Bing. The Future of Fixies. I rode a fixed-gear bike for the first time the other day (after Matt’s photo shoot). I went about 50 yards and it did not weird me out as expected. And there you have my review of fixies. From now on, I can talk about them from experience; with expertise, no less. Yesterday I saw that Swiss bike maker, bedovelo, has introduced (what they claim to be) the world’s first two-speed fixie. A two-speed fixie! Actually, I know what the world is coming to. Omnivero-ted-powered fixie. I’ve seen this play out before. I was a very strict vegetarian for 12 years, beginning when I was still in high-school. But then I learned about vegans, who made me feel less ideologically pure.
Then I learned about vegetarians who were okay with eating fish: pesce-vegetarians. Vegetarianism became a victim of it’s cultural appeal. But enough about that. Fixie riders, welcome to the slippery slope. Already people get confused between a single-speed freewheel bike and a fixed gear bike. Ryz86 : My dog seemed to enjoy her...
Photo by zakkatography. Photo by zakkatography. Photo by zakkatography. Photo by zakkatography. Photo by brunoamaral. Volto logo -vitorm - Sobre/About. Photo by zakkatography. The travails of a novice bike commuter. Photo by wakingphotolife:. “Alright, wish me luck,” I said to my coworkers. “If you don’t hear from me tonight, send out a search party.” It was my first day biking to and from work in downtown Seattle, and I was dreading the 15 uphill blocks home. And for good reason, it turned out. Just six blocks from the office, I took a right turn and, BAM! Don’t worry, I didn’t get flattened. Bikes have been a part of my life since I was 3 years old (yeah, I rocked a bike trailer), but riding in the city scared the shit out of me.
Oh, right, and then there was the traffic — including armadas of massive double-long buses that require like six lanes to make a turn. It wasn’t until a friend took me for a spin on his tandem that I was reminded how I love riding a bike. First, my bike-savvy friend helped me acquire an affordable vintage road bike off Craigslist.
Oh Dear God. Since my Close Encounter of the Blue Bird Kind, however, I’ve learned how to cycle the streets more confidently. Bicycles / :) Repin if you are a #Bike Nerd. Parking spaces for bikes? - Castanet.net - Poll. By Castanet Staff | Story: 77899 - Jul 13, 2012 / 5:00 pm Two parking spaces have been removed from downtown Kelowna and replaced with bicycle racks. Gio Bean, a popular coffee house, put in a request to the City for extra bike racks outside the business as more and more patrons were opting to peddle on two wheels instead of driving on four when coming for a 'cup of joe.' Bikes literally took over any structure outside Gio Bean that provided an opportunity to lock up.
The business wanted to accommodate its customers, as bike racks have been used in parking spaces in cities like Montreal and Vancouver. The local coffee shop owners believed Kelowna was capable of providing the same concept. Active Transportation Coordinator Mike Kittmer says the City of Kelowna was also familiar with the concept and decided to launch a pilot project that will start July 13 and run till the end of August, where two parking spots will be replaced with 24 inverted use bike racks. Am. Seven Ways to Help Folks Fall in Love with Cycling. TYEE LIST #14: Wheels got you reeling? Notes on pedaling's softer side. Traveling the world's great bicycle cities, I fell in love with cycling.
The ease, safety, convenience… (dreamy sigh). But as my six-month love affair came to an end and I returned home to Seattle, I began to realize the reason for my infatuation: cities like those in Denmark and Holland simply make themselves lovable. Certainly, many Cascadians love their bikes, but more of us would if we learned these lessons on cycling's soft side from the world's active-transport capitals. 1. Want to learn more about how cycle-friendly cities are made? More information here! -- Tyee staff When it's raining, we talk about what kind of soup we want to make for dinner. The average U.S. worker now spends about 48 minutes commuting each day. Maybe we should. 2. "These are just people getting to work, school, or the grocery store," Hammershøj said. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
None of these ideas are revolutionary. Gravity-scaled-1. A DIY bike lane in Mexico City. Tired of waiting for the Mexico City government to deliver on a promise to build 186 miles of bike lanes (they've managed 14), a group of residents decided to take matters into their own hands. Eighty people from local pedestrian and bike organizations built three miles of priority bike lane in eight hours. These bike lanes don't have legal status, and the DIYers did interact with police at one point (they just told them "we are just doing what government should be doing themselves"). Chances are probably not good that the "WikiLane" will stick around. But the organizers are trying to prove a larger point: that residents want this, and that it's not that freaking hard. We worked for 8 hours. Brasil Ride 2011. Há greve dos comboios | Cenas a Pedal, o blog. Há greve dos comboios esta semana. Amanhã, dia 8, e depois dia 11 não há mesmo nada (ou quase nada) para ninguém.
Mas dia 7, 9, 10 e 12 vão ver atrasos, supressões e outras perturbações na circulação dos comboios da CP. E não serão facultados transportes alternativos… Dado que a Carris (e a STCP, no Porto), o Metro e a Soflusa & Transtejo também vão fazer greve, a malta ou pega no carro, ou pede boleia num carpooling (e perde mais um pouco de saúde mental nos congestionamentos de trânsito), ou fica em casa e faz gazeta ou… vai de bicicleta.
É hora de pegar na bicla dos passeios de férias ou de fim-de-semana e descobrir um novo meio de transporte. Mais fiável, mais polivalente, mais flexível, mais económico, mais saudável, mais fixe. A bicicleta joga lindamente com os transportes públicos quando é preciso ou quando apetece. Esta semana haverá mais carros na rua, porque essa é a única alternativa ao transporte público que muitas pessoas conhecem. Quer independência?