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Fixies rule

Posted by @teeheehee on 23rd March 2009

You can’t argue with Venn Diagrams.

Fixies rule index card

Thanks to Jessica at Indexed.

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Weekend Roundup 20090322: Stories

Posted by @teeheehee on 22nd March 2009

This will wrap up my overloaded three-part weekend roundup: stories.
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Weekend Roundup 20090322: Mods, makes, and models

Posted by @teeheehee on 22nd March 2009

Continuing the weekend roundup – here are some very special mods, makes, and models of bikes.
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Weekend Roundup 20090322: Bike Accessories

Posted by @teeheehee on 22nd March 2009

As usual when I’m behind on posts I have a build-up of links to interesting things. Here are some bike accessories….
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Bike sharing program: Boston

Posted by @teeheehee on 3rd March 2009

It may come as soon as 2010… up right now on Boston.com is the article “Boston takes first step on bike sharing program

In my opinion there’s still plenty to do before this can become a viable reality.

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Weekend Roundup 20081207

Posted by @teeheehee on 8th December 2008

Hooray, another weekend roundup!
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Weekend Roundup 20081130

Posted by @teeheehee on 30th November 2008

Here’s a roundup of the things I liked that I saw this week. I hope everyone had a happy, healthy, and safe Thanksgiving

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Weekend Roundup 20081123

Posted by @teeheehee on 23rd November 2008

Yes, yes, it has been a while! Well, here is a massive roundup from the last couple of months to make up for it.

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Can’t take the hill? Use the lift!

Posted by @teeheehee on 14th August 2008

I can’t believe I haven’t heard about this before, it’s brilliant – a Bicycle Lift system in Norway.

Bicycle lift in Norway

I can sure think of a few places where something like this would have been appealing. In this video it looks like it might be coin-operated.

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Boston Globe items

Posted by @teeheehee on 24th July 2008

Here are three pieces found recently in the Boston Globe. Tip o’ the hat to Shane Jordan being mentioned and quoted in the second link.

Look Ma, no car!

Only one question remains for many area commuters: Is it possible to bike to work and get there alive? Boston has a horrible reputation on the national bicycling scene and for three good reasons: lousy roads, bad drivers, and car-centric civic attitudes.

Re-cycling effort

Getting on a bike for the first time since she was 16 years old, 42-year-old Priscilla Power rode 5 miles to her Wakefield office as part of her company’s “Bike to Work Day” last month. Though she remembered how to pedal, the inexperienced biker detoured through a Dunkin’ Donuts’ parking lot to avoid a busy intersection.

10 tips for cycling commuters

In Cambridge alone, the number of people bicycling has risen 70 percent, according to this recent story.

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