The ATT has been cleared and is open for travel again; it looked great on my way home from work. Thanks to Ellen Beckmann and Chuck Harris of the CIty for working so quickly to remove the tree. Thanks to Councilman Woodward who kept in good communication with the cycling community, and thanks most of [...]
There’s a giant tree down on the Tobacco Trail, just south of Otis St. It probably blew down last night during that fierce wind. It completely blocks the path, so you’ll have to go around using neighborhood streets. Here’s how I got around it. DETOUR Hopefully it won’t take long to clean it off the [...]
This is not bike related. It’s not very philosophical. It’s not about athletes using drugs or music or traveling or coffee, and it’s not even about photographs I took. But it still belongs on this site. The world needs more people like this guy. A little more of the story here.
If you haven’t done so yet, please add your name to the petition to finish the American Tobacco Trail. Bill Bussey of the Triangle Rails-to-Trails Conservancy says that his organization is making one last push to get more than 2,000 signatures before taking the petition to Durham’s City Council on October 5th. (Bill Russ, photographer [...]
Ryan McGeal asks whether the bicycle can save civilization over at Raise the Hammer. I didn’t know we (cyclists) might be saddled with such a responsibility.
Survey: M.B.A. students more likely to cheat Preparing for the world of business By Stacey Burling Philadelphia Inquirer When it comes to cheating in graduate school, a new study finds that M.B.A. students are the champs. A survey of 5,331 students at 32 graduate schools in the United States and Canada found an “alarming” amount [...]
Finally, someone is making progress thinking outside the 19th-century box. The folks at Angstrom, a Vancouver-based alternative energy company, have developed and are testing hydrogen fuel cells for portable lighting devices like flashlights. One of their first models is a bicycle light. You can contact them via their website if you want to learn more [...]
In observance of International Car Free Day, all the bus services in the Triangle will be FREE this Friday, September 22nd. All of ‘em. This is the day to try Capital Area Transit, Chapel Hill Transit, Durham Area Transit, Cary Transit, the NCSU Wolf Line, or TTA. Of course, your bike is free every day. [...]
I’ll post a few pictures from last night’s Ben Harper concert in Cary. My brother and I got there so early we were the 5th and 6th people in line. While waiting, we drank mate drawing suspicious stares from fellow fans and psuedo-authorities, neither of whom seemed to know what mate is. Gates opened late [...]
Not me. I’ve got a truck. A two-wheeled pick-up truck. I sold my car this spring after realizing that I’d put gas in the tank a handful of times within the previous year. Then a friend reminded me of the Xtracycle — a bolt-on rear triangle that moves your rear-wheel back about 15 inches and [...]