Aug 24, 2012 | Commute, Lifestyle, Maintenance |
First Timer Bottom Bracket Install on a Boston 8 We took out a square taper bottom bracket last time, and now we’re installing something of completely different style. An integrated bottom bracket and crank set situation. These are SRAM Omnium cranks which...
Aug 23, 2012 | Commute, Maintenance |
Getting to the bottom of things, we have the bottom bracket. This is a part of the bicycle we do not often think about. It’s down there, at the bottom of the frame, home of the spindle – the place where the cranks connect. Unless the cranks don’t...
Aug 22, 2012 | Commute, Lifestyle |
Recently Focus Forward Films examined the Hovding. It took two lady design students in Sweden seven years to develop. It looks and wears like a scarf, but at the crucial moment inflates into some of the most comprehensive head and neck protection a cyclist could...
Aug 21, 2012 | Activism, Lifestyle |
It has come to pass that you can study bicycles at school – higher education to be precise. No longer solely the intellectual property of cycling enthusiasts, couriers, athletes, and annoyed motorists, academia has claimed its stake in the ongoing conversation...
Aug 20, 2012 | Commute, Environment, Lifestyle, Recreation |
What you see above is an image of what the streets of San Jose, CA look like when mapped for ease of bike-ability. Looks like a lot of islands doesn’t it? Islands Peter Furth, a civil and environmental engineering professor at Boston’s Northeastern...
