The Bike Blog

For when you really need people to get out of the way, for instance, when you’re driving a heavy pedicab with poor brakes.

These guys in Suzhou had a cool set of bells using an old gear to hold more than one bell. The circle of bells were struck by an armature in the center, turned by the rotation of the front wheel. It made a great big ring!

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If you’re a cop, then you don’t need to worry about bike locks…
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TreeHugger has a post on these interesting pedal-taxis in Rome. They’re like the ones here in London, but more streamlined.

The folks at the Graffiti Research Lab are a group of artists and electronics tinkerers who have put together some great visual projects. In this video they show off their mobile soundsystem built into a tricycle. Some of their other projects are worth checking out while you’re there too.

A news broadcast about recent biker fatalities shocked people who knew the victim being described - because he wasn’t dead.

There’s a plaque on Shore Road where bicyclist Ivan Morales was struck by an SUV nearly a year ago. After being hurled more than 30 feet in the air, his helmet split in half. So did his skull. The NYPD and news reports said he was dead.

It seems that he was in such a bad state, that everyone had assumed he had died. Amazingly though, he survived and went back to his life, unaware of the plaque.

This raises some important issues about whether or not bike injury statistics are being correctly reported. Surely there must be crashes that aren’t recorded?

Cyclists in Trondheim, Norway, have it pretty easy when it comes to hills. This lift will take you straight to the top, for a small fee.

This is a great idea; the lift probably pays for itself pretty quickly, it’s unobtrusive and it’s probably going to encourage more cyclists.

If I had a hill like that on the way to work I might think twice about riding in. But with a lift, no problem, plus you get to ride down on the way home. Excellent.

Ktrak offer kits to turn an ordinary mountain bike into a pedal-powered ski-doo. If you’re skeptical, like I was when I first saw these, then take a look at the videos.

Then you’ll want one.