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Getting Loaded....
2008-04-20 05:46:00 <p> No, not what you think, though I was having a local microbrew ale at Pure Luck, the vegan bicyclist's pub on the same corner as.... </p> Posted on 04/19/08 at 02:42 PM More About: Loaded
The Green Gopher at Work
2008-04-17 10:33:00 <p> Took the Green Gopher , my '84 Trek 610 fixie portage bike, downtown today on a buying trip for the next run of City Knickers (due.... </p> Posted on 04/16/08 at 07:32 PM More About: Work
Copenhagen's Main Street to Become a Bicycle Boulevard
2008-04-15 08:44:00 <p> From the Copenhagen ize blog we hear that the Nørrebrogade, one of Copenhagen's main streets, is to be changed to a bicycle boulevard. To quote: Each.... </p> Posted on 04/13/08 at 01:05 PM More About: Main , Street , Boulevard , Main Street
More and More Bikes
2008-04-15 08:44:00 <p> This morning, while trundling our dirty clothes to the laundromat (I walk over, pulling our laundry basket on a photographer's folding dolly), I saw several.... </p> Posted on 04/14/08 at 05:44 PM More About: Bikes
They've Finally Had Enough!
2008-04-11 06:25:00 <p> Looks like our northern brethren and sisthren have had it with car culture and the slavish in which it holds the alleged representatives of the.... </p> Posted on 04/10/08 at 03:23 PM More About: Finally
New Batch of Classic Wool Knickers Has Arrived
2008-04-04 02:36:00 <p> A new batch of the Classic Wool Knickers has arrived today--well, I got on the bus with our folding dolly and picked them up, to.... </p> Posted on 04/02/08 at 06:47 PM More About: Batch
Riding in Traffic Video
2008-04-04 02:36:00 <p> We were just referred to a very good video on the basics of bicycling in traffic as traffic. It's short and very well-done, and we.... </p> Posted on 04/03/08 at 11:35 AM More About: Video , Traffic , Riding
Back to the Bridge
2008-03-24 03:22:00 <p> Having had a good workout or two last week in rides requiring the negotiation of hills, I decided to be good and lazy on my.... </p> Posted on 03/23/08 at 01:21 PM More About: Back , Bridge , The Bridge
Spring Picnic
2008-03-24 03:22:00 <p> We took a little break from our labors yesterday and rode down to the bike bridge between Playa del Rey and the Marina del Rey.... </p> Posted on 03/22/08 at 08:40 AM More About: Spring , Picnic
More Institutionalized Anti-Cyclist Bias....
2008-03-24 03:22:00 <p> Disturbing though sadly not surprising observation by Bob Mionske in VeloNews, reporting on the horrific crash . in Cupertino a couple of weeks ago, when.... </p> Posted on 03/22/08 at 02:31 PM More About: Bias , Anti
Awareness Test
2008-03-13 21:16:00 <p> Wonderful awareness test from Transport for London. Take it yourself, then pass it on to all your driving acquaintances: Do the Test Stunning good work.... </p> Posted on 03/13/08 at 07:15 AM More About: Awareness
Sidestepping the Apocalypse
2008-03-10 06:45:00 <p> Forgive the crappy cellphone camera picture, but I had typically left my decent pocket camera at home. Nevertheless, I didn't want to pass up this.... </p> Posted on 03/09/08 at 04:41 PM More About: Apocalypse
Los Angeles Bicycle Master Plan Survey
2008-03-03 23:49:00 <p> If you are a cyclist in Los Angeles , please fill out the survey at the following link: Los Angeles Bicycle Master Plan Survey The city.... </p> Posted on 02/26/08 at 03:55 PM
Transmuting Cities into Engines of Happiness
2008-03-03 23:49:00 <p> Here's a long quote from a marvelous article in EnRoute magazine, titled, "The Happy City": I swipe my card into a metallic kiosk, silently unlocking.... </p> Posted on 03/03/08 at 07:46 AM More About: Cities , Happiness , Engines
James Black Hat Irregulars Available
2008-03-03 23:49:00 <p> We had a large number of irregulars from the last batch of James Black 3-Way Hats. I finally got around to sorting them out and.... </p> Posted on 02/28/08 at 07:14 AM More About: Black Hat
