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05/13/08: Bar Rotation
About this time of year, I get really burned out on my current stock of energy bars. Taste change and so I don’t have a “best bar,” but try to rotate them in and out and mix it up with...

05/13/08: Stay the course and hold the line
It’s that time of year when more bikes start coming out. Cyclists are riding to work and lots of them are prepping for a tour with some big miles. Even if you’ll never kit up, pin a race number on,...

05/12/08: What bike is this?
Anyone else seen this? Uploaded by shaderlab | more from the Bike Hugger Photostream....

05/12/08: Well-Worn Jacket
Noticed this Ibex softshell jacket at a cafe in Seattle. With that well-worn patina and mud spray it’s obviously used for more than just looking nice. The owner said he loved it. I’ve got a blue one (on clearance) and...

05/12/08: Bird v. Bike
This is the third known instance of a bird flying into a drivetrain. The first was when I saw a crow fly right into a fellow cyclists wheel and out the other side. The crow kept flying. Then one time...

05/12/08: black rider, white horse
still haven’t ridden in san francisco, but it’s on the list … Uploaded by shaderlab | more from the Bike Hugger Photostream....

05/11/08: Planet Bike visits Seattle
Bob Downs, president of Planet Bike, was in town a little while ago, and he and his group stopped into the bike shop. One of the things on their mind was an item with which I’ve recently become enamored:...

05/11/08: Thanks Mom
This one goes out to all the moms out there with their kids at races, kids on their bikes, riding bikes, giving kids bikes, and just being moms. When I was young, my mom let me ride my bike...

05/10/08: Fixed Fantasy
Ah yes, have we all not fantasized that we’d awake to find our fixed-gear, safety bike adorned with flowers and mounted by an erotic victorian girl … From the Private Collection: A History of Erotic Photography 1850 to 1940. Published...

05/09/08: Photo of the day
Day at the Office, posted by Pseudothoughts...

05/09/08: The FUTURE! Do we need shades or not?
While I’ve been in the trench warfare of flat tires and greasy chains, I’ve been wondering about the larger picture, keeping a look out for industry, market, and technology trends. I’m not talking about wishful thinking about what I’d like...

05/09/08: Green Lane at Greenlake -- SDOT delivers improved facilities
The wheels of progress never stop turning at SDOT, who managed to get some green gravely material down in a couple of locations this week after months of anticipation. We’ve posted about the green lanes before, it’s great to...

05/08/08: Mellow Johnny's Opening
Any of our Austin readers plan on attending Mellow Johnny’s opening and can report?...

05/08/08: Mobile Social Portland Schwag
After our Urban Ride in Portland, we’re meeting at Lucky Lab and giving away schwag from Crumpler Ibex Kona Reynolds Surly with a raffle for Crumpler’s Headaitchs and a Raygun Famous Winebar. Free beer, food food, bike talk, Mark’s V...

05/07/08: West Seattle Sustainability fair -- bikes everywhere
I managed to cajole a friend into taking some snaps from the Sustainable West Seattle fair this Saturday. It’s clear from the evidence that West Seattle is sustaining more than it’s fair share of cycles, including of the cargo,...

05/07/08: It's a small bike world
Bike Hugger got its start in part because of all the bike culture I noticed as I traveled around on business, speaking at conferences, and vacations. These bike connections continue today and just this week at Web Design World where...

05/07/08: Bicycle Repairman!
Discussing Mobile Social this morning, we somehow got onto the topic of mobile bicycle repairmen. This, inevitably, led to Monty Python references. “See how he uses a spanner to tighten that nut!”...

05/07/08: PDX Bike Exhibit
Traveling a lot leads to airport fatigue and there’s nothing more refreshing than seeing a bike exhibit! The goal of the exhibit is to offer a glimpse into the role bikes play in the lives of Oregonians – racing, replacing...

05/06/08: Best bag for carrying a Mac laptop while riding a bike?
Update (5/7/08): Flickr Group Based on the popularity of this post, Byron created a bike bags Flickr group. Pop in and upload photos of your setup—if you’re inclined, write a few words describing it and why it works for...

05/06/08: Messenger Bike at Pike Place Market
I walked down to the market to retrieve my girlfriend’s bike, and I saw this messenger bike. Normally I wouldn’t have taken notice of a bike this beaten down, but I just had to appreciate how harsh this machine’s...

