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Month: March, 2006

under pressure

If every night I go to bed feeling that I have to catch up to someplace I should already be, then how will I ever get there? Not every day of life is preparation for the next day. Reading this book, watching this movie, listening to this song, riding this bike — this is my [...]

love generation

Skip school, ride your bike, and there’s no telling what you’ll see. Or maybe this all happened at school. Either way, this is a fantastic music video for Bob Sinclair’s “Love Generation.” It gets at some of the exploratory joy of cycling. (Kid needs a helmet, though.) First noticed over at Martino’s Bike Lane Diary.

aggressive cycling

You’ve always thought that cars pose more of a danger than cyclists to pedestrians, but the NanacaCrash game just goes to show that inside that seemingly innocent velorutionary may lurk every pedestrian’s worst nightmare. Notice on the intro screen that she’s riding a Cannondale with Headshok, and from the screen-capture just above, it looks as [...]

The Outspokin’ Cyclist: Bike Patrol volunteers great asset for growing sport

Phillip Barron The Herald Sun March 23rd, 2006 DURHAM — Many mountain bikers love their sport so much they look for ways to give something back. Week after week, some volunteers dig in the dirt; they build the trails we all love to ride. Sweet singletrack doesn’t grow like kudzu, after all. Some volunteer to [...]

echo

Below is a brief video to help explain what this is — hint, turn your volume up. Across Murray Avenue from Durham’s Museum of Life and Science is this strange acoustic dome. The ceiling is paneled in such a way that it maximizes the echo the closer you are to the center.

more historic Bull City biking

As a follow up to the July 20th, 2005 post of historic bike-themed photos, here are a few more. John Schelp, local history buff who provided the information on the two July 20th photos, pointed out these three new photos. Lynn Richardson of the Durham County Library was very helpful when I requested permission to [...]

ingenious bike lane designs

The BBC recently ran a series of pictures that might as well have been titled, “how not to build bike lanes”. Enjoy the rest of the series over on the BBC’s website. Thanks to McDowell for pointing it out.

estoy esperando

Una bicicleta en calle Subercaseaux, circa de Cerro Santa Lucia. Santiago de Chile

Duke-blue

…in honor of Duke’s ACC win. Congrats Blue Devils. (photo taken on Duke’s campus)

on the edge of town