Brian

Not really, but I saw it on a t-shirt and thought it was funny. Velotees is a company that prints t-shirts you probably won’t find at your LBS. They’ve got some cool designs that are a bit edgier than the usual fare, and are all printed on high quality cotton, not the cheap stuff. The … Read more

I just read this little opinion piece here. The writer points out that cyclists run stop lights and stop signs, and that over a 4 year period, the city of Chico, in California, has had “over 170 bicycle accidents or mishaps”. I’m not so sure what qualifies as a “mishap”, but it would be really … Read more

I’d have to say that 75% of the Google Alerts I get are total crap. Bad links, or links to something 3 years old are pretty worthless. I still scroll through them though, to see if there’s anything good, since I’ve been preoccupied with my life away from the computer, and haven’t had time to … Read more

Being the administrator on Bikeforums.net certainly has its challenges. One of them is trying to please most of the members. I gave up a long time ago trying to please them all. Now that we’re over 80,000, it’s just not possible. One of the biggest issues is the fact that while cyclists as a whole … Read more

In other countries, where owning a car may be completely out of the question, the poorest citizens would do well to even own a bicycle. This is certainly not a bad thing, as bicycle use does not contribute to congestion or pollution. So politicians with a clear view for the future would certainly help in … Read more

I gotta thank Noah for sending me a link to this. Bikedispenser.com does just what their name implies. They sell a system that allows rental bikes to be dispensed from a machine. It’s not unlike the system they’re using in France, but instead of 40lb gas pipe cruisers, these bikes look like a fixed version … Read more