05/05/08: Cinco de Mayo - BikeHugger Style
On my commute home I ran into some party-goers. It’s kind of nice for the world to go by a little slower on a bike - you get to see a lot more cool stuff: Note the ‘Hugger kit -...

05/05/08: Gliding up hills in Norway -- the Sykkelheis
I often ask folks what it would take to get them to commute, and often they reply: “Well, there’s a hill on the way to my house, so make that go away…”. The Norwegian town of Trondheim has done...

05/05/08: Handlebar Wrap Style
I mentioned this before, there are few things as classy as a leather-stitched handlebar. Soooo much more style than shellac’ed Tressostar finished with twine….. Saw this on sun break this Friday past in Capitol Hill....

05/05/08: Fixed from San Francisco
Simplifying a bike even further, Mission builds fixies with no visible branding. They sell, “a blank canvas for design.” This one was built for Joi Ito. Of course, we’d ask for hugga green for ours with the hugga badge on...

05/05/08: Millennium Park Ride
I’m in Chicago for a quick trip, speaking at Web Design World, and rode through Millennium Park. First attraction I saw was a bicycle rental station. I asked and on a good day all of those get rented. Good thing...

05/03/08: Bike Spotting
Random Flickr photo of a birthday party and I’m sure that’s a Brompton over there in the corner. Also see Bike Warning and Bicycle on Wall Street. Uploaded by dtpix | from the Bike Hugger Photostream....

05/02/08: Crumpler Cartons
The Crumpler Cartons arrived today and that means schwag for the Mobile Social in Portland @ Webvisions. and lots of it....

05/01/08: A Blog Smackdown
I think blogs are dedicated to cruelty, they’re dedicated to dishonesty, they’re dedicated to speed I don’t disagree with that rant from the Bissinger, the author of Friday Night Lights, on Costas Now and also see the counter argument. Textura...

05/01/08: Surly Mustache
Note the attention to details with the downtube shifters and mustache bars. That’s a commuter that’ll last forever. There’s a story to the bike as well. It was stolen and retrieved via graigslist. from the Bike Hugger Photostream....

04/30/08: Soon to be seen on a Fixie rider near you - Tight/Baggy Jeans
Wow. I’m not sure anything I can write can help with this one....

04/30/08: Robotic Bike Parking
I’d like a robot that’d make me a sandwich. Maybe read my email aloud in the voice of Data and degrease/lube a chain in one fast operation. A robot that parks bikes is good as well … Noted elsewhere Boing...

04/29/08: Bridgestone Derivate No 47
Will the bike industry ever stop re-launching Bridgestones? Bike Radar spotted the Mellow Johnny commuter and an astute commenter noted I’m intrigued by this chainless design … No chain! It’s a dandy horse!! Now that’s way old school. (Photo Credit:...

04/29/08: Documenting the pelostache
Getting maybe more attention than it deserved at the Tour de Georgia was Dave Zabriskie's Snidely Whiplash mustache: Here's Dave's blog post on the mustache, which I think debuted at the Tour of California. Byron and I started chatting about...

04/29/08: Folding Pop Culture
Following folding bikes in pop culture, we just got tipped that Dahons are on the CSI:NY set, at Pomono College for their Green Bike program, and were on the Coachella Amtrak Train with DJ Mark Farina. At Coachella, the...

04/28/08: Write your own caption
Mine is: not only do our kits look way better than Team Highroad, but we’ve got the mustaches! Uploaded by Frank Steele | more from the Bike Hugger Photostream....

04/28/08: SmartBike DC
According to press reports over the weekend, Washington DC is launching the first bike share program in the US. It works like Zipcar with an annual fee, stations, and 120 bikes. The SmartBikeDC bikes are three-speed, upright “comfort” bikes....

04/27/08: Testing 1,2,3
A quick teaser that we’ve got Bettie 2.0 being built right now as well as the Yuba Mundo — full tests and posts are coming soon. With two longtail, sport-utility, cargo bikes on test, maybe we’ll race them or something...

04/26/08: One of the Worst Jersey Designs?
ok, I like Hincapie as much as anyone else, wish Team High Road well, but what is up with that jersey design? Is there some retro 80s aesthetic I’m missing? Did they just pull all the other sponsors off...

