Tag Archives: bicycling

It’s different on a bike…it just is. Sure you’re pedaling and using your own power, but you see things differently…at least I do. When I’m in my vehicle I tend to zone out…get comfortable on my car-couch and flip stations on the radio, get annoyed at the person cutting me off or going too slow,Continue reading “It’s Different on a Bike”

The above image was found here I love this. And no that is not a caricature of me on one of my bikes (but I do have a coffee cup holder on my Mundo).  This is a short video put out by the somewhat new org, People for Bikes. The video (poem) is narrated byContinue reading “Video Poem To Biking”

I like this photo…found it here.

Urban Simplicity

This is actually an advertisment for the health care company, Kaiser Permanente. And while the company is indirectly advertised, riding a bike is overtly so. What I like about this is that it shows people of all ages riding a bike not just as a “hobby” but as a mode of transport…no spandex, no hunchingContinue reading “Another Great Bike Advert”

I love this…it’s a bicycle advert by Biomega and it truly embodies the concept of the bicycle as freedom (I think). Urban Simplicity

This is a short and truly inspiring documentary about the Boda-Boda (bicycle taxis/couriers) of Uganda and Kenya. The documentary is available in 4 sections, the first being below (the entire documentary is for sale here). To view the remaining 3 sections click here. It was written/directed by Jason Morris, whose mother is a Christian MinisterContinue reading “The Boda-Boda of Uganda”

Photo copied from the U.S Secretary of Transportation  No, I am not implying that Ray LaHood is a bona fide Saint (no more than each of us, mere mortals, I suppose). But what I mean by the title of this post is that finally (finally!) there is someone in the U.S government lobbying for equalContinue reading “Saint Ray”

A new ceiling exhaust fan. This is my 150th post of Things That Can Be Carried On A Bike and I have a few thoughts going on in my head. One is that I really feel a lot of things can be carried on a bike…most of the things that can be carried in aContinue reading “Things That Can Be Carried On A Bike (#150)…with a few comments”

I came across this photo at Time Out New York. I was immediately drawn to the photograph, but the story that accompanies it is somewhat tragic…it regards the phenomenon of 19th century road rage against bicyclists. Click here to go to the site and read the story. It’s interesting that I came across this afterContinue reading “Bicycle Parade 1883”

Photo Credit: KC Kratt A couple things: First is that I rarely publish photos of myself on this blog. I don’t know why, I just don’t. And the second is that I also have difficulty with self-promotion. But I’m doing both of these things in this post. The above photo of me carrying crates onContinue reading “Bicycles Matter (and a little self-promotion)”

I first came across this short clip at Copenhagen Cycle Chic. It’s a commercial for the Italian bicycle company, Cigno. They have many beautiful bikes but this is specifically marketing their Seventy, an elegant folding bike. It has long been a personal gripe of mine that there are so many car commercials but I’ve yetContinue reading “Cigno la Bicicletta (and their lovely advertisment)”

Image found at Freedom Cyclist.   I’d like to see traffic lights like these in the States.

This is a bit of bicycle history that I just learned and thought it interesting enough to share. It’s common knowledge that many of today’s car companies began as bicycle companies (including Buffalo’s Pierce-Arrow), and that the first car builders were in fact former bicycle mechanics. Well this apparently reaches all the way back toContinue reading “John Kemp Starley (and a bit of bicycle history)”