From www.bikeportland.org today:
The Portland Department of Transportation has plans in the works for its first segregated bike path to be completed in 2010, along a section of road that is being completely reworked. The current plans include a bicycle path separated from the road by a curb, then a planter median between the cycle path [...]
Dave has been in desperate need for proper ponchos for some time now, so I decided to go shopping for a few that will actually keep him and his wife dry when they confront showers riding their Electras around Portland.
At one store close to my home they were sold out, but there were 3 left [...]
Glenn Billingham, a UK expatriate living in Amsterdam, eloquently and entertainingly writes:
Powered By Our Own Shapely Thighs
The morning gathering took place again.
A Dutch rush-hour is a little different to the other global scenes of 9am and 5pm chaos. New Yorkers hustle and bustle accompanied by a take-out coffee amidst a sea of yellow cabs. City [...]
Soon after arrival in rainy Copenhagen, lunch and coffee, my generous cycle host Mikael and I set off on a tour around town.
Feeling right at home on the many bike lanes, albeit characteristically blue ones, we buzzed around each other like bees in a flower bed. Cameras at gun point, efficiently weaving through all the [...]
On my way back from Copenhagen to Amsterdam I received an e-mail from a friend in Ireland, saying ‘I saw this and thought of you’. Who knew he’d see me as an old skool pioneer…:)
Thanks, Hugh! Now I have to keep my eyes open for something appropriate for you…
Copenhagen beware, Amsterdamize is coming. So is Mr Freight. Long overdue, as I was supposed to go this summer, but I had a scheduling conflict. I’ll be cruising around Copenhagen from next Friday until Monday (Nov 7-10).
That self-declared, stylish and neatly infrastructured ‘Bicycle Capital Of the World‘ should be able to satisfy my basic needs:
Welcome [...]
Last night Amsterdam opened a few more doors than usual, as the annual Museum Night kicked off. That doesn’t need a whole lot of explaining.
Faithful readers like yourself also don’t have to crunch numbers on what transpires when Amsterdammers need to be on the move in their city. Right. I’ll just keep this post as [...]
Andrew latest post over at Isocrates reminds me I really need to get Amsterdamize ‘biz’ cards printed. So many times I enjoy encounters which, in the end, has me spelling out the name of this blog or writing it down on a piece of paper. It’s ridiculous. And not just because my handwriting is pretty [...]
This is the last post about Mr Freight, for now. You’ll just have to forgive me my childish enthusiasm for my new sturdy steed.
First I had to go to Workcycles shop in the east of town to have the rear rack removed and the smaller front rack put in place, then back downtown to the [...]
Today I took Mr Freight for a spin, running errands. Well, not that many. Coffee and groceries.
It looked gloomy outside, dark clouds, wind, but I figured (as always): it comes and it goes, who cares. So I got on…leaving my umbrella at home. I needed that hand for something more important.
Mr Freight makes even more [...]
Didi Senft, a 56-year-old cycling fan better known as ‘El Diablo’, poses with a chess bike for the media at the ‘Bundeskunsthalle’ in Bonn, October 21, 2008. The World Chess Championship between World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand from India and Vladimir Kramnik from Russia takes place in Bonn from October 14 to November 2, 2008.
Give [...]
Under the guise of ‘going green’ many will talk about recycling, but not really walk the walk. I’m one of them.
Obviously, many roads lead to Rome, and I do deposit my batteries, chemicals, plastics, etc in the appropriate way, as is stipulated by law. However, so far I haven’t (practically and consistently) switched to alternative [...]
Good news from Australia:
The cycling industry says the Federal Government will save money in the long term if it invests $800 million now in bicycle infrastructure.
The Cycling Promotion Fund has submitted a proposal to Infrastructure Australia, asking the Government to fund the construction of physically separated bike lanes and major cycleways in capital cities.
Spokesman Elliot [...]
Some time ago I wrote a few words about and posted a little video of my friend Kim, getting herself back on a bike again after 15 years. Giddy as a kid on her new Johnny Loco City Cruiser.
Today my feeds supplied me with another case of rekindled love for cycling. Meet San Smith from [...]
Today I mentally closed the Summer of 2008 chapter. It has certainly been interesting. A new blog, a new bike, new friends, new connections, park rides and picnics, errands, going out, bike interviews, weekend in Paris, Cycle Chic 24/7, trips, parties, just stepping out, and everything else that involves my trusted 2 wheeled friend.
