Utility cycling
- Woman moving house from East to West coast of USA decides to go by bike
- The Two Faces of "Commuter" Cycling (Is that video taking the piss?)
- Refrigerator on bike—a man after my own heart…
How MacGyver does it
How to fix a bicycle puncture with only a pump. We think "cut the tire using his teeth" at point 3 and "tied the tire firmly" at point 4 is actually referring to the old knotted inner tube trick. See it in this list of emergency bike repairs along with a number of other MacGyver tricks.
Kids
City
- The real reason why bicycles are the key to better cities [Thanks tom]
- Driven to despair in Australia's outer suburbs
- How to design a bicycle city
Stepper bikes: why?
There's this and this and even
this, but I simply don't get why someone would want to go a ride a mobile stepping machine. (Come to that, I don't even understand why anyone wants to use a stationary stepping machine.) I'll stick to a bike thanks all the same.
[Thanks tom and ozzmosis]
Gadgets
- Our favourite way to stay hydrated while cycling [thanks flipsockgrrl and tom]
- Veltop or would an umbrella work just as well? [Thanks tom]
- Saddle Couch [thanks flipsockgrrl]
Bike parking
- Secure bike parking [Thanks tom]
- Monitoring bike parking in Utrecht [Thanks tom]
- Senza Bike Lock System by Jaryn Miller » Yanko Design [Thanks tom]
- TiGr Bike Lock [twitterer]
Hack
- Rube Goldberg powertrain [Thanks tom]
- Make a Mini Recumbent from a Kid Bike
- Lego Bike—don't ask why. [Thanks tom]
On the way to Utrecht I met a man…
This man rides 80km a day. He's 78 and doesn't look it. [twitterer]
A Sunday in Hell
Good to see this classic documentary of the Paris-Roubaix on You Tube.
Bikes on a plane
How to take a bike on a plane: "Forget expensive bike bags – my road bike flew Ryanair in a massive plastic bag and lived to tell the tale."
Bike share "disappointing"
A range of excuses offered as the Melbourne bike share scheme returns disappointing numbers. More bike stations wouldn't hurt but it really comes down to compulsory helmet laws.
Helmets
Of course, you don't need bike helmets. Oh, hang on, yes you do need bike helmets.
Well, if you're going to wear one, maybe get one with an in-built ring of confidence.
Car vs Bike: The difference
The Difference campaign [twitterer]
Road safety
In New Zealand, the coroner is to look into ways to reduce cycle deaths, meanwhile a combined CPF/Heart Foundation survey finds that two in three blame unsafe roads for staying off their bikes. While I this is a very interesting survey, I think 'unsafe roads' is just one in a suite of excuses that people will use not to ride.
While we're on the subject, would driving test changes boost cyclist safety? [twitterer]
In training to be an organ donor
What a Total Muppet! Watch for the idiot having a little tantrum and throwing his bike against at door at the end of the video.
Brrrrompton!
On London Cyclist, Nicole goes to Antwerp…with a Brompton and then does the Full Brompton Review.
Le Tour from above
Set the pace
Set the Pace with these Raleigh fetures
Chic
Peak Cars
In the near future cars won't disappear (trains haven't) but if a transport mode is in decline, even a very small decline, there's less need to create infrastructure for that mode. Why build more motorways when use of such infrastructure is likely to decrease? Transport modes in the ascendency need the infrastructure spend. Yep, that's right: bicycles. (And light rail, but that's for another trade mag to champion).
Comments
Wow, the 78 year old bloke is very impressive - diabetic too. Thanks for sharing.