For the last three nights, James and I have been hosting Pete, a self-described red-bearded Welshman traveling around the Pacific Northwest on a tank of a $30 bike that he bought and fixed up when he flew in to Portland. It must be a Warmshowers adventure! I wrote about Warmshowers …
Did you know that May is National Bike Month? I’m always a little skeptical of national fill-in-the-blank months (who comes up with these things, anyway? And who makes them national?), but a bike month is something I can get behind! :) Anyway, the League of American Bicyclists has a whole …
I can’t see that this has too many practical applications right now, but I like the thinking behind it: Basically, the guy who designed this, Ron Arad, used spring tempered steel to make tire-like structures that apparently feel surprisingly like tires to ride on. There are 18 strips of steel …
You can take your home with you if it’s a car–why not if it’s a bike too? Check it out: it’s powered by a roof-mounted wind turbine, and there are solar panels to run the stove and hot water. And it has a kitchen, bed, and everything! I don’t know …
