You Can’t Do That On a Bike

Friday, May 14th, 2010

Why is it that people’s first reaction to a lot of my riding or any suggestions about riding is “you can’t do that”. There are unspoken preconceptions of what you can and cannot do on a bike, and even what is “normal” to do on a bike.
In general, riding more than 5km is not “normal” [...]

Taipei Bike Show 2010

Friday, March 26th, 2010

This years show was pretty awesome with a wide scattering of bike and bike parts from big name brands down to much lesser unknown brands, and those without brands.
Although my primary focus is bikes, what I was aiming at with this show is to see just how well local companies manage to represent themselves to [...]

Cargo Bikes

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

While stumbling around the Internet, looking for interesting cycling stuff I stumbled upon this blog here.
The blog is about a family in the US who completely gave up their car and attempted to live with bicycles as their sole form of transport. A pretty lofty goal in a country which is not particularly designed for [...]