A new challenge for the month of April is being posed to the citizens of earth, especially the ones using twitter, it seems. 30 days of biking is an initative through the month that begins today. The rules are simple – ride your bike at least once a day. Those who commute will find the [...]
In a recent post I talked about how cycling is becoming ever-cool. Exceeding the lycra-clad fitness freaks and Dutch-style heavy roaming commuters, cycling has reached a young(ish) audience with low-maintenance, fast, light and affordable bikes, spurred on in part by the urban culture trend towards fixed gear bikes. The movement, if it is that, isn’t [...]
I’ve waxed lyrical here and on the twitter device (among other places) about the fact that it is a long held belief of mine that cars are, for the most part, utterly useless creatures in a city. Sitting in traffic jams listening to mediocre radio while you commute to/from work in a tin box that [...]
Dublin is in a nice part of the world. We don’t gain or loose much with global warming. Nothing extreme about our weather – our variance is just different levels of wetness for the most part. However since mid-December we’ve had a bit of a cold snap, but avoided the same snowy tundra of other [...]
Amsterdam is a generally peaceful, nice place. Especially in winter. You can see in this video, most people are gliding along gracefully on their single-gear bikes and going about their daily business. However, one plucky man (I’m guessing a student by the hat & attitude) walks up to this gentleman who’s selling Christmas trees on [...]
