Yesterday (9/21) was "Car Free Day" although one would not have known it from looking at the roads that I saw. And I didn't even known it until after the fact when a Google news alert brought it to my attention. Apparently this is an international "event" that isn't so well known in the U.S. - certainly not as well known by cyclists (or me) as the "Bike to Work" day in early May each year. Of course, bicycles are just one of the alternatives celebrated by Car Free Day.
Even Moscow marked the event according to the Moscow Times.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Park Tool Downloadable Catalog
The Park Tool Catalog in PDF for extensive perusal - what does one really need??
Travel by Bike to Central Asia from England, 1900
Fellow describes his travels from England to Central Asia by bike at the turn of the last century.
Author with Hungarian cyclists (or "wheelmen"). Image not very good since taken from poor Google Book Scanning.
The full book is available here: A new ride to Khiva by Robert L. Jefferson, published in 1900.
Author with Hungarian cyclists (or "wheelmen"). Image not very good since taken from poor Google Book Scanning.
The full book is available here: A new ride to Khiva by Robert L. Jefferson, published in 1900.
Exotic bike on the National Mall
I went down to the Mall thinking I was going to see some 1880s or so "ordinary" bikes (large front wheel, small rear wheel) but they were nowhere to be seen - instead, found this guy. Well, he was kind of amusing to talk to.
It's the kind of bike described in the Atomic Zombie's Bicycle Builder's Bonanza which has some interesting designs and advocates building wacky rather than useful bikes, which seems a bit unusual.
It's the kind of bike described in the Atomic Zombie's Bicycle Builder's Bonanza which has some interesting designs and advocates building wacky rather than useful bikes, which seems a bit unusual.
Friday, September 17, 2010
1890 Booklet from Columbia Bicycle Manufacturer
A booklet from 1890, Suggestions for the Choice, Care and Repair of Cycles is from a prominent bicycle manufacturer of the day (probably the most significant one at the time, actually). I find it particularly curious that a guide of this sort would not include even one illustration - one is left to divine what is meant by the instructions for "how to glue a tire" (as one example) by reading their description of the process with no reference to what the bits and pieces look like.
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