It is at this point that I must admit that I didn't dream up this amazing technique. It pains me to admit this not because my ego suffers, but because the zip-tie-DIY-bicycle-snow-chains idea appears to have originated with my favorite bicycle industry whipping boy: fixed gear hipster culture. Several years ago, I'm sure, some bright child with extremely tight pants and an asymmetrical haircut had a genius-caliber idea, and I hate that it wasn't me.

A couple of people have recently asked me what’s going on with the new Bike Commuter Tax Benefit that is set to take effect in January of 2009.

The Text from HR 1494 section 211 Transportation Fringe Benefits to Bicycle Commuters can be found here.

The bike station, funded by public transit agencies and operated by a private company, Warm Planet Bikes, has been in quiet operation on a limited basis since July, with around 70 to 80 people parking their bikes there every day.

Leah Shahum, executive director of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, said the effort is a good example of how government can make it easier for people to get out of their cars by allowing people to "combine biking and transit to get around the region in a healthy, sustainable and convenient way."

1. drill holes in tire 2. insert sheet metal screws 3. reassemble tire with a double tube 4. ride on ice

Two Wheel Tango has gone greener! We are now accepting trade-ins for new bike purchases, and offering affordable high quality used bikes to the community!

By the 1971 Art Fair, psychedelic rock, long hair, afros, and tie- dyed t-shirts had replaced the hit parade music, crew cuts, suits, ties, hats and gloves of the 1950s.

Historical Bicycling: A collection of books and journals from the late
19th and early 20th centuries related to bicycles and bicycling. Newly
updated. Searchable.

Hochgraf has been running his Ann Arbor home repair business full-time since 2001, driving a ‘97 white Ford van to get to clients throughout Washtenaw County. But this summer, gas prices - and karma - spurred him to make a switch. He decided to build a trailer to haul his tools and supplies by bike, and he set a budget of $125 to do it: The cost of a tank of gas for his van. He already had a bike, and crafted the trailer from a large Coleman cooler - “it’s cheap, it’s light, it’s strong, it’s reasonably waterproof,” he says - plus wheels found at the dump, a Master Lock hitch and a frame fashioned from bent steel tubing bought at Stadium Hardware. Putting his green “Home Repairs” logo on the side was a final touch.

For starters, Potter can credit bicycling for leading him to his wife, Hiromi, the daughter of Japanese bike racing champ Seiichi Nishiji. More recently, Potter’s dedication brought him the opportunity to manage an innovative new program spinning around Michigan State University in East Lansing. MSU Bikes is a university-sponsored program that simultaneously encourages bike use and supports the biking community, all while helping to clean up the campus. The program was originally conceived as a way to encourage university faculty and employees to do a little more biking and a little less driving. Under Potter's direction, MSU Bikes picks the best bikes out of the crop of bikes regularly abandoned and cleared from the racks around campus, cleans them up and gets them back on the road.

Priority Health Ann Arbor Cycling Classic to premier September 7, 2008 An intense cycling experience hits downtown Ann Arbor, MI The nation’s elite cyclists will hit the streets on a 1.35 kilometer race loop in the eclectic streets of downtown Ann Arbor during the first annual Priority Health Ann Arbor Cycling Classic. The intensity of Tour de France will meet the thrills of NASCAR as cyclists compete for their share of a $30,000 prize purse.

powered paragliders (think: the most danger you can have without a motor)

Die Leistungsdaten ihres fliegenden Fahrrads hängen von diversen Faktoren ab, erklärt Michael Werner: "Man ist so mobil mit einem Flyke wie man selber als Radfahrer fit ist. Es ist halt ein Fahrrad. Ungefähr vergleichbar mit einer Rikscha, weil es wiegt ja ein bisschen mehr. Man kommt immer besser vorwärts, wenn man fliegt. Da schafft man im Schnitt so 45 km/h. Und wenn man Rad fährt, dann schafft man halt wie gesagt keine 20 km/h. Aber wenn das Wetter schlecht ist und bevor man gar nicht fliegt fährt man halt Rad und dann kommt man immer noch vorwärts. Und wenn du fünf Stunden Rad fährst bist du auch 100 km weit gekommen."

Roughly speaking, he explains, of all the car journeys we make, around 40 per cent are easy to avoid, another 40 per cent difficult and another 20 per cent - well, you kind of do need a car. Wiping out the "easy" 40 per cent would still transform the way we travel in this country.

