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Shrewd Cyclists Discuss Onya Cargo Trike
I posted a link to the Onya trike gallery page and it quickly gained some discussion. Some good points were raised, mostly about how the cargo bin appears very far forward on the cycle and might risk forward tipping. If this cargo cycle has extra weight in back in the form of battery and motor,…
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2010-05-14 Even Lower Rear Bike Rack
I was discussing bicycle racks earlier. I really like the idea of managing your center of gravity, improving your balance, and moving the load lower on your bicycle helps. Here’s a bicycle rack that you can mount panniers lower down on. Top bags for rear bike racks mount best with snap adapters. Here’s an Ortlieb…
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A Contemporary American Bakfiet
I saw this reference to a power assist cargo trike posted on twitter, and I must say–I like! I’ve always been impressed with the notion of work bikes, but there’s no way the usual American housewife would look at one and suddenly find love. An appealing design, power assist, and lifestyle relevance–a machine that helps…
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Pop Quiz, “1,600 hours to get 7,500 miles,” How fast is that?
That’s about 5mph. Your car, my car, our time and money. This No Tech Magazine post has some wonderful excerpts from a book, “Energy and Equity” written in 1978. With his much lower salary, the Chinese acquires his durable bicycle in a fraction of the working hours an American devotes to the purchase of his…
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Photo: Squalicum Beach Piling
Been a while since I uploaded a photo. As always, happy to help you get a print.
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Bicycle Cargo Racks
I was thinking about bicycle racks recently, and I’ve noted some items that I think are worthy of mention. Of course, you can find cheap bike racks on Amazon, but we’d rather support local business, no? Don’t forget you can also get cheap Bell brand bicycle computers at Fred Meyers ~$12. I think the most…
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Consider: Organic, the World Over?
This is a great little article about how organic farming should be able to scale globally. I’ve heard many interviews on various science podcasts where guests (and their sponsoring corporations) are convinced that existing agriculture techniques are incapable of feeding the whole world…thus the “obvious need” for GMO crops. Let’s presume that’s false for a…
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Ursula: Only in Dark the Light
Ursula K. Le Guin, a remarkable author. I just finished reading A Wizard of Earthsea to Liam. Only in silence the word, only in dark the light, only in dying life: bright the hawks flight on the empty sky. How many science fiction and fantasy stories echo this intrinsic theme of mortality, simplicity and humility…
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