Weekend 222.1 (Bike Expo New York)

Posted on May 6, 2012 by Winston Smith

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

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Winston Smith

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

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Winston Smith

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)

Posted on March 18, 2012 by Winston Smith

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

Posted on March 17, 2012 by Winston Smith

(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)

Posted on March 3, 2012 by Winston Smith

(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 →

Weekend 214.1

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Winston Smith

Apologies for the BLOG maintenance. Still testing WP install and updates. Done for the weekend. I just need to create a CUSTOM 404 but need an assist from my creative Continue Reading →

Weekend 214.0 (Almost)

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Winston Smith

(1) The scan is from The Art of the The Secret World of Arrietty. I can’t scan the entire book BUT will add the abandoned gazebo (not tea house) in Continue Reading →

Weekend 213.4 (Made in England)

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Winston Smith

I was in NYC on Saturday to demo and purchase a Brompton from NYCeWheels. I spent half the demo trying to fold and unfold the bike and probably looked like Continue Reading →

Weekend 210.1

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Winston Smith

ritratto pietra (1) The War Without a Loser (WSJ) (2) Olympics fever will help to make 2012 the year of the bike (3) Colouroids // Illustrations by Kevin Dart (3a) Continue Reading →

Limestone Roof

Our history now descends from a kingdom of gold to one of iron and rust.

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