Hey, thanks for stopping by! If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to the RSS feed. You can also subscribe to BikeHacks by email. Thanks for visiting!Last week I posted an article about the Democratic National Convention and how no bike racks were installed for those who might want to ride their bike [...]

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This is a picture meant to show how much space it would take to transport people assuming each had their own car, took the bus or rode a bike. Thanks Germany!

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You can count me among those who were disappointed to hear that the Democratic National Convention is going to be bike free. As reported by the Colorado Independent:
Organizers for the Democratic National Convention and party leaders have touted the official greenness of the upcoming convention in Denver, including everything from biodiesel buses and recyclable [...]

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Just a small reminder to all you cyclists out there - cars weigh more than bikes. I have had words with a few automobile drivers in my time but I am always cognizant of the fact that if the driver of the car “loses it” and decides to target me - I’m going to [...]

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This is less hackery than an impressive piece of engineering:
The Dogsled appears to be built for Burning Man, but beyond that I don’t have much info. Oh, and it looks like it’d be fun to ride, though turning seems questionable. Build pics here and more build pics here. And here’s a blog post with [...]

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It seems hip to be associated with the iPhone these days. I have held one once or twice and admit that they look cool and the interface is much better than I have seen on any other hand held device, but not cool enough for me to drop down the cash and change [...]

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I posted some pictures of bicycles I saw in Rio De Janeiro last week and I stumbled upon some photos of graffiti I saw in Sao Paulo. These two tags are not super impressive, they just have to do with bikes so I took them, but I must say that I saw some of [...]

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Some things are just meant to go together. Like peanut butter and jelly, Oreo cookies and milk, beer and . . . well, beer goes with just about anything as far as I’m concerned. Another great combination is the bicycle and camping.
Bikes are not just basic transit either, they can [...]

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I ran into an article via the Los Angeles Times that starts with this:
When a research study in a peer-reviewed journal appears with the title “Cutting Off the Nose to Save the Penis” … well, forgive me, but I’ve got to take a look.
I would tend to agree. That is a study that, ahem, [...]

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I spent some talking walking around Central Park on a beautiful weekend recently and ran into what can only be described as the Everything Bike. I decorate my bike with a few miscellaneous items like discarded car air fresheners I find in the street but this dude takes it to a whole new level, [...]

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