>Practical Pedal in Buffalo

>In the event that you haven’t come across it yet, there’s an interesting and quirky little quarterly paper called The Practical Pedal, which as you may have guessed is about practical bicycling (Click here for their website). There’s another paper devoted to urban cycling called Momentum (which is a little larger and has more content, click here for their website). I’ve often thought how great it would be to have print editions of either of these magazines in Western New York (the closest place I’ve been able to get Momentum is Toronto, and The Practical Pedal is nowhere near this area). At any rate I emailed both magazines (separately) suggesting they send me some and I would deliver and distribute them for free (by bike, of course). I’ve emailed back and forth with an editor from Momentum a few times…seems I need a commitment from the local community before they can send them (i.e. advertisement). Then I emailed Wiley over at The Practical Pedal…he emailed me back the next day saying, “sure, sounds great.” He had a bundle (100 copies, I believe) sent via ground freight….that’s them sitting on the Yuba. (If you’re reading this Wiley you can see that the Yuba can handle many more bundles than one.) I’m planning on dropping them around town this weekend. My plan is to take them to places in Allentown and the Elmwood Village. If you’re a Buffalonian reading this and have a specific drop off suggestion let me know.

TU Delft Library

This is one of the most interesting urban building designs I’ve ever come across (unfortunately not in person). The hill the guy in the picture above is climbing is actually the roof of the library at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands (click here for their web site). The two following pictures show the same image but indifferent seasons: lounge and bask in the sun on the roof in the summer months and sled down it in the winter. The last image is a side view…and of course being a Dutch city there are a large number of bicycles lined up. Imaging if there were more urban architecture like this (it’s almost Frank Lloyd Wright-ish, only with a modern green approach). I’m curious as to what the interior is like.


>TU Delft Library

>This is one of the most interesting urban building designs I’ve ever come across (unfortunately not in person). The hill the guy in the picture above is climbing is actually the roof of the library at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands (click here for their web site). The two following pictures show the same image but indifferent seasons: lounge and bask in the sun on the roof in the summer months and sled down it in the winter. The last image is a side view…and of course being a Dutch city there are a large number of bicycles lined up. Imaging if there were more urban architecture like this (it’s almost Frank Lloyd Wright-ish, only with a modern green approach). I’m curious as to what the interior is like.


Things That Can Be Carried On A Bike (#100)

One dozen farm-fresh eggs.

Yup…can you believe it…my hundredth picture of Things That Can Be Carried On A Bike. I have of course carried many other things on my bike(s)…these are those where I remembered to have my camera available…anyhow, it is only appropriate, I think, that I mark my hundredth entry as one carrying a dozen delicate farm-fresh eggs (given to me as a gift by a co-worker)….and not one broke on the way home.

>Things That Can Be Carried On A Bike (#100)

>One dozen farm-fresh eggs.

Yup…can you believe it…my hundredth picture of Things That Can Be Carried On A Bike. I have of course carried many other things on my bike(s)…these are those where I remembered to have my camera available…anyhow, it is only appropriate, I think, that I mark my hundredth entry as one carrying a dozen delicate farm-fresh eggs (given to me as a gift by a co-worker)….and not one broke on the way home.

Incredible Halloween Costume

A link to this video was sent to me by a cousin of mine (thanks Joe!), and yes, I know, I know…I am aware of the fact that I often look down on motorized vehicles on this blog and the fact that bicycles are the way of the past, present, and future, but the key word here is motorized…this is a video about a human being dressed as a car, as in human powered…anyhow it’s a pretty cool costume…and worth the minute to watch it.

>Incredible Halloween Costume

>A link to this video was sent to me by a cousin of mine (thanks Joe!), and yes, I know, I know…I am aware of the fact that I often look down on motorized vehicles on this blog and the fact that bicycles are the way of the past, present, and future, but the key word here is motorized…this is a video about a human being dressed as a car, as in human powered…anyhow it’s a pretty cool costume…and worth the minute to watch it.

Multiple Seats (and pedals) Make Sense

It seems like I’ve been seeing a lot of tandems around town lately. Here’s a photo of a beautiful Raleigh that was parked just down the street from my house.

I own a tandem but unfortunately it has been in my basement for a couple of years. I used to use it to transport my son before he was a teenager…now, of course, he won’t be seen on it. Everyone in a while when I’m in my basement and I see it I think about selling it but I can’t bring myself to it. Before I owned the Yuba I had the notion to turn it into a cargo bike. Anyhow, here’s a photo of him with our tandem when we rode a few miles along the Erie Canal about 4 years ago.

Here’s a few other photos I found interesting.