Bicycle Websites
« Previous Entries Next Entries »Craigslist, Erotic Ads and Bicycles
Thursday, May 14th, 2009
Recently Craigslist has been under pressure to remove their erotic services ads after a man answered one of the ads and killed a prostitute (oops - I mean erotic service provider). Craigslist had said that they had that ad category so that those ads would not be listed in other sections on their site. However […]
Before You Do A Charity Ride
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009Before you sign up for a charity ride, it is a good idea to check out the charity. Seven years ago the Washington Post reported that Pallotta Teamworks, the for-profit group that organized the AIDS rides, had spent 86% of the money raised for the DC AIDS ride on overhead.I recently discovered a website that rates […]
A Bikeable Feast
Monday, May 4th, 2009A friend of mine has recently began a long bicycle journey as part of her quest to learn about sustainability. Ibti recently set out from Washington D.C. on a bike ride that will take her all over the country. She will be stopping at farms and community gardens along the route. In her own words:
“I […]
Cyclists On Twitter
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009Twitter has become extremely popular. For those not familiar with it; Twitter allows user to set up an account and then post short updates (limited to 140 characters). Anyone can follow the updates (or tweets as they are called by Twitter). You can think of it as a blog with very short posts. Many professional cyclists have begun to […]
The Carcass Of An Abandoned Bike
Thursday, March 12th, 2009
An abandoned bicycle will slowly disappear one piece at a time as bike-part vultures harvest parts. The remains are the urban equivalent of a skeleton in the desert. The wheel in the picture above has been locked up outside of a Kinkos near my house for several years. The rest of the bicycle is long gone.
There is […]