04/25/08: Rural Punk
While focused on climbing, I enjoyed this video from Gregory Mountain Products, and longed for a ride in the quite of nothing around me. The video features Joe Kinder, an NYC Punk that went rural in Hurricane, Utah....

04/25/08: Tax Rebates = Bike Parts
With the news that the economic stimulus checks are going out, I wondered what bike huggers would spend them on; would they bank the cash for gas when they have to drive, upgrade their bikes, get some new bike...

04/25/08: $4.49 a gallon
Expecting record turn out for bike-to-work with prices like that … Uploaded by shaderlab | more from the Bike Hugger Photostream....

04/24/08: Falling Cars and French Fries
I’d add a bike rack to this art project for the irony and found this French Fry Holder incredibly obscene and then thought, “that’d be pretty cool for Bettie when taking the kids out to eat!...

04/22/08: Bike Hugger Mobile Social Portland
We’re in Portland Oregon for our next Hugga Event and it’s on May 21st to coincide with Webvisions. Just like we did at SXSW, we’re going to ride and then meetup at a pub for a reception with a raffle,...

04/22/08: Green My Ride transportation fair: 4/26 in Seattle
Happy Earth Day all, a great time to think about reducing your impact on the planet. Transportation is one of the key areas we can effect in our own lives and if you’re in Seattle’s north end this weekend...

04/21/08: Made the leap to SRAM
Built up the Trek Project One Madone over the weekend with SRAM Force. Earlier this year, the DA parts from the Madone had been dispersed to the Hotspur and Modal and I’ve been wanting to test SRAM. The summary report...

04/20/08: Critical Mass Budapest Video
Reported 80K cyclist riding Critical Mass Budapest … they’re all in green shirts, shooting video on the bike, Bike Hugger LOVES Budapest Critical Mass! Uploaded by fori82...

04/19/08: Sea Otter Link Love
Some link love for the bloggers at Sea Otter Urban Velo: Sleaze Otter — another alleycat Bicycling: New Products — carbon, tubeless, mtn wheels. Interbike Times: Pedro’s new CEO Video Guitar Ted: The Final day — notes on leggy blondes....

04/19/08: Revolutionary Bike Rides
Gergely wrote to tell us that Budapest, traditionally one of the most bicycle-unfriendly cities, has experienced a major boost in the numbers of bike-commuters and cycling is emerging in their mainstream media from the work of a small group of...

04/18/08: RideCivil: Hold the Date for 5/9
Our Next RideCivil is just 3 weeks away, so drop an appointment on to your calendars for May 9 around 5:30 at Westlake Center park as always. April’s ride went well, starting off with some bicycle diversity — me on...

04/18/08: Fixed in France
From Cedric Viollet, Photographer, fixie rider … Also see Pignonfixie, linked via MashSF....

04/17/08: Daily Buzz
Met this commuter riding home on Beach Drive, near Alki Beach in Seattle. We talked about his Novara Big Buzz and how he rides it everyday. He dug it and also wished it had a bigger climbing gear and a...

04/17/08: A Mobile Social in P-Town
We’re putting together the details now for our next Hugga event in Portland, the land of bike culture and Creative Capacity. The event is scheduled for May 21st to coincide with Webvisions. Just like we did at SXSW, we’re going...

04/16/08: Safety First
Photo: DEEP SEA HARDHAT DIVER #8 "NO EINSTEIN ON THE BEACH", originally uploaded by zero g....

04/16/08: Oil Addiction Treatment Center
At the Biggest Little Bike Shop in the World, they’ve got an Oil Addiction Treatment Center and it’s staffed by Jim Hopperstad who’s been around forever, since the days of leather chamois, wearing cycling shoes without socks, and when bikes...

04/16/08: Alley Kat Race Poster
We’re taking a break from travel and we’ll miss Sea Otter this year, but if we’d gone, there’s an Alley Kat race … uploaded by Base Camp Comm from the Bike Hugger Photostream....

04/15/08: Paris-Roubaix -- The hell of the... ducks?
Truth be told, I don’t follow much bike racing, but there are a few I watch out for every year. Paris-Roubaix The Hell of the North is on the list. I hold the racers up along side the sailors in...