Because a [...]
Amsterdamize reader/viewer Dave, aka the ‘Melancholic Optimist’ from Portland, Oregon, contributes this video of his bike commute: to work, going from what looks like the suburbs to downtown Portland.
“…it’s about an 8 mile commute round trip (13 km), it’s just that Portland is arranged in neighborhoods outside of the main city center area. It’s [...]
Like thousands and thousand of others on the streets/bike lanes of Amsterdam, she talked on her cell phone from start to finish, in between stopping at intersections.
You know, those moments when you can really concentrate on important stuff.
We all (at least you and I) like to see more people moving around on bicycles. All around the world the best invention on wheels of the century is experiencing an unprecedented come-back. ‘Normal cycling’ is gaining lots of traction, Northern-European bike manufacturers can hardly handle demand from overseas, local dealers are struggling to keep [...]
From the Seattle Public Library blog ‘Shelf Talk‘:
Part 1: “Tour d’Amsterdam: Biking as a Tourist”
“Biking in Amsterdam is an experience that can be enjoyed by even novice cyclists. On almost all streets and roads, cyclists enjoy an exclusive wide path separated from motor vehicle traffic by a strip of ground, a ditch or high curb. [...]
Blabla, the Dutch have it easy, blabla, the country is flat, blabla, no hurricanes, blabla, small place, blabla, bike lanes, blabla, more bikes than people, blabla, bikes rule the road, blabla, etc.
Not entirely true. We, the Dutch, normal people in normal clothes on normal bikes, we have to endure some rough elements during our daily [...]
Some who know me were right. My last post was quite a rant. Still, I meant every word of it, all thought out, but still a rant.
So I stepped out, got on my bike, pedaled to the supermarket and shot these on my way back. I’m ‘calm’ again. See how that works? :-p
For my 200th post (which this is, yay) I wanted to do something special. Something to celebrate this blog, its readers and viewers and normal cycling in general. Still not feeling well (the after-shocks of a flu), I quickly realized I wouldn’t be able to serve your visual senses with images of joy and hope [...]
Remember all those nice, sunny pictures of normal people in normal clothes on normal bikes on this website? Especially those from last weekend? Yeah? Keep ‘m close, for reference, ’cause it will be long before you’ll see those again. Well…the sunny part, that is.
Today the fall finally got to wash away any hopes for [...]
You can imagine all the things you need to do, or want to do on a Saturday. No need to spell that out. Translate all of that to a place called Amsterdam and you know you’re in for a treat. Well, if you’re into bicycles, that is.
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I literally sat my ass down, curb [...]
As I spent most of Saturday evening and Sunday purposefully disconnected from my laptop, I only just found out about Paul Newman’s death. I always liked him, a great actor and filantropist.
Being a movie buff of sorts, I remember this particular scene from Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid. I looked on YouTube for [...]
All good things come to an end, even Cyclemania’s cycling vacation in the Netherlands. We just had a last drink/toast at Cafe ‘t Smalle, after enjoying a beautiful day, zigzagging our way to Workcycles to have their Dutch bikes boxed up for the flight back to Ottawa.
See a few of today’s highlights in the slideshow:
It [...]
Amsterdamize reader/faithful Alan ventured into the realm of medicine & cycling and found this Guardian article by Jonathan Sale, called ‘Two Wheels‘, dealing with his physical misgivings on a bicycle. In short: it will enlighten you about the best and most healthy posture for cycling. Some excerpts:
Two Wheels
“If God wanted us to ride bicycles, babies [...]
My buddy Gabemac keeps sending me links to all things bicycle (thanks!), so often I can’t really keep up. This piece stood out from all of them. I guess you can call the coming about of this bicycle design truly eco-friendly:
The Svepa bike is made up of unique combination of plywood and aluminum giving an [...]
I own a Strida 4, have always loved it for its purpose: short rides, taking it on train, tram, bus, whatever form of public transportation. Here’s some news on that front, from Jaunted:
Self-Propelled Travel: STRiDA’s Folding Bicycle
“If you’re headed on an extended trip and the destination city has little in the way of public transportation, [...]
I know, I know, posting about Car-Free Sunday in Amsterdam has now officially gone past trilogy status. But hey, by now you know what to expect from me and there was just too much footage to ignore and not share with you.
So without further ado, here are my visualizations of all my impressions that day. [...]
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