Would that, paradoxically, tempt more people back on the roads? Quite possibly, if fuel prices start to fall - particularly as no real effort is being made to lock in changes in travelling habits. Rethinking rail fares would help - the current system pegs price rises to inflation, and on top of that, train companies have been sneakily scrapping off-peak fares. More investment in infrastructure for rail freight - often cheaper than building and maintaining roads - is also needed.

We’re on similar wavelengths about the bike revolution and it was neat to hear that he’s also been thinking about how, “Cars are the new smoking.”

Meanwhile, a citizens' group - Friends of the Border to Border Trail - coordinated by Bob Krzewinski of Ypsilanti, is forming to push for its completion. The group will sponsor bicycle rides and walks to get more people using it, and will conduct light ma

Please remember that you will not be able to park your bike at bike hoops on the streets closed off during Art Fair. Consider parking your bike in at a parking structure (They all have covered bike parking) or at Kerrytown.

The Kal-Haven Trail is a 33.5 mile long linear multi-use trail that links Kalamazoo a major southwest Michigan city to South Haven a Lake Michigan resort area. The trail starts in South Haven on North Bailey Avenue and ends in Kalamazoo on 10th Street.

200 mile ride with two rain delays

Bike medics carry complete advanced life support equipment, including medications, oxygen, and an ECG monitor/defibrillator.

"You get enough people taking the bus or getting on their bicycle, more people get the sense that it's not such a crazy idea," said Nancy Shore, director of getDowntown, a group devoted to easing congestion in Ann Arbor.

nice bike design with extra long frame, room for cargo in back or ad hoc seating.

Dear State Farm, please don't run anti-bicycle advertising.

· A Central London bike hire scheme, similar to the recently launched Paris scheme, with up to 6,000 bikes located across docking stations every 300m so Londoners and visitors have quick and easy access to a bike. This will be supported by a series of ea

The above named Grantor grants to the City of Ashland, Oregon, "Grantee", a perpetual non-exclusive easement in gross to use, operate, inspect, repair, maintain and remove and replace a public pedestrian and bicycle easement

The design describes the mechanical and electrical capabilities of peddle power. It’s a dual pedal power system, with a pedal powered washing machine spinning clothes dry, and a separate belt going to a generator for electricity.

despite being a librarian and working in a library, I was never the 'book guy'--digital or otherwise, I was not the 'book guy'. I was the 'image guy'. (John talks bicycles, bike trailers, and books by chance)

But back to the enchilada festival, the event tends to draw the low rider and biker crowd. I don't know why that is except that they have a low rider car show. And not just cars but bikes too. Here's a photo of a low rider recumbent bike:

I was able to get bike hoops installed on E. Ann street. When the city renovated the streetscape on my block of E. Ann, I noticed that bike hoops weren’t going to be part of the plan. I suggested including bike parking for my customers and the residents

This mower, the Shakespear Lawn Mower, was designed and built by Michael Shakespear as a Bachelor Thesis in Mechanical Engineering at MIT supervised by Professor David Gordon Wilson. The thesis can be ordered from Document Services of the MIT Libraries.

cool photos of bike mowers including one from ypsidixit

Just in time for the fall biking season, the Washtenaw County Parks and Recreation Commission has published a new B2B (Border To Border) Trail Map.

We (Michelle Ferrarese and Marty Heller) spent the 2006 growing season visiting and volunteering at Community Supported Agriculture farms across our beloved state of Michigan – traveling 960 miles from Ann Arbor to Petoskey by bicycle!

July 15: 17th Annual North Country 100 Bike Tour Wakefield, MI begins at Sunday Lake for a ride through the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park. Phone the Wakefield Chamber of Commerce at: 906-224-2222

2006 photos of the Green Fair in downtown Ann Arbor - I will hunt on Flickr for the 2007 crop. We had a good time, pedal-powered smoothies and diesel-electric buses the highlights.

the votes are tending towards solar, but some die-hards in Germany are adapting a SON hub to do the power conversions.

An account of a 15 mile ride to work in Houston. "riding the bike to work gives me a sense of freedom and self-reliance that is otherwise difficult to come across living in a large metropolitan area."

Every morning, I pedal to generate electricity. The Pedal Generator I ride charges batteries, that run an inverter, that produces 110v AC, that powers LED lights, the monitor on my computer, and many other small battery-powered things. It is the most insp

do it yourself 100w generator from bicycle power. reuses hard drive magnets and a furnace blower motor.

rig up a bike to a machine that sifts berries from chaff.

Welcome to Bike Furniture Design, the preeminent designer and producer of fine, hand-crafted, contemporary / modern furniture made from recycled and reused bicycles since 1990.

historical photo of a railbike, w/discussion

1 euro/hr bike rentals in Lyon, FR