effect of cycle on the proximity between motor traffic and cycle traffic][].

Plus here's some analysis by The Independent.

Undriver

You can now officially become and Undriver with [Undriving and Undriver g][]:

With the playfulness of an Undriver License, we are engaging people to consider their car use patterns in a new light, to challenge an assumption by trying something different of their own devising, and perhaps to discover that there's a better way of getting from here to there for one thing they do.

Absolute stupidity

Speaking of undriving, here's a clown who's shown that he [lacks the and intelligence to hold a driver's license][]:

A Victorian teenager had his car impounded just seven hours after getting his probationary licence…

"The car was seen to be sliding sideways, and when intercepted by police, the driver has informed them that he only got his licence in the morning"

And the quotes of the day go to Sergeant Geoff Annand:

"I don't know whether this is a record for a new driver to show absolute stupidity, but it would certainly go close"

Plus, this droll understatement:

"It's probably best that he doesn't have that car now."

Perhaps the "driver" (and I use the word hesitantly) should consider an Undriver License.

More chicks and more bikes

A Girl's Bike—New York women and their bikes. [via Sydney Body Art Ride]

From the man himself

Peter Heal talks to ABC Canberra about [his unsupported cycle across a][]. [twitterer]

Conference

The 7th New Zealand Cycling Conference will be held on 12–13 November 2009. The conference theme is "Communities, connections and the economy".

Lego Man jumps the red light

Red Light: Biking Rules PSA [twitterer]

Comments

Tweed treadly

What? Have you gone bye bye? or only TWITtering?

Treadly and Me

Oooo, stung into action!

No, having noticed that I'm doing more speedlinking than original posts, I've banned myself from speedlinking for October. Regrettably it doesn't necessarily follow that I'll actually write more original posts…