Links of the Day: 29 July 2008 (Comments: 0)

“People do need to see other people out there on bikes. They need to become accustomed to them so they learn to respect them, and they need to see how practical and effective they can be so they consider riding them themselves. Many cyclists illustrate this day after day, not only by riding their bikes to and from work during rush-hour but also by using them for recreation and even racing on them. A driver who sees you zip past as you ride your bike to work, and then sees you riding your bike to dinner later with a date, and then sees you going for a road ride that weekend doesn’t realize he’s seen only one rider—as far as he knows he’s seen a bunch of riders, and he sees them using their bikes successfully. Effectively, you’re a Critical Mass of one.”

– From today’s Bike Snob NYC essay. Discuss.

From The Bike-O-Sphere

• A custom painted Trek (Bicycle Design)
• The Ownership Society…. (Bicycle Fixation)
  
• Fourth Street: Boulevard of Broken Wheels (Bicycle Fixation)
  
• A big load of bull (Moose on the trail! from Bicycles and Icicles)

• Green Monday: BioGreen Bottles (Bike Commuters)
• Commuter Profile: Brian Hall (Bike Commuters)
  
• Tampa’s First Critical Mass Ride (Bike Commuters)

• DIY Xtracycle flagpole (Bike Commuters — Jason sez: THIS is what I want!)
• CO2 cartridges or a pump? (Bike Noob)
  
• Surly Cross-Check: Cranky Cop Coldcocks Critical Masser (Bike Snob NYC — Jason sez: “Surly Cross-Check” is quite possibly the greatest headline ever.)

• Rerun: Could you ride a bike around it in one day? (Bike, Chicago!)
• in which i love my xtracycle some more (bikelovejones)
• additional musings on cargo-loading (bikelovejones)
• Senate Committee, McCain(?), will vote on National Bike Bill this week (BikePortland)
  
• Commuting 101: Make Eye Contact (Commute By Bike)

• What’s a Good Urban Commuter Bike? (CommuterPageBlog)
• Quandary (Fat Cyclist)
  
• Ronald and Little Ronald in Malcom X Park (gwadzilla)

• What Would A Tree Do? (Mudflaps by Planet Bike)
  
• Bike Hugger Snapdeck (Powered By Nachos)
  
• Underwater Cyclist (Ride Lugged)

• SAD-light summer (Up In Alaska)

In The News

• SEATTLE, WA: Can you get a DUI on a bicycle?
  
• KENNEWICK, WA: New bicycle shop opens in Kennewick
  
• DETROIT, MI: Council committee backs repeal of bike ordinance
  
• INDIANAPOLIS, IN: Ride your bicycle to work for health, environment

• TORONTO, ON: Another day, another 700 stolen bikes

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