“When the economy’s bad, people drink. When the economy is good, people drink. When the economy’s bad, people still need to do something. So they ride their bikes.” –Tom Girard of Zane’s (quoted in New York Times)
“Every now and then, someone takes a potshot at bicyclists and bicycling. Sometimes it’s a politician; other times a shock jock. Whoever it is, and whatever their motivation, we don’t like it!” –The League of American Cyclists
The competition to design new bike racks for New York City has shown that secure bike racks can also be beautiful and interesting objects in the streetscape.
“Road-bike aficionados are much like trout: simultaneously enthralled and mortified by anything shiny and new that enters their environment.” –Wired.com
“Within societies of mass automobility, bicycles are often regarded as a children’s toy, a middle-class sports fad, or a form of transport for those who are too poor to drive. Within less that three generations, cultures of everyday or utility cycling disappeared. Those who continued to cycle are often regarded with suspicion.”–Adrian, Yellow Brick Road.
Different approaches to some of the problems of bike parking.
Before I descend into a fortnight of hibernation, there’s just enough time to speedlink…
Nothing has happened here since my last efforts, so it must be safe for me to speedlink…
Some thoughts on SUVs, road safety, speeding, and anti-hoon laws.
There is a growing number of interesting commute videos on YouTube.
Cyclist beats subway and taxi commuters in a New York City commuter challenge.
Police and cyclists seem to be “at war” in New York City. In Melbourne the relationship is fine.
Four cyclists were killed and several others injured in a horror smash in Wales over the weekend.