Straight out of my Blade Runner fantasies, Murata Electronics in Japan has made robots that can ride bikes and unicycles. This is Murata-seiko-chan, who can…
2009
Bike Move: Chairs
4 chairs on a bike during a move? Sure. Why not? The table is on another bike, like this. Uploaded by pzavit | more from…
Timbuk2 Lights Africa with Their FLAP
Do you ever think about light? I don’t mean things that aren’t heavy, I mean the shining goodness that comes from lightbulbs. Really the only…
Kraftwerk: 12345678 The Catalogue
The Telegraph reviews Kraftwerk’s Catalogue collection (iTunes) and observes Where so much music back then (prog rock) and today (everything recorded with ProTools) can sound…
Coffee with Bike
Sweet Pea Bicycle’s Litttle Black Dress bike on a coffee run. The Little Black Dress is in their LUST line of custom bikes for women.…
KORE for the rest of us
KORE Streamline Wheelset KORE Components have been around for quite a while. When I worked at a shop in High School, KORE was the hot…
David Byrne Bicycle Diaries: NPR
“I ride my bike almost every day here in New York. It’s getting safer to do so, but I do have to be fairly alert…
Back in Seattle
I’m back in Seattle after 17hrs in airports and planes. My two checked bags were 110 lbs total weight, but I managed to sweet talk…
Integrated u-lock
Kryptonite lock core is built into steerer tube. Fits ubiquitous Portland “staple” bike rack perfectly. Handmade “pear” key fob. An entrant in the Oregon Manifest…
Taiwan 2009: Catlike in the Grand Hotel
After plucking down serious cash for a , I’m wearing it everywhere on the last day in Taiwan. I’m here at the Grand Hotel, Taipei.…