A student has designed a bike which can be folded completely into the space of the wheel’s 26in circumference.
Archive for category Cycling
WTH?? Forget the thorn proof tires. Now I need dart proof armor when I ride. Of course the only way this idiot will be caught is if he tries this again.
SEATTLE – A bicyclist says he was shot from behind with a 4-inch long steel blow dart while riding on the Ballard Bridge Monday night.
A man accused of fleeing after hitting and killing a bicyclist in Puyallup last year pleaded guilty Tuesday.
Beautiful Cycling Moment
Jun 18
I wish I had a picture to share with you. Instead you’ll have to settle for my words.
So there I was pulling 18mph, pleasant afternoon ride. Between Tukwila and Kent on my evening commute. I am listening to my iPod (no scolding please) and the track “Leaving Port” from the soundtrack of Titanic comes one. Just then a barn swallow flys along my left side a
nd starts pacing me. Then ever so slowly and with grace and precision it glides right in front of me. There it hovers, right between the horns of my handle bars and 2-3″ above them. It just hovers there while we are both doing 18 mph. Beating his wings on occasion as if he didn’t really need to. This went on for what seems like forever, in reality it was closer to a full 40 seconds. It was as if it was leading me somewhere. In a sense it did lead me to some where. A very cool peaceful place. Let me tell you, with that music and that bird, every problem at the end of the day just went away. It was just one of those moments that words can not do justice, I had to try.
It was such a tranquil moment. So tranquil, had it had been a movie, it would have been at that point where the huge Mack Truck comes out of nowhere blaring it’s horn and takes me out.
Google takes its map cam for a spin on biking, hiking trails – USATODAY.com
The project just got underway. So far, only a bike trail in Monterey, Calif., is up and running. Google has cyclists out now in California, Italy and the United Kingdom. The company says to look for hiking and biking images from those locations over the summer — along with shots from U.S. theme parks. Google wont say which ones.
Intelligent car door clams up when danger’s about – tech – 03 April 2009 – New Scientist
Accidents caused by car doors being opened into the path of oncoming vehicles or cyclists are common in cities. But these incidents could become a thing of the past, if doors that react to potential impacts catch on.
