mcchris + cycling   16

City of Austin: 311 Citywide Customer Information Center
This web form allows Austin residents to report failing city infrastructure, such as poor bicycle facilities or broken traffic signals.
austin  cycling  useful 
june 2008 by McChris
Bicycling.com: Invisible Riders
Dan Koeppel describes and interviews laborers who ride to work in Los Angeles.
LA  labor  immigration  cycling  transportation 
june 2008 by McChris
Obama Spoke Cards Hope To Attract Fixed Gear Demo
I guess this isn't merch from the Obama organization, but I wonder if there will be a hipster backlash now that you can get little Obama signs to stick in the spokes of your fixie.
hipsters  politics  cycling 
may 2008 by McChris
Victim Complex: Coping With Bike Theft
BikeSnobNYC offers some sound advice for dealing with bike theft that makes a lot of sense for computers as well.
cycling  crime 
april 2008 by McChris
Identi-Tape - 2-inch Safety Reflective Tape
This is the best source for black reflective tape I've found so far.
cycling  useful  shopping 
april 2008 by McChris
The Bicycle Tutor
This site offers video tutorials on bicycle repair and maintenance.
DIY  video  howto  cycling 
march 2008 by McChris
Fix-it Index Page
This is a treasure trove of howtos for maintaining mountain bikes.
cycling  howto 
march 2008 by McChris
allanti.com: Where was my bike made?
Here's an interesting rundown of where bicycle frames are manufactured. I knew Giant produced frames for Schwinn and others in Taiwan, but I didn't realize they're now the largest (legit) bicycle maker. I still don't know if my "Made in the USA" Cannondal
cycling  business  history  offshoring 
march 2008 by McChris
Bicycle Hacker: Welcome Bicycle Hackers!
Here's a wiki that allows cyclists to create pages describing bicycle hacking projects.
wiki  cycling  hack  transportation 
march 2008 by McChris
Bike Snob NYC: Apoca-Watch Update: Retirees on Tall Bikes
Ever reliable, the bike snob mocks photos of Lance Armstrong riding a hacked-together tall bike at what appears to be art gallery Okay Mountain.
austin  cycling  humor  hack 
january 2008 by McChris
How Experts Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Schwinn
This wiki site is for a business book about the social facets of expertise and how expertise can lead to poor consequences.
business  wiki  technology  cycling 
december 2007 by McChris
Bike Snob NYC
This blog has made me love blogs again.
blog  cycling  humor  NYC  hipsters 
december 2007 by McChris
How-to: Derailer Adjustment
Maybe this will save a trip to the bike shop. It's been almost five years since I've had a tune-up, so it's probably about time.
cycling  howto  useful  DIY 
november 2007 by McChris
austin indymedia: Bicycles and the Global War on Terror
An Austin anarchist describes being detained by a state trooper for running a red light on his bicycle. He makes some good points in spite of the antagonistic tone.
austin  cycling  indymedia  anarchism  lawenforcement 
may 2007 by McChris
Independent Online: Vehicles 'drive closer to cyclists wearing helmets'
According to a British researcher helmeted cyclists are more likely to be hit by cars because of the perception of safety. I wonder how culturally specific these findings are.
cycling  transportation 
september 2006 by McChris
SIXSIXONE Core-Cooler Personal Radiator™
These evaporative cooling devices for cyclists don't look particularly cool.
cycling  bicycle  gadget  weird 
august 2006 by McChris

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