The other day, "adventure!" suggested that I install a front rack or basket on the Trek 560 I just built. It makes sense, especially given that I installed Velo Orange Porteurs (which have become my favorite non-dropped handlebars) on it.
I might actually do "adventure!"'s idea one better:
I found this photo on a site called, not surprisingly, Ridiculous Bicycles. There, you can find all sorts of examples of what can happen when unemployed engineers have too much time on their hands--or bike mechanics smoke funny little cigarettes. Check out the circular bicycle built for eight!
What happens if one of those cyclists falls? Well, I guess the guy with the shopping basket could cart him or her to the emergency room!
There was a time in my life when my walls were covered with posters of Japanese paintings, prints and woodcuts. To me, Hokusai was (and still is) as great an artist and visionary as Michelangelo, Titian, Rodin, Gaugin and Picasso.
Today's post on Riding Pretty includes this photo of a painting outside of one of the author's favorite Japanese restaurants. If you'd like, you can tweet her with your guess as to where she took the photo. I'm not even going to try: I'd just like to know who did the painting!
Tonight is the WE Bike Party, in which we celebrate the end of our first cycling season.
Doors will open to this event at 7 pm at The Grand Victory in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The venue for our party is at 245 Grand Street, at the corner of Roebling Street. (Roebling is the engineer responsible for the Brooklyn Bridge.)
I'm going to call one of the raffles, which will be held every hour. And I'll be at the door for an hour. At other times, I'll be helping out in other ways and helping myself to some of the refreshments. You'll recognize me because I'm wearing a maroon/burgundy WE Bike T-shirt. ;-)
The cover charge is 8 bucks. Not bad for a night out in a hip place in Williamsburg!
