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French Porteur bikes

Posted in bicycles on December 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

a nice collection of french porteur bikes can be seen here

the case for physically separated bike lanes

Posted in bicycles, city planning, tagged bicycles, bike lanes, bikes, city planning, the movement on November 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

This Streetfilms video makes a great case for physically separated Bike Lanes.

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cycling in the Netherlands in the 1950′s!

Posted in bicycles, city planning, tagged bicycles, bike trailer, bikes, cargo bike, Cargo Bikes, dutch bike, holland, randonneuring, the movement, the netherlands, tweed ride, vintage Bicycles, vintage bike, vintage cycling on October 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

wow… check out this video I found on YouTube! I’m loving all the various types of bikes… and the old cars… circa mid 1950′s. notice all the groovy homemade trailers… the cargo bikes etc.

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kids form bike club to bike to school!

Posted in bicycles, city planning, happiness, tagged bicycles, bike club, bike infrastructure, bike lanes, bike paths, bike trends, bikes, fixed gear, fixie, safe routes to school, the movement on October 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

I found this link on www.copenhagenize.com this am… SO COOL! These kids formed their own bike club… and as a group they ride to school even though the city where they live has no infrastructure for bikes. I imagine that over time… movements like this will convince the powers that be to include more pedestrian [...]

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retro mixte bike… Belleville

Posted in bicycles, tagged bike culture, cyclotouring, mixte, randonneuring, trek belleville on October 22, 2010 | 3 Comments »

new Belleville from Trek looks like the old french randonneuring bikes from the earlier parts of the 20′s century. Cyclotouring was a big thing back when the average frenchman couldn’t afford a car. These days… it is a bike to be worn with your tweeds… after sipping an espresso with your college professor friends. This [...]

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Simplex Guidonstop handlebar brakes..

Posted in bicycles on June 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Look carefully at how this bike stem is made… basically you twist the handlebars downward in order to stop! No brake levers. Crazy scary… but interesting… perfect!

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1970 something French “Follis”

Posted in bicycles, tagged french bicycles on May 11, 2010 | 1 Comment »

How’s this for a really fancy bike. It is made by a company called Follis… they are mostly known for tandems. Made in France circa 1970 or so… with all the geeky french only thread patterns that make it stupid hard to find parts for. it features: nervex professional lugs, tubulars on Wooden Cherchio Ghisalo [...]

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Drillium

Posted in bicycles, interesting autos, tagged bicycle on April 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

this the chassis of a 1940′s built monoposto race car from Germany… it was driven by a BMW 328 sport coupe engine in the back. It was built by Helmut Polensky who drove it to the German Championship in 1949. I really like how he drilled out the front of this VW front end he [...]

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