Weekend 238.0 (Landscapes & Pronouns)
Born to see; meant to look My favorite “thoughtful spot” in the world and made doubly so by its connection to J. M. W. Turner. Landscapes like this become necessary Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Cycling
Uphill, Second Gear
(1) Building Sweet Bikes and a ‘Business of the Future’
Uphill
(1) Bicyclists of a Feather Flock Together: With our easy-to-follow guide, anyone can identify North America’s five most dazzling species of two-wheeled friends (WSJ)
Weekend 223.0 (WSJ Edition)
Are the benefits of a bike ride negated by a sweet crêpe? (1) The Dead Dream of the Dirigible (2) Lichtenstein Before (and After) the Pop Hits (WSJ) “At the Continue Reading →
Weekend 222.1 (Bike Expo New York)
I attended Bike Expo New York on Saturday and rode the Brompton from Grand Central to Basketball City (Pier 36). This was the inaugural show and the venue/format/programming was good. Continue Reading →
Weekend 219.0
So let us go forward quietly, each on his own path, forever making for the light. – Vincent Van Gogh (1) How cities fail their cyclists in different ways (2) Continue Reading →
Brazing
Older articles but something I wanted to keep… (1) Royal Mail scrap bicycles for safety reasons (2) Brompton Launches London Bike Share Program (2a) South West Trains Launches UK’s First Continue Reading →
Weekend 217.1 (Crony Capitalism Edition)
Crony Capitalism ALERT Rival: City’s bike-sharing program ‘tainted’ A rival bidder is trying to put the brakes on Chicago’s plan to launch the nation’s largest bike sharing program — by Continue Reading →
Weekend 217.0
(1) Orchidelirium: Blooming on everything from fabric to fine china, orchids are the season’s most intoxicating flowers (WSJ) (2) Is it worth buying British bikes? (3) The Man Behind the Continue Reading →
Weekend 215.0 (Inventors Edition)
(1) The Nucleus of the Digital Age: In pursuit of hydrogen bombs, a math genius and a brilliant tinkerer in Princeton developed the modern computer (WSJ) (2) A related quote Continue Reading →