MetaFilter posts tagged with bicycle and bike

Reasons to wear a helmet

Toekneesan — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:54:41 -0800

The world's worst bike lanes according to readers of the Guardian. The Flickr group where readers submitted their candidates.

Safe Bike Routes Made Easy

netbros — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:19:05 -0800

Ride the City maps the best or safest urban bicycle route from point A to B. Presently featuring multi-lingual maps from New York, Chicago, Austin, Louisville, San Diego, and Seattle. Their blog posts updates about new cities added to the grid, or other topics relating to urban bicycling.

A wheel. You know... For kids!

ObscureReferenceMan — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:43:00 -0800

A better way to get kids to learn to ride - a single training wheel. The folks at bikecommuters.com liked it too. Available December 1.

We live in the city of dreams, We drive on the highway of fire

Toekneesan — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:59:08 -0800

David Byrne has just published a new book about bicycles called Bicycle Diaries. A long time rider, Byrne muses on how the world looks and works from the vantage point of a cyclist. It's getting pretty good reviews. To launch the book, Byrne is touring the US and arranging public forums. Each event features a civic leader, an urban theorist, a bicycle advocate, and Byrne himself speaking about bikes in cities. Here’s a schedule of the upcoming events. He’s also designed some bike racks for his hometown of New York City. Special Bonus Links! Byrne's review of Pedaling Revolution: How Cyclists Are Changing American Cities by Jeff Mapes A map of Byrne's Bike Racks. A three part tour of Byrne's New York studio. David Byrne on the perfect city. (Previously)

To boost urban cycling, figure out what women want.

lunit — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:59:50 -0800

In part because a gender gap persists in urban cycling, women are considered an “indicator species” for bike-friendly cities. If you're interested in reading more about women and cycling, Jan Garrard at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia has a ton of publications available.

Conceptual bikes

madamjujujive — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 07:13:40 -0800

Putting heart and muscle into the term "bespoke," Josh Hadar creates hand-crafted metal sculptures that double as functional bikes. He describes his process in a recent interview with RocketBoom. Intrigued? A bicycle custom built to your whims could run from $12-$35k, or if you live in NYC, you can try your hand at welding and metal sculpting at his Burn Clinic. (via bioephemera)

+fixie -hipster

unSane — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:10:11 -0800

Two girls, one bike. SLYT, SFW. One bike starts at 2'25".

Freakanomics on used bike prices

fixedgear — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:10:37 -0800

Bicycle Inflation in Paradise? Freakanomics looks at used bike prices in Portland. Interesting reading.

Pooh pooh

Blazecock Pileon — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:20:10 -0800

Bicycle Snobbery - whether "mustache handlebars", silly tattoos, "mankinis" or other male cycling fashion statements, brass knuckle bicycle grips or celebrity brokeback pie-plates, NYC's Bike Snob casts judgment on all he surveys from one high gear

Vélo + Couture = Bikes + Fashion

dersins — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 11:36:25 -0800

The Vélocouture flickr pool. Over 1600 photos of stylish (and, uh, "differently-styled") bike fashion, from the hipster to the formal, the casual, the young, the old old-timey, the new old-timey, and much, much more. There's also a blog.

Didi Senft keeps it Real

rageagainsttherobots — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:44:25 -0800

Bike fanatic Didi Senft, who's been building crazy cycles for years, shows off his latest "angular" bikes.

The Bicyce Thief

fixedgear — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 13:48:58 -0800

someonestolemybike.com Videos of folks who have had bikes stolen. Kristy chased the thief down and got hers back.

When Borrowing to Save Actually Makes Sense

Toekneesan — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:03:17 -0800

Portland's got white ones, Austin has yellow ones, Vassar has them in pink. What are they? Community bikes. Colleges, universities, even whole cities are seeing the benefits of offering their students and citizens an alternative to cars, fossil fuels, and parking lots. Want to start a shared bike program in your community? Here's how. (previously)

Around the Country in 121 Days

netbros — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:07:47 -0800

62 year old emergency physician John Hall and his wife Jane took off on a Bike Ride Around America to promote cancer awareness. They started on April Fool's Day, and completed their 12,000 mile journey around the perimeter of the country just today. Along the way they encountered hundreds of towns and thousands of friendly people, and a few not so nice. All in all, a pretty amazing accomplishment in my book.

