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Speedlinking 3 June 2009

“It’s a kind of escape for us, a chance to break away from the daily reality of prison.” –Daniel, participant in the prisoners’ Tour de France.

Speedlinking 29 April 2009

“Seventy five percent of all journeys in Britain are under five miles in length; half are under two miles; and thirty two per cent under a mile… Of all journeys undertaken by car, sixty one per cent are under five miles in length; and a similar proportion of all short journeys currently take place in cars.” –Bikes Not Fumes, p. 11, CTC 1991

Speedlinking 27 February 2009

“Ride for fun. They haven’t yet made a cycle computer that can measure that.” –Surly Dave

Speedlinking 13 January 2009

“I really believe that, once people develop some confidence on the bike track, they’ll feel a lot safer riding on sections of road that don’t have bicycle infrastructure yet”–Katie Kingshott, Healthy Transport Hobart

Speedlinking 10 August 2008

“Road-bike aficionados are much like trout: simultaneously enthralled and mortified by anything shiny and new that enters their environment.” –Wired.com

Random observation on bike design

Will humans ever finish designing and redesigning the bike? I doubt it…

Speedlinking 15 April 2008

And normal service should resume shortly…

Speedlinking 2 Movember 2007

There hasn’t been a plague of locusts since my last effort, so it must be safe for me to speedlink…

Elizabeth’s badly designed bike lanes

Elizabeth Street in Melbourne has dangerous bike lanes.

Bugs up the nose? Solution found!

Fret no more! Here is the solution to the problem of bugs going up your nose…