Archive for August 2007
A Cycling Jacket Worth its Weight in Gold
Posted by: pixelus on: August 22, 2007
Found this in thisislondon:
The cycling jacket with built-in brake lights and indicator.
This would be very useful for those who bike at night, like me. Hand signals or gestures that would indicate the course you want to take on the are quite useless at night. Motorist following a bike at during the dark hours often ignores [...]
For or Against Cycling
Posted by: pixelus on: August 15, 2007
- In: bike| bike to work| cycling| environment
- 1 Comment
I have always believed that cycling offers several benefits, not only for the individual person, but to the environment and to the society where the individual belongs. Health benefits stands out among these, followed by the lessening of man’s impact on the environment. Bikers get their dose of exercise while going to their destination, [...]
We have our “Trisikad”, N.Y has “Bicytaxi”
Posted by: pixelus on: August 9, 2007
The poor man’s taxi; not allowed to pass through major streets; a sweating smelly driver. All these describe the “trisikad”, “padyak” or simply pedicab. If you are used to riding your airconditioned car, then you wouldn’t be familiar with it. And if you have seen one of them, or noticed one while [...]
Firefly Brigade
"The fireflies have fled the city because they could not stand its dirty air. All of us cyclists, pedestrians, commuters, even those who ride cars who live, work and raise families in the city may suffer the same fate. We continue to dirty our city's air with polluting vehicles and factories. As a result, we also risk disappearing like the fireflies."
Why resign ourselves to this fate? We have a choice. We can fight for clean air and bring the fireflies back.
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