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Bay Rising

TRDL thom — Mon, 07 May 2012 16:57:56 +0000

I’ve been so caught up in the life that I forgot to post about this when it was timely. Last month, two bands did a tour of the SF Bay Area entirely by bike: bikes with trailers, Xtracycles, cargo bikes… how awesome is that? Rupa and the April Fishes, and Shake Your Peace, were the bands. You can give them love on their FB page or through the band sites directly, and encourage more of the same.

Also, dope poster no?

http://momentummag.com/articles/a-bicyc … ncisco-bay

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beautiful bike : massan’s MUNI LOW

ironlung — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 20:40:14 +0000

prolly put up a beautiful SLIDESHOW of massan’s MUNI-themed LOW, which he shot at the red bull ride+style event this past weekend, where massan was racing in the track event.

WR and i have talked about this bike offline before and we both agree that the old-school MUNI colorway would be preferrable to the new-school MUNI colorway, but still — it’s a gorgeous bike, massan’s a 100% beast, and he’s repping his hometown with it (both in colorway and in that the manufacturer is local SF, making LOWs out of his garage), so i’m onboard either way.

you can also view some shots of massan racing it scattered throughout prolly’s SLIDESHOW of the event itself.

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Bike Safety Tips

TRDL thom — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:16:23 +0000

Taking your bike in for a professional tune-up is a great way to waste $25.

The Onion strikes again.
This above was my favorite. Kind of like when the Dude cries "nice marmot!’ when the nihilists drop a ferret up in his bath…
tune-up as a waste of money is funny. but a $25 tune-up neither exists, nor is expensive. Awesome…

http://www.theonion.com/articles/bicycl … tips,8077/

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When Your Bike Horn Doesnt Cut It

TRDL thom — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 19:59:35 +0000

What does it mean: overkill?

I LOVE IT.

http://www.instructables.com/id/The-Tra … est-Drive/

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Bicycle Coffee Approved

TRDL thom — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 22:42:19 +0000

You may recall Bicycle Coffee, locally prepared and delivered by bike. I was given a bag by my sister in law for my birthday, and ground it up this morning. Guess what: it’s delicious. There’s a surprise…

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Another Couldabeen

TRDL thom — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 21:12:46 +0000

This is a lot like what Wrongbike was trying to be in it’s last incarnation. Though less polished. Well, WB was less polished. Had the flask though.

Same bike as the integrated brake…
http://trdl.tumblr.com/post/18453167162 … oks-i-mean

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Seamlessly Seamed Brake Integration

TRDL thom — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 21:10:18 +0000

Love how there’s a notch in the lever for the bar end brake levers.

http://trdl.tumblr.com/post/18452959834 … ke-and-the

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Xtracycle Bike Blender

TRDL thom — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:08:01 +0000

I applaud Xtracycle as a company in general: a local business, delivering an amazing product (one of my favorite bike related products ever) with a lot of diversity. And I’m down with businesses selling accessories to supplement sales, even when superfluous or at markup. But still, a BLENDER for the deck for $225… vs. DIYing a blender kit at your local hardware store for a fraction. Or so it first appears…

Of course, that would also require you to be savvy enough to sort out how to rig the friction mechanism to make it work. I was thinking maybe you wire it to one of the friction rollers for a rim-run bike light. But not being electronics savvy either, not sure how that would work either, based on the voltage requirements of the blender on its low setting vs a bike light, and what that dynamo can handle. Presumably, that’s where the value is on the Xtracycle kit.

Frankly, you’d better be SUPER into serving margaritas at Mass…

http://www.xtracycle.com/cargo-bicycles … ender.html

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Ovarian Psychos

TRDL thom — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:22:09 +0000

Lung and I were talking about certain issues related to serving women in the bike market, specifically around sales and product differentiation. But this is a different side of it: read on to learn about a bike grrrrl group empowering themselves in their community through the classic military concept of Principle of Mass.

http://la.streetsblog.org/2012/03/15/th … -eastside/

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The Bike Friendly Architecture Concept

TRDL thom — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 17:44:00 +0000

This project appears to be a competition entry for a multi-use exhibition, museum and public space project near Shanghai, as developed by international firm JDS. The central conceit, if you can get past all the obvious symbolism of circular massing extrusions and all the round stamped punchouts in the second building, is the idea that these structures are designed to be accessible by bike, completely. Think Guggenheim NYC but with bikes being allowed on the helical ramp as opposed to being a daring method of getting arrested. It’s interesting, but anyone who has ridden over the Golden Gate Bridge during the shared bike/pedestrian hours, or during these months of construction where one side is closed, knows that bikes and pedestrians don’t mix well at any real density, and that assumes at least half of each demo is looking where they’re going, rather than at exhibits. Not that I wouldn’t ride up and down these structures if I were able, but I’d be worried about others. Still, overall, great to see a project that celebrates the bicycle as a means of transportation but also general access, as opposed to something marginalized as in the US, or merely a mundane transportation tool, as in China overall.

http://jdsa.eu/bike/

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