Bicycle Fixation

Bicycle Fixation http://www.bicyclefixation.com/blog Bicycling, sustainability, urban living, and the new civility Copyright 2006, Bicycle Fixation Mon, 12 May 2008 14:54:35 -0600 Mon, 12 May 2008 14:54:35 -0600 Bicycle Fixation http://www.bicyclefixation/favicon.ico http://www.bicyclefixation.com/blog 16 The Melbourne Miracle http://www.bicyclefixation.com/blog/archives/00000179.html Melbourne, Australia, has done what the sticks-in-the-mud say (as they always say) couldn't be done: they have converted a typically dreary autocentric grid city to.... Posted on 05/12/08 at 07:54 AM http://www.bicyclefixation.com/blog/archives/00000179.html Mon, 12 May 2008 14:54:35 -0600 But Is It Art? http://www.bicyclefixation.com/blog/archives/00000178.html Grant Petersen once described bikes as "movable art that can just about save the world." Maybe that sounds a bit fanciful, but maybe it really.... Posted on 05/04/08 at 08:21 PM http://www.bicyclefixation.com/blog/archives/00000178.html Mon, 12 May 2008 14:54:35 -0600 Knicker Socks Back in Stock! http://www.bicyclefixation.com/blog/archives/00000177.html Our knicker socks are back in stock as of today, and we have added the Olive color to the Large/XL size--by popular demand. Price has.... Posted on 05/01/08 at 06:04 PM http://www.bicyclefixation.com/blog/archives/00000177.html Mon, 12 May 2008 14:54:35 -0600 Batavus Cargo Bike in Los Angeles http://www.bicyclefixation.com/blog/archives/00000176.html Stopped by Hel-Mel today--that's Heliotrope &amp; Melrose, AKA the "Bicycle District," AKA the home of Orange 20 Bikes , Pure Luck vegan cyclist's pub, Scoops.... Posted on 04/29/08 at 03:51 PM http://www.bicyclefixation.com/blog/archives/00000176.html Mon, 12 May 2008 14:54:35 -0600 New Carfree Group on Facebook http://www.bicyclefixation.com/blog/archives/00000175.html If you're a Facebook sort of guy or gal, there's a new group there dedicated to car-free and car-lite living...to quote: This is a group.... Posted on 04/28/08 at 08:02 PM http://www.bicyclefixation.com/blog/archives/00000175.html Mon, 12 May 2008 14:54:35 -0600 Beach Weather http://www.bicyclefixation.com/blog/archives/00000174.html Certainly a tribute to global warming that we are having nearly 100&#176; weather in April, but so we did this weekend (and it continues, slightly.... Posted on 04/28/08 at 03:14 PM http://www.bicyclefixation.com/blog/archives/00000174.html Mon, 12 May 2008 14:54:35 -0600 Another Glimpse of Tomorrow.... http://www.bicyclefixation.com/blog/archives/00000173.html As I was riding back from running a small chore for Gina, on 8th Street near La Brea, heavily urbanized area adjacent to an ultra-ritzy.... Posted on 04/27/08 at 02:30 PM http://www.bicyclefixation.com/blog/archives/00000173.html Mon, 12 May 2008 14:54:35 -0600 Enduring Value http://www.bicyclefixation.com/blog/archives/00000172.html When I go to the Farmer's Market on 3rd &amp; Fairfax here in LA (this is a seven-day-a-week market), I usually park in the much.... Posted on 04/23/08 at 02:02 PM http://www.bicyclefixation.com/blog/archives/00000172.html Mon, 12 May 2008 14:54:35 -0600 Getting Loaded.... http://www.bicyclefixation.com/blog/archives/00000171.html No, not what you think, though I was having a local microbrew ale at Pure Luck, the vegan bicyclist's pub on the same corner as.... Posted on 04/19/08 at 02:42 PM http://www.bicyclefixation.com/blog/archives/00000171.html Mon, 12 May 2008 14:54:35 -0600 The Green Gopher at Work http://www.bicyclefixation.com/blog/archives/00000170.html Took the Green Gopher, my '84 Trek 610 fixie portage bike, downtown today on a buying trip for the next run of City Knickers (due.... Posted on 04/16/08 at 07:32 PM http://www.bicyclefixation.com/blog/archives/00000170.html Mon, 12 May 2008 14:54:35 -0600 More and More Bikes http://www.bicyclefixation.com/blog/archives/00000169.html This morning, while trundling our dirty clothes to the laundromat (I walk over, pulling our laundry basket on a photographer's folding dolly), I saw several.... Posted on 04/14/08 at 05:44 PM http://www.bicyclefixation.com/blog/archives/00000169.html Mon, 12 May 2008 14:54:35 -0600 Copenhagen's Main Street to Become a Bicycle Boulevard http://www.bicyclefixation.com/blog/archives/00000168.html From the Copenhagenize blog we hear that the N&oslash;rrebrogade, one of Copenhagen's main streets, is to be changed to a bicycle boulevard. To quote: Each.... Posted on 04/13/08 at 01:05 PM http://www.bicyclefixation.com/blog/archives/00000168.html Mon, 12 May 2008 14:54:35 -0600 They've Finally Had Enough! http://www.bicyclefixation.com/blog/archives/00000167.html Looks like our northern brethren and sisthren have had it with car culture and the slavish thrall in which it holds the alleged representatives of.... Posted on 04/10/08 at 03:23 PM http://www.bicyclefixation.com/blog/archives/00000167.html Mon, 12 May 2008 14:54:35 -0600 Riding in Traffic Video http://www.bicyclefixation.com/blog/archives/00000166.html We were just referred to a very good video on the basics of bicycling in traffic as traffic. It's short and very well-done, and we.... Posted on 04/03/08 at 11:35 AM http://www.bicyclefixation.com/blog/archives/00000166.html Mon, 12 May 2008 14:54:35 -0600