04/15/08: New Shop on the Block: uBRDO
I have found my new favorite LBS. On my commute home through Kirkland, I found this small little shop that just opened its doors: uBRDO! From the site, U brdo is Croatian for “in the hills, or mountains”. I stopped...

04/15/08: Road Find: a bra!
Of all the things I’ve found while riding (a garden gnome, various screwdrivers, a yoyo, etc.) this bra is one of the best and I thought it made a nice adornment to Mark’s frame… It was found on Western Ave...

04/14/08: World's Best Bike Paths
At Bike Hugger we’ve become connoisseurs of bike paths and think that Santa Barbara has the best ones in the world. Huggacast Thirty Eight features two sections of the Pacific Coast Route. What bike paths do you think are world...

04/13/08: Bike-themed beer
This is Pike Tandem and it’s good. What’s your favorite bike beer? from the Bike Hugger Photostream....

04/12/08: Commuting in Shanghai
Huggacast Episode Thirty Seven, we commute in Shanghai by bike, ferry, and on a Maglev train. Notes: Audio Sample is Dirty Harry (Schtung Chinese New Year Remix) — Gorillaz - D-Sides. Maglev was running at lower power to save energy...

04/12/08: Simple, Elegant, Ti Bike
Lynskey built this bike for Sgt. Lee Robbs of the Chattanooga Police Department who will take part in the 2008 Police Unity Tour: a ride for those who died....

04/10/08: Video on riding safe and civil
Kent pointed out this video on his site earlier this week. It’s a great reminder about how to ride in traffic safely. We’ll be using techniques like these on this month’s RideCivil, but we won’t be throwing around terms...

04/09/08: Golden Gardens Single Speed
Uploaded by MaLora Ann | more from the Bike Hugger Photostream....

04/09/08: Toggling Modes
Back from Shanghai and finally, mostly over the massive jet lag, I toggled the Modal from single to geared. Despite the f’ing rain, I found that most enjoyable because there’s zen in working quietly on a bike and going out...

04/08/08: Trek Drops Lemond
I think everyone saw the Trek/Lemond split coming … Trek Company Update, ‘Trek to Immediately Sever Relationship with Greg LeMond’ There’s a Press Release and a whole media primer. If this is public, you can bet it got real nasty...

04/08/08: Pressure Drop
Bring together two design houses — Cinelli and RVCA — with renowned artists to work on a new sportswear concept with an artistic sensibility and that results in Pressure Providing a new statement on a traditional sport and furthermore imparting...

04/07/08: Nihon-jin at the Bike Shop
At Elliott Bay Bikes, we had a gang of Japanese bike enthusiasts stop in. Minato Seiya-san of Depot Cycle & Recycle, a shop in Ichikawa near Tokyo and Yamamoto Atsushi-san, maker of the Gunung label of hats, chatted with...

04/07/08: Shanghai Bikes
Bikes seen in Shanghai … Water Bike Food Bike Flatbed Bike Folding Bike Worker’s Bike Boxes bike And whenever I’d see one of these bikes, I’d wonder, "what’s he doing with that big bag of ?" Also seen, but not...

04/07/08: Alfine Hub, Drop Bars: OMG I want that!
Kudos to the guys over at Hiawatha Cyclery for figuring this one out. I’ve been after this setup for a while for my On-One Pompino. It’s an Alfine internally geared hub with a convensional drop bar-end shifter. The trick...

04/07/08: Bike Ink
Ok, let’s purge fat blogger photo with Bike Ink or even a tall bike … Uploaded by Saco e Weas | More from the Bike Hugger Photostream....

04/07/08: Benefits of Bike Blogging
Reading about the self-induced misery, woe-as-me, sad, geek, overweight bloggers, nearing an early death in the NYTimes, I thought, “get outside!” At least with bike blogging, we’re like out testing and riding bikes — traveling around and blogging about...

04/04/08: RideCivil: Aquatic April on 4/11 at Westlake Center, 5:30 PM
The next Ridecivil ride is queued up for this coming Friday. The 10 day forecast looks a bit damp so I’ve themed this the Aquatic April ride. Bring your snorkel for your helmet, flippers for your cleats, swimsuit instead of...

