Speedlinking 29 December 2009

PUSH PULL from Landis Fields on Vimeo.

Helmet vs car

The potential for cycle helmets to prevent injury – A review of the evidence [twitterer]

Bike vs car

Cyclists welcome hazard sign to alert motorists

The prominent 5m sign, which began operating last week, flashes up in orange lights when approaching city-bound cyclists ride over loops in the road surface in Tamaki Drive, about 30m east of the intersection…

[Council network performance manager Karen Hay] compared the price of about $60,000 with an estimated social cost of about $1.9 million from the crashes which injured the 12 cyclists at the intersection, two seriously.

twitterer

Sorry mate, I didn’t cause this collision

Risky cycling rarely to blame for bike accidents, study finds.

Weighing it up

From morbidly obsese to sleek cycling geek.

DIY

• Drafting Tutorial—drafting as in “How to draw a traditional bicycle frame”
• Community Bike Cart Design “a simple, homemade, low-cost bike cart for car independence and community”

Bloggage

• The Adventures of RandoBoy—”Doomed to roam the four corners of the Earth, eternally searching for the left turn listed on this error-ridden cue sheet that we call Life, RandoBoy fights a valiant effort against numbness where it should not be and pain where it really, really hurts.”
• Cycling To The Ashes: “14 months, 25000km on a bike, London to Brisbane, with a cricket bat!”
• This is my blog and it’s about stuff, mostly bikes

Sustain

Bike-school WTF: Suffolk school takes bike racks away to discourage kids from cycling.

Urban Design

Cities and Cycling: Ignoring A Simple Alternative:

Imagine visiting a city where the populace steadfastly refused to wear sweaters or coats despite a cold climate…

When driving, we see the broad brush of the buildings and the other cars; we tend not to notice a lack of pedestrians, especially when they are rare. When we travel on a bicycle, however, a city devoid of life seems utterly bizarre, and the populace’s blithe acceptance of this status quo even stranger.

The Wheel

MIT’s iPhone-Linked Copenhagen Wheel Makes Your Bike Smarter While Giving You A Boost [Thanks tom]

Weird

Possibly posted here before, World’s Most Unusual Bikes.

Motivation

I just enjoy cycling for what it is. But people find motivation in all sorts of ways.

Oooh, shiny!

Bicycle Chain Cufflinks [Thanks tom]

Bike things for your iThingy

• Pedal Brain “can be thought of as three integrated products. First, it’s an iPod and iPhone ANT+ accessory. Second, it’s a complete training log. Third, it’s a coaching platform. Each of these products have been designed together and as such integrate perfectly well.”
• iCols “brings the greatest cols of the world to the iPhone”

Ah stuff it—others who know more about iThings have done better lists of cyclings apps. For example:

• iPhone Cycling Applications
• Bike apps for the iPhone
• Five iPhone Apps That Replace Bike Hardware

More on related topics

• Beware of the danger zone
• Bike parking is beautiful
• Bikes still win, even when they don’t
• Wet day victims
• Cycling is the new golf