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August 2011 Blog Posts (7)

Moving Design's Biomega Bike Raffle: Get your ticket before September 28th!

Win a Biomega Copenhagen CPH
Raffle Tickets Only $10…
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Added by Lyndon Valicenti on August 30, 2011 at 2:44pm — No Comments

Home Zone hassles

Here in Uppsala, a city known all over Sweden for its bicycle culture, the new Home Zone makeover of a major thoroughfare has created mass confusion and no small amount of anxiety for pedestrians, so reports our local paper, Uppsala Nytidningen. You can read a working definition of Home Zones at activetrans.org, but according to Sweden's motor vehicle code, it's a section of street where pedestrians have priority over cars and bikes. Motorists are permitted users, as long as they drive at…

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Added by Dave Callahan on August 25, 2011 at 9:31am — No Comments

Front Fork Camera mount

I'm a Vlogger and have always loved riding a bike...so the two have fit together like peanut butter and chocolate. I Got an "action camera mount" sent from a friend living in Japan and it has really come in handy. I experiment with different positions and today was risking a little, but I mounted my camera on the fork.…

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Added by S.Presley☠ on August 11, 2011 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Bikes and the City

Accident 1, up close.

In January my car was banged up in a hit and run accident while parked on the street outside my building. Overnight someone hit the car parked in front of mine which in turn slammed into my…

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Added by Christine Cook on August 7, 2011 at 12:00pm — No Comments

How not to fix a flat...*sigh

Independence

I have always prided myself on carrying the necessary equipment to fix my bike in the field. Nothing is worse than lugging your bike...broken, when you are far from home. I live in the city and our buses are fitted with bike racks, but that only takes the sting off a little. I remember my chain breaking and having to get on the bus...I'm…
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Added by S.Presley☠ on August 3, 2011 at 12:45am — No Comments

All in the family

It’s  already been 40 years since Archie and Edith  first came into our lives.



Oddly enough, I thought of the Bunkers as I pedaled across Iowa this past week. In case you’ve forgotten, “All in the Family” was the #1 show on television from 1971 to 1976.



RAGBRAI (Register’s Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa) started out as a modest bike tour way back in 1973, but it has since evolved into the oldest and largest bike tour in the world. In order to maintain a sense of control,… Continue

Added by Tom Brennan on August 2, 2011 at 8:08am — No Comments

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