Pumped Up About Parking Rack
2008-02-25 01:57:00 <p> As you know, Bicycle Fixation has a strong interest in bicycle parking , so we were particularly tickled to see the following example of clever.... </p> Posted on 02/24/08 at 09:55 AM More About: Parking , Rack
Another Beach Run
2008-02-24 06:01:00 <p> So why live in Los Angeles if you're not going to ride to the beach? So I did--again--this makes probably five hundred times, I'm sure--and.... </p> Posted on 02/23/08 at 02:01 PM More About: Beach
High Speed Rail and the Modern City
2008-02-20 08:55:00 <p> Let me refer you to an excellent interview with Andy Kunz in TreeHugger, talking about the present state of High Speed Rail and ntegrated rail.... </p> Posted on 02/19/08 at 06:56 AM More About: City , Modern
Lance Promotes Bike Commuting
2008-02-20 08:55:00 <p> In what may be a first in the cycling world, a former racer--seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, of all folks--has opened a bike.... </p> Posted on 02/19/08 at 04:50 PM More About: Bike , Commuting
London to Boost Cycling
2008-02-15 21:29:00 <p> Excellent article in the Guardian last week, which we quote: London is likely to become one of the most cycle-friendly places in the world, with.... </p> Posted on 02/15/08 at 07:29 PM More About: Cycling , Boost
Int'l Bicycle Fund's Annual Student Bike Essay Contest
2008-02-11 16:39:00 <p> The International Bicycle Fund , which promotes bicycling worldwide, has announced its Annual Student Bicycle Essay Contest . Although essays should be in English, students.... </p> Posted on 02/11/08 at 02:38 PM More About: Bike
Not Quite What I Expected
2008-02-08 03:43:00 <p> Yesterday, the cell phone rang, and it was a police officer calling to take a report on my very modest hit-and-run sideswiping of January 23.... </p> Posted on 02/08/08 at 01:42 AM
Sheldon Brown, 1944--2008
2008-02-05 00:14:00 <p> Sheldon Brown , know as "Captain Bike," resident maven of Harris Cyclery , died yesterday, apparently of a heart attack, following a struggle of several years.... </p> Posted on 02/04/08 at 10:14 PM More About: 2008
Fixies & Faces
2008-02-03 23:02:00 <p> On February2 nd , 2008, the Rogue Status gallery in Venice, on the wild western edge of the city, held an exhibition of fixed-gear bicycles.... </p> Posted on 02/03/08 at 09:01 PM More About: Faces
Rail, Bikes, and Portland
2008-02-01 21:56:00 <p> As many of you might know, I had been planning to ride Amtrak to Portland for the North American Handbuilt Bicycle Show . Unfortunately, Amtrak.... </p> Posted on 02/01/08 at 07:55 PM More About: Bikes , Rail
Thomas Hardy T-Shirt
2008-01-31 16:29:00 <p> Thomas Hardy has long been one of my favorite authors (and Jude the Obscure one of my favorite books) for decades now. So I was.... </p> Posted on 01/31/08 at 02:28 PM More About: Shirt , T-Shirt , Homa
Elliott Bay Bicycles to Carry Our Knickers
2008-01-31 16:29:00 <p> Bicycle Fixation has just picked up another dealer, this time the highly-respected Elliott Bay Bicycles in Seattle. Seattle has been a very good market for.... </p> Posted on 01/30/08 at 02:33 AM More About: Knickers , Carry
Flapping....
2008-01-31 16:29:00 <p> Well, with the monsoons we've been having here in LA this week, I've been learning the true value of mudflaps. My kit of fenders, rain.... </p> Posted on 01/28/08 at 06:48 PM
My Turn
2008-01-23 17:08:00 <p> My turn to get hit by a car, that is, though I was only sideswiped from behind by a moron in a dark green Toyota.... </p> Posted on 01/23/08 at 03:08 PM More About: Turn
The Old Is New Again....
More articles from this author:2008-01-21 00:57:00 <p> In one of the forums I infest on the internet, a discussion developed between the folks who feel that one ought to buy new bikes.... </p> Posted on 01/20/08 at 10:56 PM 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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