P1000791
23 December 2007 | No Comments
P1000791
Originally uploaded by adraude.
First ride
23 December 2007 | No Comments
First ride
Originally uploaded by dpreece7.
This is a bit of a mish-mash fixie. You might say this is ugly, but I would say that you’re wrong, loser.
sheldon brown
23 December 2007 | No Comments
sheldon brown
Originally uploaded by John Prolly.
All Hail Sheldon!
Spinergy
23 December 2007 | No Comments
Spinergy
Originally uploaded by twentyvolume.
This Black bike falls in the mags / spokes trend I see around so much with the narrow bar mod. Damn, I wish this were mine.
“Trick” Play Bike
23 December 2007 | No Comments
"Trick" Play Bike
Originally uploaded by KIZMKK.
Sweet Multicolor!
riserbarlockup-1.jpg
23 December 2007 | No Comments
riserbarlockup-1.jpg
Originally uploaded by kjten22.
graffiti report card 2
1 July 2007 | No Comments
graffiti report card 2
Originally uploaded by bbaunach.
This is a blog entry of the graffiti report card.
Illegal Right Hand Turn Leads to a Very Hurt Person
19 June 2007 | No Comments
Street: Market St.
Cross Street: Octavia
City: San Francisco
State: California
Date: 01.22.07
Time: early morning
Severity: severe
Driver’s Vehicle: pickup truck
Driver’s Age: unknown
Driver’s Gender: Male
Ford pick-up truck belonging to cement company Associated Terrazzo. Driver: male, made an illegal right hand turn onto the Octavia on ramp, ran me over and kept going until apprehended at the Cesar Chavez exit. He claims he didn’t know he’d run over anything.
A Handy Guide for all Stanford Students
12 April 2007 | No Comments
Let’s face it. This site pretty much sucks. But, let me explain! This site sucks because about a year ago Bitter Cyclist was attacked by some hacker who put up a YouTube video of Turkish militants defeating British occupation (don’t ask me why). I had to rebuild the site from scratch, and my hasty construction caused this site to suck. Since this site sucks so bad, I wanted to point out a few things that used to be cool and now kind of suck, but at least you won’t have to waste a lot of your time looking around, right? The content is sliced into a few simple categories:
- Stories about my hatered of cars and the people who drive them. I’m almost fully recovered now. That’s why I rarely write on this site. I pretty much keep my posts on my moneymaker: DesignCrack.com
- How-To Articles. You need to learn a bit about how to prepare for a bike tour? Here’s where to go. It’s a passion.
- Travel and Touring (mainly by bike). I do this a lot. Here are some of my flickr photos to prove it.
- Bike accident stories straight from the victims. I made a google map mashup a couple of years ago that never really caught on (maybe because it sucked). But at least 30 people or so wrote their horror stories. Here’s one of my personal favorites. Feel free to add your own by emailing me.
- Pictures of Pretty Bikes and Other Random Stuff.
- That’s all you get on this site.
Finally, I’d like to make a shameless plug for my other site: DesignCrack.com. If all the students in Jonathan Hunt’s writing classes sign up for the Design Crack email newsletter (aptly named: The Crack Dealer) I promise to leverage any blackmailing or other methods on Jon such that you will all receive an A for this class. If this is one of those hippie schools that no longer give grades, then I will make sure that a satisfactory review is made of your work. If someone in your class does not sign up, then the deal is off and you’ve at least signed up for a pretty interesting newsletter. Tell your friends to sign up as well!
Bicycle Accident: Fixed Gear Losers
9 April 2007 | 1 Comment
Street: Panhandle bike lane, westbound
Cross Street: Cole
City: San Francisco
State: California
Date: 2006-06-24
Time: late morning
Severity: not severe
Driver’s Vehicle: other
Driver’s Age: 28
Driver’s Gender: Male
Description: I was heading west on the bike lane at a moderate speed (~18mph). A group of guys is jogging ahead of me, I did not see anyone approaching in the left lane so I swung out to pass. Some hipster on a track bike wearing all black (of course) comes tearing down the trail at over 25mph. He swerves and overcorrects on the dirt, which is covered with slippery Eucalyptus leaves. Totally wipes out. Luckily he was okay. I scolded the guys for running in the bike lane and told them to cross the park and use the pedestrian side. But really, (begin rant) the problem was mostly the guy who was too cool to ride a bike that isn’t geared for TRACK SPRINTS, which had NO BRAKES, while wearing “starving-artist-chic” black clothes on a foggy morning. I’m getting really sick of this trend. Track bikes are cool and all, but look around– this isn’t exactly a velodrome. Our streets are rough, narrow, and freaking steep. It’s not like any of these uber-cool wannabes have ever actually seen a velodrome, much less learned to ride a track bike properly, but my point nevertheless is there’s a reason why normal bikes have gears, brakes and freehubs. It’s to keep you from breaking your jaw or needing knee surgery at 26. Idiots! (end rant).