A bit odd… but aren’t we all?
My friend in Pittsburgh sends me this: He put a bumper on his bike so that he could “take up as much room as a car.” He’s a bit odd — aren’t we all?
My friend in Pittsburgh sends me this: He put a bumper on his bike so that he could “take up as much room as a car.” He’s a bit odd — aren’t we all?
With this breakfast design, one will never be too late at work or school again. When you have overslept, the first thing you do to hurry up is skipping your breakfast. To prevent that skipping, Philipp Drexler invented the Bikefast. Now you can jump on your bicycle and have your breakfast during the ride. Lay…
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A truly great bike carry requires a bike or rack designed to carry truly great things. A comment just pointed me to this guy. I don’t know him from Adam, but I hope he’s nice. How could a guy making bike racks not be nice? Plus he has great struts… always the weak link in…
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First there was this great picture on Elyse Sewell’s excellent blog (yes, there really is at least one model out there with looks and brains… and she just happens to like travel, food, and bikes. Oh, deary me). Imagine the planning session that preceded this expedition. If you have access to a good mental cholo…
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More on the Dutch cargo bike in Chicago.
Full, for the record, this keg was delivered in a car. Acropolis car service, to be exact. I met the guy at the beer place and gave him my address and told him I would meet him there. He was a nice older Greek driver who said, “Bike, the best! I drive. You use legs!…
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Or at least a better way to gather cans. From New Mexico.Notice how the basket is made out of bike rims!
Nobody ever said Astoria Bike was out there breaking the latest news. Six weeks behind the times I give you this:See the Gothamist’s first and second store for the whole old story. And the source: Made in Queens. So cool. Check out the trailer for the documentary. These are cool bikes and I love Indians…
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There’s a great little video showing a persons bike ride to the supermarket in Amsterdam. Click here then click on the video. No “action.” Just a slice of life. Why yes, that is what biking in Amsterdam is like. But I want to point out something, as a radical. Just notice how few cars there…
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In the New York Times. Most things can be moved by bikes. For instance, every time I see a Fresh Direct truck, I think of how easy it would be to delivery groceries with pedal power. From the Times story: A small but growing number of pedal-powered messengers are outfitting their bicycles and, in some…
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