04/04/08: Another Alternative Transport
Another alternative transportation that totally f’ing rules — at least from a tourist point of view — is Maglev! We hit 301K km/h, got to the airport from downtown in 7 minutes (an hour in a cab) and you wouldn’t...

04/04/08: Congestion Charging
All over the news here in Shanghai, on CNN International, is NYC’s congestion charging initiative. Following London and the UK, NYC is about to implement fees to drive into the city. Woohoo we say and Dahon has already got a...

04/04/08: Bike Expressways in Shanghai
The French Concession has bike and scooter only roads that wind around and we rode them with Jonathan from the Crash Test Dummy Blog while he shot video. Yes that’s rather recursive, but so it goes in the bike blogosphere...

04/03/08: Video Scenes from Shanghai
In Huggacast Episode Thirty Six, we visit the Bund by way of a trippy tourist tunnel and find the Pudong bike expressway where a scooter-assisted cargo bike is plodding along. Watch for the mockery from another scooter as they ride...

04/03/08: Seattle Train Yard Tour ride report
My daughter and got on our big yellow xtracycle and took the last Seattle Train Yard Tour scheduled so far (previously on Bikehugger. We had a great time and and I learned quite a bit about… trains. For instance, the...

04/02/08: Fellow Bike Racer in Shanghai
We were at a party last night in Shanghai and met a fellow bike racer … a perfect topic for Huggacast Episode Thirty Five....

04/02/08: Stuff that Sucks
Here’s my quick list of stuff that I’m still pissed for spending money on. I’m sure there’s plenty more out there, but here’s my start. Please jump in on the comments and let us know the items that stung you....

04/02/08: Indian Sidecar
Now that’s a sport-utility bike — just imagining that in hugga green with our logo on the side and Cap’n the pug riding along. Uploaded by Reverb And Whiskey More from the Bike Hugger Photostream....

04/02/08: Civia Hyland Review -- 1 stop commuting machine
The Civia Hyland is the perfect bike for someone who wants a bike to get where they’re going in a one-stop, high performance package, provided you’ve got the cash to back your desires. Civia’s paid meticulous attention to a huge...

04/01/08: Huggacast Episode Thirty Three: Blogging Shanghai Day One
Video from day one in Shanghai at the Intel Developer Forum and riding the Bund....

04/01/08: Name Change: Bike Huggr
To make ourselves more relevant in Web 2.0, we’re changing our name to Bike Huggr. Later today, the rebrand will roll out with various other two-syllable, no consonant sounds and new consumer goods like Bikr Blogr - a bike blog...

04/01/08: Crashing the French Concession
Last night we toured the French concession with Robert from the Crash Test Dummy blog. Besides every other occupation you can imagine, Robert occasionally straps a camera to his bike, rides to work in Shanghai traffic, and uploads the video....

04/01/08: Blogging Shanghai: Missionaries
Let us tell you about the good Word of the Hugga … from the Bike Hugger Photostream....

03/31/08: Hugger at Work
We use a collection of mobile apps and hardware for the mobile social, including Twitter Mobile — a lightweight page optimized for phones and mobile internet devices Flickr emailer — a mailto function from Flickr that includes, title, subject, and...

03/31/08: Construction Bike
Behind that wall once were shanty homes and a skyscraper will follow — read the related post about the Shanghai Flow. from the Bike Hugger Photostream....

03/31/08: Dahons Have Arrived
Dahon kindly arranged our rides for Shanghai—a pair of matching Mus. More photos to follow and I quickly noticed the new V-Clamp Hinge and other refinements including a bell built into the Tektro brakes and a Biologic Joule Dynamo...

03/30/08: Sheldon Brown Memorial Ride: April 1st, 6:00, BikeStation Seattle
Folks who’ve spent a bit too much time on Sheldon Brown’s amazing websites will know of his fondness for April Fools jokes such as the tork-grip (yes, the DIY version is in my garage right now). What better way to...

03/29/08: You can take it with you
I bought my first new car a few months back. The biggest issue of course was how I would be schlepping bikes in/on it. Byron tipped me to a brand carried by our friends down at Seattle Bike Supply....

03/29/08: A bike lane that isn't . . .
Velonews and Treehugger both noticed Slate’s video on the Stupidest bike lane in Westwood, Los Angeles. The stupidest bike lane I’ve ever seen was in San Antonio, all 34 seconds of it … Our readers have seen the Bike Lane...

