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Treadmill Bike

Bren — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:44:58 +0000

I know it’s a total joke (no, really, it’s a joke), but I still would like to try riding one of these things. (video below)

(Thanks, RCDL!)

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Crimanimal Mass: The Freeway Ride

Matt — Wed, 14 May 2008 08:01:55 +0000

Critical Mass has been known to most frequently take over streets, but freeways are not as common. This group of cyclists take “owning the streets” to a new level (Time, 2:36).

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Bowling Ball Bike

Matt — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:01:57 +0000

My wife is a fashion designer and I always used to look at fashion shows with a wrinkled brow. I thought, “Who the heck would actually wear that stuff?” Her confident answer, “Pretty much no one silly, it’s an opportunity for designers to push limits and be creative.”

I never fully appreciated her logical answer until I started this blog and started posting stuff like this - the bowling ball bike. Would anyone ever actually use one? Not likely, but it sure is cool to look at! For more visit The Daily Page, Madison, WI.

Madison Art Bikes 2: Bowling Ball Bike uphill from The Daily Page on Vimeo.

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Elliptigo

Bren — Tue, 13 May 2008 05:54:49 +0000

This isn’t much of a hack now, but it certainly originated as one. The Elliptigo Glide Bike is pretty interesting. The idea was to build a bike that replicated the running movement, but without the impact, which is what elliptical trainers are known for. This bike is certainly interesting, and the video below illustrates it’s mechanical viability. I’d be interested to try one out…

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Car Hitch for Bike

Matt — Mon, 12 May 2008 08:01:52 +0000

Brendon wrote about modifying a bike hitch a little while ago, and I recently stumbled upon this bike that incorporates a standard hitch used on cars. The question is, if someone is using a standard car hitch like this, how much weight can you reasonably pull?

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Group ride in Portland

Bren — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:23:51 +0000

We won’t be advertising group rides all the time, but since this one’s in my hometown and sponsored by a fellow bicycle blogger, why not!

BikeHugger is sponsoring a group ride the day before WebVisions (in Portland, OR). The ride starts at the Convention Center and ends at the Lucky Lab pub on Hawthorne (right across the street from CleverCycles, and a couple of blocks down from BIkePortland world HQ!).

I’m not sure I’ll be able to make the ride, but I’ll be aiming at it. You can check in at the Upcoming page for the ride, if you’d like to let the ‘Huggers know you’re gonna make it.

Shoot, maybe someday BIkeHacks will have to sponsor a group ride through the Yamhill County wine country… :-)

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Touring Bike Features: Expert Village Video

Matt — Thu, 08 May 2008 08:01:47 +0000

Via expertvillage.com comes this great little video on the features of a touring bike (Time, 3:09).

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Replacing Your Bike Chain

Matt — Wed, 07 May 2008 08:01:59 +0000

From howtofixbikes.blogspot.com comes this video on how to replace your chain. The best part for me starts roughly at the 40 second mark where a secret weapon for chain removal is revealed. Total time of the video is 4:03.

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Bicycle City USA: Portland, Oregon

Matt — Tue, 06 May 2008 08:01:01 +0000

I don’t live in Portland, Oregon now, but I spent over 30 years of my life in and around Portland. I visit a few times a year and am constantly impressed by the commitment the city has to cycling. You really can’t take more than a few steps and not notice some cool bike culture.

People are always claiming that NYC is the “greatest city in the world.” You never know what measurement people are using. Is it the dirtiest? The noisiest? The most congested? On all these accounts, yes, NYC certainly is the “greatest.”

Mass transit is a major part of NYC and it’s very clear that the mass transit czars have zero commitment to encouraging the integration of cycling and mass transit. Almost every major city I visit features buses that have bicycle racks on the front. Just by the vintage nature of this picture you know that Portland has been leading the way for a long, long time. Dude is rocking a full on Styrofoam helmet and those are sooooo last century.

In NYC? Not a single bus features such a rack. And people might say it is because of possible delays, but the web site that features the above photo states:

A 1994 study completed through the Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) shows that most transit agencies are not experiencing problems with schedule delays resulting from accommodating bicyclists; new designs of bike-on-bus racks have minimized dwell times for loading and removal.

When I visit Portland I happily take the mass transit train known as “MAX” into the city. Visual evidence of the commitment the mass transit czars have to cycling is readily visible.

Once again, something you will not find on a single subway car in all of NYC. Listen up all you mayors around the U.S. Take a field trip to PDX and learn from all those cycle loving Oregon hippies. Portland gets my vote for Bicycle City USA.

If you want to nominate another city, drop us a line or post a comment.

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Ugly Bike

Matt — Mon, 05 May 2008 08:01:07 +0000

I saw this biked locked up the other day and admired the job the rider did to “ugly” it. We have talked about this before in previous posts: 8+ Ways to Ugly Your Bike and Ugly Your Bike #2: A Case Study.

Dude also gets an “A+” for a good job of locking this ride up.

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