Today, the ‘Research Trailer Park’ blog posted an article from ‘The State’ newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina:
Bicycle Friendly press conference canceled
A press conference to talk about the city of Columbia’s new designation as a Bicycle Friendly Community has been canceled because of forecasted bad weather this afternoon.
The press conference has been rescheduled for 3 p.m. [...]
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 [...]
It was a weekend of finding time for naps in between engagements. That must sound very ’senior’ to you, I know.
The switch from summer to fall certainly has some ramifications for my bio-clock and such. I just need my naps now. Early darkness, rainy days, wind, all that jive, it doesn’t help my physical ‘momentum’ [...]
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 [...]
From Tony Bullard comes a great post on one of the many reasons I cycle. He’s inspired me to create a new category on Amsterdamize soon…’This Is Also Why I Cycle’.
“The combination of this article and this picture:
(click for larger, readable version)
really makes me think.
This morning I was driving to work in the pouring rain. [...]
Gusty winds and rain all day today, only 1 day after the official end of summer, like clock work. Not that it matters much to most cyclists, they’ll keep riding from A to B. Not even the kid cruising along with his dad in his bakfiets, going home from the supermarket. Just like I did.
Meanwhile, [...]
Yesterday I was in London for the day and the city lived up to its reputation, the rain never stopped (I know, the weather will never cease to be a topic of conversation, sigh). I saw a few bikes parked, spotted one daring city cyclist on the road near Wimbledon park, but despite these nasty [...]
Adam sent me the link to a (year old) video of 17 Bicycle’s (Japan) semi-recumbent bike…introducing the idea to put a roof on it for those pesky rainy days.
[youtube=http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=e2Jmg3ak_Wo]
The bike itself looks comfortable, fast and easy to control, I’d love to go for a spin. I understand the idea for the roof. The company’s also [...]
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