Now doesn’t this feel just like what getting married is like? Off you go together on a grand adventure full of hope and energy. It’s almost Spring and if you are thinking about getting on your bike and/or getting hitched there are a few more fun bicycle wedding photos at Green Wedding Shoes
The posters designed by Jessica and Zara made it onto the cool Portland cycle blog Trackosaurus Rex. Check it out.
Now You Too Can Be Cyclopathic
At last there is a tool that enables cyclists to map their route from point A to point B while preferentially factoring in bike paths and bike lanes – Cyclopath. Now I’ve been to point B quite a few times and know the way but I’ve never gotten there from point C. Cyclopath allows me to map the route, adjust it, get a sense of what I’ll be in for and print directions. You can use any address in the Twin Cities and surrounding region the map covers and even map to points of interest like parks.
Maps can be viewed as street layer or aerial photos and the system indicates distance, allows you to make and save changes to maps, share them and even lets you interpret your route using several filters of special interest to cyclists like “byway type”, rating and even by slope so you can embark on the pleasantly futile task of trying to plan a route that’s down hill both ways.
There are many more features and it seems like a pretty powerful new tool but one with a little bit of a learning curve. Fortunately the folks at Cyclopath have taken this into account as well and are offering a lecture about how to use the system. Not only are the tool and the lecture free they’ll feed you breakfast so stop by as you ride your bike in to work tomorrow (weather should be pretty nice). The lecture is Thursday, November 12 from 8:30 – 9:30 at the UofM. More info available here. Can’t make it to breakfast. View it live online at 8:40am.
Who would take on this heroic and altruistic effort you ask? Well that is the beauty of having a large land-grant, research oriented, university in your town. The University of Minnesota’s Institute for New Media Studies did all the heavy lifting. Now all you have to do is enjoy the ride.
You ride a bike for the love of the ride but appreciate the health benefits too. And I might ad that smiling and fit is a great look on you. To draw a little more well deserved attention to your tail end try attaching these sweet panniers from Queen Bee Creations. Hand made by actual humans in Portland, OR these babies are well designed for artful form and function. Plus they’ll haul as much as a SUV (usually carries) while allowing you to definitively concur the moral high ground.
twin six: busy getting (even more) famous
here’s a great article on ridiculously talented mpls designers and all-around great guys, brent and ryan of twin six.
via allan peters.
This is crazy but really cool. Dancing on bikes, who knew?
...and the bike you rode in on.
What a lovely day to stumble upon some great bicycle photography… that reminds me of Winter. Fortunately I clicked forward into some Summer shots while resisting the urge to throw myself out the window in a desperate attempt to escape thinking about how cold my studio is in February. I warmed immediately as I was reminded that cycling is such a design aware sport. Most companies invest in great logos, care about color, texture, shape, etc. and cyclists have learned to appreciate these details. Keep that in mind as you check out the design details in some of the great photographs at Photo-Cycle but make sure you’re not by any windows. I’m collecting more photographers here.