03/28/08: Blogging Shanghai with Dahon
Dahon is supplying us Mu XLs during our stay in Shanghai. We just confirmed the bikes are being delivered and we’ll ride them daily. As our readers know, we’ve ridden and posted on Dahon’s folding bikes, including our exclusive coverage...

03/28/08: Hugga Bags are Teen Approved!
When offered to the most fashionable person we know, even more critical than Princess Puffy Sleeves, the response was "nice!" from the Bike Hugger Photostream....

03/27/08: Bike Hugger Crumpler Bags
Just in time for our trip to Shanghai, custom Crumpler Bags arrived … as our blog assistant said, “damn …crumpler in da hugga hizzouse!” The Hugga Bag is a custom embroidered Fux Deluxe — we’re taking these with us, testing...

03/27/08: Alki Beach with Bike
Uploaded by elsa_sung on 2 Mar 08 from the Bike Hugger Photostream....

03/27/08: Tripping the DA Electric
Any mention of electric and drivetrains reminds me of the time I rode home from Seward Park with Joe Barrato. Joe’s a local racer, been around forever, and his Mavic Mektronic failed one night in the rain at Seward...

03/26/08: From Stumptown to Rwanda
There are so many different programs sending bikes to Africa, we could probably start a blog just to track all of them … today the News Tribune profiles Duane Sorenson, Stumptown Coffee, and Bikes to Rwanda. Most of my employees...

03/26/08: Sonoma Bike Launches
Dynacraft launches Sonoma Bike, exclusively online … a new line of adult bicycles designed to offer today’s rider superior value and performance. With bikes designed for both serious riders and recreational riders, Sonoma will debut with eight models for men...

03/26/08: From our YouTube Channel
This week on the Bike Hugger YouTube Channel, we’ve uploaded the rest of the Huggacasts and will upload new ones next week, live from Shanghai. More videos Watch the latest videos on YouTube.com...

03/25/08: The Dura-Ace DL
Heard the chatter, talk, rumors, and various discussions about 09 Dura-Ace? So have we and a reader just sent us a link to Roues Artisanales. A tech site that’s gathered all known DA data to date in once place. And,...

03/25/08: Favourite Handlebar Wrap
I have this thing about wrapping handlebars…perhaps an obsession. When I was still a novice, I once took an hour wrapping and re-wrapping the same handlebar which led to another hour of lovers’ spat with my exasperated girlfriend. I...

03/25/08: Bikes and Africa
News from World Bicycle Relief and AfricaBike NBC’s TODAY Show aired a segment about World Bicycle Relief and Zambia’s fight with HIV/AIDS. The piece, by correspondent John Larson, was filmed in Zambia, and is related to his blog post, Hope,...

03/24/08: Bettie Big Dummy
That’s Bettie loaded up with a Big Dummy Frameset for transport to the bike shop — the light filtered in through the garage windows from a bright Spring day...

03/24/08: Bringing Bettie Back
With Spring, warmer temperatures, and less rain, it’s time to bring Bettie back and we’re rev’ing her to 2.0. Just in time for the project, a Big Dummy was spotted in West Seattle. I started thinking about an updated Bettie...

03/23/08: Photos and Linkage
Subscribers to our feed will notice we’re splicing in our photostream and del.icio.us bookmarks. That’s bonus hugganess and the del.icio.us bookmarks will contain more random bike-related links that we may not post direclty on, like this totally NSFW bitch-cruiser. Note...

03/23/08: Vernal Equinox 2008 RideCivil report
What a great spring ride. We had a nice intimate crowd (less than 20, more than 3 although pretty close to that number) and fantastic weather. We spent just a small amount of time in downtown (route here) , voting...

03/22/08: Rechargable batteries take a lickin
I prefer my lights to run on double or triple A batteries, mostly because I can get rechargables and even if they run out I can usually bum a replacement. On the down side, good rechargables can be pretty...

03/22/08: Dunstan's New Bike
Uploaded by Dunstan Orchard … from the Bike Hugger Photostream....

03/21/08: Drawing Salve for Saddle Sores
Sparing you the gory details, I’ll just note that drawing salve def helps with saddle sores. What are your home remedies for that cycling-related malady? from the Bike Hugger Photostream....

