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Cancelled. Kids Bike Picnic 11/12, From Farmers Market to Marine Point
Updated 2011-11-09: cancelled due to back injury. We will be heading to Marine Point after stocking up at the Farmers Market. BYOL. You could meet us at our house, the f/m, or at the park. Prepare for possible low tide, magnifiers or collecting buckets and wellies might be a good idea.
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Kids Bike Picnic 11/5
Saturday morning. BYOL. Contact me if interested. Location dependent upon age of participants.
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How to Report on Civilized Cycling
Marc at Amsterdamize enters a conversation with Matthew, the UK Gaurdian’s Bike Blogger, and I see this great pull quote: Thus, when you sell bad infrastructure to the public that even ‘avid cyclists’ wouldn’t want to use, you’ve generated a negative sentiment that’s hard to spin your way out of, no matter the millions of pounds you…
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Cars Passing Bikes: Do Gutter Bunnies Dress in Wigs?
Interesting news about how drivers act around bicyclists…there seems to be a space about 3 feet away from the curb. Too close to the gutter, and they assume they can pass closer. Also, lack of helmet and having long hair apparently promote further passing distance. Read more at cyclious and streetsblog. Remember — be conspicuous…
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Seattle Street Safety Numbers (Crosscut)
Here is a rather precise article comparing Seattle pedestrian, bicyclist and auto accidents with the citation rate between 2008-2010. It’s one thing to promote “share the road” but it’s also another thing to actually make streets safer. It appears about 10x more dangerous to be a pedestrian than a cyclist, and traffic citations appear to…
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Seen Bikes at Work on Farms?
I was talking with my CSA farmer about using a bike or a trike to haul boxes of veggies around the farm. While there is quite the spectrum of cargo bikes and trailers, hauling loads over unimproved paths seems challenging for small wheeled trailers. He also has a 26-inch wheeled dock-cart that could be towed…
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Using Spokes as a Spring Core
Old spokes wrapped in some electrical tape should keep the hitch linkage stiff but less than entirely rigid.
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The electrical tape was pretty quickly worn through, allowing the hose to bend and pinch. I will attempt to fill with wrapped inner tube and wrap with inner tube for a more solid construction.
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