Tuesday, August 2, 2005
Monday, August 1, 2005
All night ride
"Hermit" in Singapore writes about his all night, 60 mile ride around the island of Singapore. They started at 8 p.m. and finished their trip at 4 a.m. In this photo, nine bikes are leaned on the curb at the edge of the road while Hermit and his buddies take a break.
Hermit tells me that nighttime recreational riding is popular in Singapore. Cyclists avoid the daytime traffic and tropical heat by riding at night.
Hermit's blog has ride descriptions and photos from his bike rides around Singapore.
Cyclelicious Feature Photo.
Tags: cycling, singapore, cyclelicious
Hermit tells me that nighttime recreational riding is popular in Singapore. Cyclists avoid the daytime traffic and tropical heat by riding at night.
Hermit's blog has ride descriptions and photos from his bike rides around Singapore.
Cyclelicious Feature Photo.
Tags: cycling, singapore, cyclelicious
Ghostcycle Seattle
Ghostcycle in Seattle has been collecting information and statistics since last May on bike accidents in Seattle. This info comes via NWOutdoorGirl.
Etymology of 'bunnyhop'
This last weekend, the denizens of wreck.bikes discuss the meaning and origins of the word "bunnyhop" when Mark Hickey weighs in with historical fact on the topic.
"The claimant climbed aboard his unwieldy bike, and after accelerating wildly down the cobbled street, lurched upward with all his might, pulling the heavy contraption under him skyward. The high wheeler soared over the mama loaf with inches to spare, much to the amazement of the gathered crowd."
Read the rest in wreck.bikes.
"The claimant climbed aboard his unwieldy bike, and after accelerating wildly down the cobbled street, lurched upward with all his might, pulling the heavy contraption under him skyward. The high wheeler soared over the mama loaf with inches to spare, much to the amazement of the gathered crowd."
Read the rest in wreck.bikes.
'You look stupid'
Fat Cylist writes a humorous Open Letter to the Passenger in the Green SUV Who Screamed as He Went By Yesterday. Check it out if you need a good chuckle.
1.3 million more road cyclists
According to the Outdoor Industry Foundation's recently published Outdoor Recreation Participation in the United States, paved-road cycling saw in increase of 1.7% from 2003 to 2004. They attribute this increase to (What else?) the Lance factor, noting that "Lance Armstrong has inspired a new generation of cyclists."
This seems to be good news for bicycling advocates, but "enthusiast" level partcipation is unchanged over the past seven years for road and mountain biking. Mountain biking in particular has seen a decline over the past couple of years among all participants. If you plot the points and draw a curvy line through the points, the Outdoor Industry Foundation notes that this rolling trend is flat for all types of cycling.
An interesting factoid to me is that road participation is relatively gender balanced, with 57% male and 43% female participants.
If you're a numbers geek like me, you might dig the facts and charts in the report. Download it as a 130 KB PDF file. I'll try to comment more on some of the numbers and trends as time allows.
Tags: cycling, outdoors
This seems to be good news for bicycling advocates, but "enthusiast" level partcipation is unchanged over the past seven years for road and mountain biking. Mountain biking in particular has seen a decline over the past couple of years among all participants. If you plot the points and draw a curvy line through the points, the Outdoor Industry Foundation notes that this rolling trend is flat for all types of cycling.
An interesting factoid to me is that road participation is relatively gender balanced, with 57% male and 43% female participants.
If you're a numbers geek like me, you might dig the facts and charts in the report. Download it as a 130 KB PDF file. I'll try to comment more on some of the numbers and trends as time allows.
Tags: cycling, outdoors
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