Tag: bicycle
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Gizmoidality & das Traumstadrad
This guy geeks out about bikes more than I do. He may even compete with my buddy Wacky Pat in terms of gizmoidality! And that’s saying something, because as I’ve been waxing eloquent about my Traumstadtrad, Pat has been sending me links to videos and sites just filled with new inventions applied to or based…
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Traumstadtrad: Der Überkommuter
This is where I am compiling all of the attributes of my DreamCityBike. I’ll likely be updating this periodically. Frame: Fitting at Cronometro Dutch bike geometry, with a bit of sport fit to it Low-ish bottom bracket for a lower overall ride, such that one could easily put one’s foot down at intersections? Semi-upright fit…
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The MotorLESS City
NYT article “Bike Among the Ruins,” a re-imagining of Detroit as the MotorLESS City.
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Mermaid Cafè, a Crown Jewel of the Eastside; Nay, of Madison; Better Yet, of Wisconsin
Mermaid Cafè’s supreme sandwiches & otherworldly espresso.
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Flat Flyover Country…INDEED! And How Bicycling Adds Juice to Any Economy
Flyover country ain’t so flat after all. And those wacky cyclist characters provide the turbo charge to any economic engine.
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Horribly Hilly’s Graveyard
This article is a hoot. Pay particular attention to Lehman’s quotes. What a character! I guess the Horribly Hilly 100 was particularly brutal this year, given all that tropical humidity. Maybe they should add another couple of ‘H’s’ in there: The Hot, Humid, Horribly Hilly Hundred.
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Guardian UK: Fair Weather Cyclists v. Bike Ragers
This article cracked me up. Apparently even the stiff-upper-lipped Brits get plenty irritated with clueless fair weather cyclists wandering all over the bike paths. Heh! Next up: Using one’s rights, not the sidewalk.
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Bike Zeitgeist: Being the Engine, Pedaling Revolution
GM just went bust. The Highway “Trust” Fund went bust a few months ago. The repo man is busy, busy, busy. No better time than today to introduce two great works that celebrate a better way: Pedaling Revolution: How Cyclists Are Changing American Cities a book by Jeff Mapes (with a strong Madison connection; more…
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NYC Makes Space for People
I’m not a huge fan of Bloomberg,* but it is great to see that he has empowered a visionary Transportation Commissioner to make NYC a more livable place for pedestrians & bicyclists. Janette Sadik-Khan has been very aggressive in taming NYC’s streets to the benefit of people (as opposed to cars). Her latest project hints…
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Another dead bicyclist, another day in the life of a speed addicted society
Hans Noeldner got a great letter to the editor about our society’s twisted priorities–speed over life–in today’s Capital Times.