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Archive for the ‘Cycling Thoughts’ Category
The Fall (Fail?) of Bike Share
Posted by Neal on November 27th, 2011
Posted in Cycling Thoughts, General 
Tags: australia, bike helmet, culture of fear, helmet laws 
No Comments »The Dutch Cycling Embassy
Posted by Neal on October 30th, 2011
The video speaks for itself. If only other countries had the socio-political will:
Talking about NAHBS…
Posted by Neal on October 29th, 2011
In 2012 (March 2-4), the North American Handmade Bicycle Show will be held in Sacremento, California. It would be great to make it over there as these builders push the boundaries of bike design. Gates Carbon Design is sponsoring a frame design competition this year which should see some cool innovations. I’m really attached to [...]
John Caletti Custom Road Frame
Posted by Neal on October 29th, 2011
After many years of thinking, discussing, dreaming and a bit of bike fitting I’ve gone custom. Yes, the North American Handmade Bicycle Show (NAHBS) has succeeded in its task and I’ve become a bike snob. Some would say I already was :p No more off-the-peg factory produced blandness for my next bike as bland will be replaced by [...]
There is an alternative to autocentric development
Posted by Neal on August 9th, 2010
The more I cycle the more I realise the transformative effect cycling can have on our cityscapes. Cityscapes that are, in the main, dominated by a car culture. It was back in the 60s when bike friendly Copenhagen understood this and fought back against the threat from the increasing affordability of the car. Today, similar [...]
