Posts tagged biking
(via Bike-Part Vending Machine Arrives in Minneapolis - Transportation - GOOD)
For someone who just spent the better part of her afternoon wrestling with gravity and every last ounce of patience while trying to change the rear tube on a 1979 Schwinn, this idea is just goddamned amazing. Owning my own stand is not an option right now. Think of how much easier it would be without the cursing and sweating and squishing of brake cables and crashing into living room objects because she can’t stand still upside down.
I would like to see these everywhere.
Sweet. This looks like it is at the bus stop on Hennepin near Lagoon, right?
1000 words. How did I not hear anything about this?? Thankfully no one was seriously hurt, bikers or in the car. Click through for the questionable explanation. (via Velo Traffic)
Whoa! It takes some work to get a car onto the Greenway right there.
Minneapolis Bike Love for sale
$250,000 Buy It Now price? I suppose mellow-drama is included with that? I think Jeremy Werst’s actions over the past couple months have done a great disservice to the community he has built up. I hope he can resolve whatever is going on in his life.
Minneapolis Man Hit With Sulfuric Acid While Riding Bike | KSTP TV
A Minneapolis man was hit with acid while biking on Chicago Avenue. Abe Hotchkiss initially thought he had been hit with water from a balcony up above.
Several seconds later when he looked down, the bracelet he was wearing started disintegrating.
He ended up at the burn unit, where doctors told him he had been hit with sulfuric acid. Doctors warned him it can keep burning, so he has to go back to the burn unit every day as they monitor the injuries.
What the fuck?
Minnesota Crime Authorities are warning folks about bike thefts, particularly in SW, where there’s been — all together, now — a “rash” of missing bicycles. They have tips to prevent theft: Lock the Bike is No. 1, as you might expect. I would add: Lock the bike to a Rottweiler. Smear the bike with meat so he has extra motivation. This doesn’t always work; just about everyone has had a bike swiped — you go to where you left it, and there’s just a wheel, as if there was the Rapture of the Schwinns and they all went up to Bike Heaven.
-James Lileks
Keeping bike thieves at bay isn’t that hard | StarTribune.com
Highly amusing article from Lileks on bike theft.
Drunken driver who killed Lawrence woman on bicycle sentenced to 6 months in jail | LJWorld.com
Two parents embraced outside a Douglas County courtroom Thursday afternoon: one, a mother whose son was just sentenced to jail.
The other, a father who will never see his daughter again.
Their conversation was private, but the moment even caused court employees to get choked up.
Minutes earlier, a Douglas County District Court judge had sentenced 22-year-old Joel Hernandez to six months in jail for drinking and driving and killing a 20-year-old Lawrence woman in October. The six-month sentence is the maximum allowed by law for a first-time misdemeanor DWI offense.
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Hernandez, a former Haskell Indian Nations University student and a Lawrence High graduate, pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated and leaving the scene of an accident involving a death, after reaching a deal with prosecutors in April.
Hernandez will be on probation for one year after his release from jail.
Judge Michael Malone also ordered Hernandez to complete 200 hours of community service and to pay a $500 fine.
Malone said he hoped the jail time would serve as a deterrent to Hernandez and anyone else considering getting behind the wheel after drinking.
Remember folks, if you ever want commit murder, do it behind the wheel; preferably with a bottle of booze in hand.
Our government’s constant pandering to the automobile seriously needs to end, and quickly.
endo in portland (by perfect.tommy)
“looks like a fixie with no front brake who lost his chain. “
Masi Randonneur (via dmd.hashw)
Picked this up from Behind-Bars in NE the other day. So far I’m liking it a lot.
Improvements making Minneapolis a better biking city
Minneapolis is already among the top bicycling cities in the country, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, and 2009 brought many improvements and additions to the city’s biking network. During the year, seven miles of bikeways were built, either as reconstructed bike trails or new on-street lanes.
As of the end of 2009, the city has 44 miles of on-street bikeways and 84 miles of off-street bike paths. 2010 promises a bikeway building boom for bicyclists, whether they ride for transportation or recreation. During the 2010 construction season, 35 miles of on-street bikeways are being built. That’s nearly a doubling of on-street bikeways in the city in just one year. In addition, three new miles of off-street bike paths will be constructed.
