You wouldn’t really think the Dutch needed public commercials trying to get more people to cycle, but there it is. Even if you don’t understand any Dutch (I don’t), it’s brilliant to watch these clips. Everyone is wearing everyday clothes. Cycling not as some sort of extreme sport, but as an everyday activity that is [...]
Last Thursday, we went to Velorution’s Pret a Rouler show. The idea is timely to say the least: a stab at the problem that some people think cycling and dressing smart don’t mix. It was a brilliant show, although as far as we could tell, some of the scheduled designers were missing. We notably weren’t [...]
Too bad no-one told the San Francisco game company Three Rings Design. (As a downside, the rack below seems to accommodate very few bicycles. I also don’t see a straightforward way to lock the bike to the rack.) Clicking on the picture takes you to the full set of pictures at wired.com. Granted, this is [...]
This past Sunday, 17 June, the British Heart Foundation once again organized its yearly London to Brighton Bike Ride. It’s a charity ride: you sign up for a small fee, BHF uses that to organize the event, and you get friends and family to sponsor you, i.e. donate to the BHF. 27,000 people cycled from [...]
There are more pictures of it on twango. It’s the nicest bike I’ve owned so far, and I’m sure it will be for a long time. It is absolutely fantastic. London Fields Cycles were really wonderful about helping put it together. I’m planning to put a list here with the “ingredients” sometime soon.