Epic bicycle journeys - books

Am reading "The Lost Cyclist," a history of an American, Frank Lenz, who disappeared in Turkey during a ride "around the world" in the early 1890s. Two other young Americans were also riding around the world at roughly the same time and eventually one of them went searching for Lenz. These two Americans published a book describing their travels that is available full text.

Philadelphia Bike Exposition

The Philadelphia Bike Exposition, October 30-31 2010 looks quite interesting and worth the drive (from DC).

Interview with Jan Heine of Bicycling Quarterly

An interview with Jan Heine, editor of Bicycle Quarterly has some interesting views.

"It's not something you thumb through once and throw away—each issue is printed on coated card stock, made to archive and re-read for years to come." (About Bicycle Quarterly)

"Wheel flop" and other such terminology

One can easily feel that an engineering degree would be useful for understanding bicycle design and optimization.

What makes a bike handle beautifully does a good job of explaining wheel flop, rake, offset, and other terms.

The Bicycle Quarterly glossary comes at this from a different (and also helpful) direction.

Bike parking at Pike Place Market

Bike parking at Pike Place Market
Originally uploaded by Michael Neubert

I assume this style of parking of bikes at the Pike Place Market in Seattle is intended (to some degree) as a rebellious statement. It certainly doesn't seem very convenient. At any rate, the bikes lined up nicely for the photo.

2009 Speedvagen Road

2009 Speedvagen Road
Originally uploaded by Vanilla Workshop

Speedvagen bikes are in the "Bespoked" book (really an exhibit catalog) I just bought. Very nice!

Ballard locks & bikes

Ballard locks & bikes
Originally uploaded by Michael Neubert

Since the locks are a federal facility, the federal Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) is cited as governing the walking of one's bicycle at the Ballard locks.

Common sense suggests the same thing but it seems reasonable I suppose to make this point more clearly.