Registration for the NYC CityRacks Design Competition just closed. It appears that the campaign is proving successful as almost 2000 people/teams have signed-up. I’m looking forward to seeing the future of urban bike racks!
“The purpose of the competition is to develop functional, well-designed sidewalk racks and to generate new concepts for bicycle parking inside commercial [...]
In January I set goals for my riding in 2008:
52 individual rides
1,500 miles
3 organized rides
It’s May and a good time to check in and see how am I progressing. I’ve been tracking my rides via a GPS bike computer and Motionbased. According to technology, I’ve ridden:
19 days
My target works out to one ride per week [...]
Xian sent this cycling-specific comic strip my way:
Yehuda Moon and the Kickstand Cyclery
Chris directed me to this. When the Google Street View car was traveling through Cleveland the camera caught something interesting. A cyclist falls off his bike.
Here’s how you can see it in action:
Load the map and Street View
Check out the biker on the right
Click on the little white arrow to move forward
Turn the camera to [...]
Today I completed the Primavera metric century. That’s 100 kilometers on a bike, about 65 miles. My bike computer clocked in at 63.59 miles to be accurate.
The ride was great, much better than expected. I chose this organized ride because it’s close to home and the timing worked. No one that I know has recommended [...]
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