On a sunny day...

Snapshots found earlier this week along one of my regular cycling loops...

NYC Bike Lanes: Not Always Safe!

To Vancouver City Council - please pass a resolution prohibiting Vancouver's wonderful lanes from ever looking like New York City's! (39 words) More …

City considers underwater bike tunnel

City considers underwater bike tunnel (April 1, 2011 - The Vancouver Courier) Plan may cost $420 million [...] James "Bud" McElroy, professor emeritus at UC Berkeley, is a consultant with DigableProjects, one of the contractors mentioned in the city report. McElroy visited city hall in October, and alongside deputy city manager Sadhu Johnston, helped city planners draft the tunnel proposal. (165 words) More …

A Bike Made of Wood?

This is about the coolest bike frame I've ever seen! It is produced by a company in Portland called Renovo Design and they do amazing things with wood. Yes, wood!

Click the thumbnail images for larger views of my friend Elizabeth's new frame being fabricated:

Car: 1, Cyclist + Bike: 0

Down goes bike, and rider. Rider has various cuts and bruises, a sore back, and road rash; sadly my mountain bike has a severely bent front wheel at the very least and possibly more damage. The bill is going to the driver or to his insurer. (657 words) More …

2359

… after a glorious ride today, the odometer reads 2,359, the number of kilometers we’ve put on the tandem so far this year. Suspect we’ll hit something between four to five thousand before the end of the year.

Pen Mightier Than Kryptonite

This is not new information, apparently the vulnerability has been known since the early 1990’s, but the information then quickly disappeared from public view. (317 words) More …

Bike Prints Messages

In a related story, a wireless internet-enabled bike-cum-printing press and its owner were also arrested.

Oddly interesting – the bike. The arrest – shameful.

Cyclists Arrested In Bulk

I’m shocked and surprised that the NYC Police arrested 264 “Critical Mass” cyclists and passers by on Friday, ostensibly on the orders of city management and before the Republican National Convention opening gavel was struck.

Shocked that the arrests aren’t receiving more attention. Surprised that Mayor Bloomberg, who, as founder of The Bloomberg, financial media giant, ought to know a thing or two about putting on a good show. Arresting cyclists en masse, a group probably salted heavily with pacifists, doesn’t make for good press.

Trans Canada Trail Bridge Official Opening

The new Trans Canada Trail Bridge just to the east of the 2nd Narrows Memorial Bridge makes for a nice route on the north side of Burnaby, a great alternative to going to Confederation Park or points east. 25km round trip from our place.

Saw Liz and Stan's new Bushnell tandem - its the same colour as our Bushnell. Oh no, a fashion trend - bright "mango" tandems cruising the streets of the lower mainland. We also met up with another tandeming family which may come along on the Galiano Island adventure, which hopefully will get delayed until later in July so we can go too!

Too Many Tandems

A couple of weekends ago the we all tramped down to Lacy (near Olympia) WA for the North West Tandem Rally 2004. There, we were just one of many - over 450 tandem teams attended the weekend long event. Even a few triples and singles too. The mass start each morning was something to behold! (310 words) More …