03/21/08: Bike Hugger YouTube Channel
In our ongoing campaign to bring you even more hugganess, we just started a Bike Hugger YouTube Channel. We’ve uploaded our most- viewed videos first and are now uploading our 33 (to date) Huggacasts . We’ll still publish to iTunes...

03/21/08: The Pillows from Japan
Wednesday night I saw my favourite band from Japan: The Pillows. They have this odd animated video featuring a bicycle; the song was on a single released in January. Besides performing at SxSW, they are finishing up the Delicious...

03/20/08: Today is Your Lucky Day
“In my experience there’s no such thing as luck.” - Obi-Wan Kenobi I remember old Ben’s advice well, but I also remember how he caught the wrong end of a light sabre the next day. Lady Luck is a...

03/20/08: RideCivil 3/21: T-2 days and counting
Quick reminder: RideCivil is coming up this Friday, 5:30 PM at Westlake Center. Now’s your chance to participate in a ride focusing on positive interactions between pedestrians, motorists and cyclists in Seattle. Should be a great first Spring ride, I’m...

03/20/08: Site Weirdness
Sorta like when your shifting starts banging around, then stops, then maybe again, and definitely not when you pop into a bike shop for a wrench to check it … there’s some periodic funk going down on our site. On...

03/20/08: Read my lips: SHARE OH!
Getting squeezed between traffic and parked cars riding down Western Ave in downtown Seattle, I looked over and mouthed the words in an exaggerated manner (much like that Shout video from Tears for Fears) SHARE OH! — THIS IS A...

03/19/08: Product Review: Knog Bull Frog tail light
I’ve been using the Bull Frog tail light($28) by Knog for a couple months already. Like all of the Knog lighting products, the LED/battery case is encapsulated and affixed to a bike by means of a flexible silicon body....

03/19/08: Pedal-Powered Rattlesnake
Bike Jeremy, from the Austin Bike Zoo, shows us a 70-ft long pedal-powered rattlesnake …...

03/19/08: Solemn in San Francisco
Human beings are incredibly fragile … especially on a bicycle. A quote from a cyclist attending a memorial ride for two dead cyclists in San Francisco over the weekend....

03/19/08: Bike Hugger Spokesperson
If we had budget for a spokesperson, my vote is for Richard! from the Bike Hugger Photostream....

03/18/08: My Girlfriend's Bike..pt 5
So here it is: my girlfriend’s Kappa. It started out as a retro-style BMX frame with modern geometry and tubing diameters, and then with Jeremy Sycip’s help I devolved the bike back into BMX’s genesis, the Schwinn Stingray. Everyone...

03/18/08: Racing the Hotspur
We’ve posted previously on the Hotspur — a handbuilt, oversized, Titanium-tube frame with a carbon seatstay — and I raced it this weekend on a rolling course in Ravensdale Washington. The bike performed as expected with a solid ride...

03/17/08: Stem Stubs
I wasn’t having that much stem stub and requested an urgent removal. Later, an informal study at the race on Sunday found many varying degrees of stem stubs. How much stem stub do you tolerate? Mark noted that there...

03/17/08: My Girlfriend's Bike..pt 4
We just got my gf’s Kappa BMX frame(seen above before work was done) back from Sycip Designs. Jeremy Sycip fixed the headtube problem, added some braze-ons to steady the sissy bar, and then powdercoated the bike. Soon after opening...

03/17/08: Single in Shanghai
I’m taking the Modal with me to Shanghai in single-speed mode and looking forward to some very interesting riding. We’ve heard from the Shanghai Crash Test Dummy and Labici Bike Shop about riding with us. Googling Shanghai, I found...

03/16/08: 3 for a Swim and a Panther on the Burke
All in all it was a nice day for a ride — to windy, not sunny enough, but most importantly I was actually out riding which made it all OK. In the afternoon I got to load up the...

03/15/08: Little Hugger
My son is a bike hugger…at 18 months. The kid gets all excited and looks for approval whenever he spots a bike. “Daddy nGike!”. I’ve been getting killed at work of late, but on those nights where I have...

03/15/08: Do the Test
A friend of mine sent this link to me. Great British humour, clever advertising campaign. And I totally fell for it: http://www.dothetest.co.uk/...