-
Goofy Scottish Warriors
Last weekend was a great ride to the Scottish games with Liam and Cody on their own bikes and Roz towing Elzy. Jesse and I were on the Xtra of course. the boys loved the information booth
-
Finally, a Pneumatic Bike Trailer Hitch!
I LOVE the pneumatic quick release as a mechanism for an axle level trailer hitch…and so does my wife. The dumb-ass vice-hitch that came with the kidarooz trailer was repeatedly failing. So I took inspiration from my BikeRev.com EcoShopper and crafted my own hitch. A pneumatic couple cost me about nine bucks and the 6″…
-
Let’s do Tour de Whatcom with the Kids
I’d like to invite Liam’s and Jesse’s buddies (and parents) to do TdW with us this year. If you did a ride to fairhaven park with us, doing the 24mi circuit won’t be much harder, there’s really only one hill, and that’s the overpass over the train tracks. Good cause, good picnic opportunity, and lots…
-
biking + bottom line
Nice little post describes benefits his company receives from encouraging bike commuting. Love the idea of no-interest bike loan. http://www.startribune.com/opinion/otherviews/123276188.html
-
Coal trains won’t bring in 1bn to Bham
Coal doesn’t help the tourist and bike economy. http://www.grist.org/biking/2011-06-06-the-grand-tour-how-bike-tourism-helps-local-economies
-
NFC description reminds me of RFID, plus environmental consequences?
http://venturebeat.com/2011/06/05/nfc-is-more-than-just-mobile-money/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Venturebeat+%28VentureBeat%29 This is a rah-rah article about NFC, provides a nice introduction to the topic, and explores other possible applications. My thoughts range the map: is technology like this going to impact people who lack smart phones and online payment creds in an unfair way? Will default identity setting on these devices drill into your…
Bitratchet 