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Cycling Sucks

Just came across this brilliant Dutch student film via Copenhagenize and couldn’t wait to share for Friday Film Fun. This just goes to show you the ridiculous time, money, and effort we put up with for the “freedom” of automobile ownership. Again, brilliant.

History of the Cycle Path in the Netherlands

I just saw this amazing video over at Copenhagenize about how cycle paths, i.e. separate bike only roads running parallel to automotive roads, got started in the Netherlands. Who knew Napoleon was the genesis of bike paths and that conflict between bicycles and horse carriage, not cars, caused the Dutch to adopt separate facilities. It [...]

Some notes from Seattle

One thing that’s been great since we started this site is that we’ve met a lot of great writers from bike sites here in Austin and beyond. Just Monday, for example, we met the writer of local blog Cyclebum. A couple of the best bloggers we’ve met so far are Anne and Tim from the [...]

Review: Basil Memphis Panniers

My Experience: Using the Basil Memphis Panniers for about four months, for commuting, errand running, grocery getting, and just generally carrying things!