Where do the stolen bikes go?

Chuckles — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:28:38 -0800

Igor Kenk was arrested for bicycle theft in Toronto on July 17. Here's an audio documentary that includes an interview with the man himself: Steal This Bike (be warned, a lot of profanity, and a little pretentious). via. Wow!

Steampunk recumbent.

fixedgear — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:32:22 -0800

Steampunk recumbent. That is all. I'm speechless but awed.

It's not your dad's bicycle.

maudlin — Wed, 28 May 2008 05:07:59 -0800

If Wile E. Coyote entered the Tour de France, this would be his ride. Brought to you by some guy who always wanted to be a human missile. No word if he's going to move from eBay to Acme one day. (The bike running briefly at ear-shredding volume. The slightly more elegant European version. And, of course, Jeremy Clarkson on a jet-powered bike with a pretty basket in front.)

It's about a bike

fixedgear — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:41:07 -0800

The '...is your new bicycle' meme is your new bicycle. I like bikes.

The Bicycle of Your Youth or Bike of your Dreams

snsranch — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:41:24 -0800

BikeIcons isn't the best site, but it has the best bikes! Just cruise around and look at old bicycles.

Big wheels keep on turnin'

GrammarMoses — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 05:10:47 -0800

Suddenly, a man in a vintage hat rides up, hip-hop blaring from a glowing Plexiglas container shaped like a tropical fish set above the back wheel of his bicycle, control lights flashing. Fossil Fool, a rolling rapper from San Francisco who rides the college circuit preaching the benefits of peddling, grabs his microphone, cranks up the volume and starts to rap. Paul Freedman, aka Fossil Fool, is one of the founders of Rock the Bike, which makes Soul Cycles -- bicycle-based, often human-powered hi-fi and PA systems -- for "playing clean, powerful, uplifting music at street festivals and off-grid parties." RTB recently made a mobile DJ booth for Austin's DJ Manny; here's how. Attention, party-throwers: In 2008, you may well be able to rent or borrow a Soul Cycle for your own shindig.

Bike Hacks

brain_drain — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:32:42 -0800

Bike Hacks! Bored with your generic two-wheeler? Check out this collection of funky bicycle modifications. My favorite is the grocery cart.

Warbiking

myopicman — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:55:17 -0800

David McCallum's Warbike, which chimes away as it passes by (and detects) stray wifi signals. Torontonians can ride the Warbike for free until the beginning of December as part of Interaccess. Full interview with the artist and more audio available in the first segment from the Spark podcast.

Ghost cycles for the rest of us

ardgedee — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 17:12:43 -0800

"A Ghostbike is a junker bike that has been painted stark white and afixed to the site where a cyclist has been hit or killed by a car driver." Not as cleverly done as Seattle's GhostCycle.org [noted], but it's intended to cover all of North America.

Fueled by Rice - biking from China to...France

pithy comment — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 12:15:33 -0800

Fueled by Rice - Five recent grads from the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's Unviersity recently set off from Beijing to bike across Asia and Europe. The goal of their bike trip is to spread international good will on the local level and advocate reducing carbon emissions and living slower-paced, more enjoyable lives. Along the way they will bike through rural areas and play music in villages. As they travel, the group is posting photos, a blog, and will attempt to get a podcast up and running. They've even got the site up in Chinese, though the site seems to be blocked for most folks in China.

Breezecab - A Bicycle Taxi, Motown Style!

The Deej — Sat, 19 May 2007 09:05:00 -0800

Pedicabs are a common sight all over. In the pedicab business, there can be success, personal enlightment, and failure. Pedicabs come in countless styles. This style is sleek and modern, and this man is trying to bring them to Detroit (warning, only the sparse main page is finished). Here is the mandatory YouTube video.