Apr 26th, 2007 at 6:08PM: Ember's post about bikes in Beijing interested me quite a bit. Consequently, when I stumbled on Mac Kane's photo essay called Beijing Trikes, I was curious. Kane claims that despite numerous cars and plentiful traffic jams, Beijing has retained a strong connection to both the bicycle and the tricycle. Working the narrow alleys of the hutong districts where cars have a difficult time maneuvering, ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Beijing's Trikes
Apr 26th, 2007 at 6:08PM: Ember's post about bikes in Beijing interested me quite a bit. Consequently, when I stumbled on Mac Kane's photo essay called Beijing Trikes, I was curious. Kane claims that despite numerous cars and plentiful traffic jams, Beijing has retained a strong connection to both the bicycle and the tricycle. Working the narrow alleys of the hutong districts where cars have a difficult time maneuvering, ...A Canadian In Beijing: Two-Wheeled Matrimony
Apr 24th, 2007 at 3:08AM:
I've been here for three weeks and I'm pretty sure that yesterday was my first "bad day." Okay, perhaps "bad" is the wrong word for it. I'd have to say that what started as a good day became a low day, a sad day, a frustrating and annoying day. . . a day when I wished I were home and not here. . . for just an hour, perhaps. I could have even found solace in twenty minutes. (They need to invent ...A Canadian in Beijing: Righteous Bikes
Apr 11th, 2007 at 4:55AM: The thing about bicycles in Beijing is that they're fearless, they're everywhere, they're irreverent and they're their own characters. I know that it's people who ride these bikes, but there seems to be a network of bikes themselves, like a secret society of Beijing bikes that meet at "koumen" (intersections) at all hours of the day to discuss how to better rule the roads. You can almost see them ...World Naked Bike Ride Day, 2007
Mar 28th, 2007 at 2:35PM: Giving new meaning to "underground" railroad bicycle route, on March 10th, organizers staged a World Naked Bike Ride to protest against oil dependency and car culture. Missed it? Me, too. Don't fret, though. There are more to come.
On June 9th and 30th, the organizers are staging additional WNBRs all over the world to continue their protests against indecent exposure to automobile emissions and ...The New Way to See Paris: On A Bicycle
Feb 1st, 2007 at 6:58AM: Recently, Paris announced plans to make bicycles available to the city's commuters, strollers, and tourists for free. Working with French outdoor advertising firm JCDecaux SA -- which received access to more than 1600 publicity sites in exchange for providing the bikes -- the City plans to have in excess of 14,000 bikes by this summer, and more than 20,000 by the end of 2007. To borrow a bike, ...Photo of the Day (1/3/07)
Jan 3rd, 2007 at 10:35PM: Today's photo selection out of the Gadling Flickr pool comes from kelake. Taken in Bangkok, this cool shot of a bicycle standing alone, waiting to be taken on a Southeast Asian excursion caught my attention. It almost looks as though the back wall is a dark forest green color, though the photo appears to be B&W. Good stuff though and I hope to see more Thailand pics from kelake in the near ...Biking Cross Country
Apr 11th, 2006 at 9:20AM: So you want to ride your bicycle across country. OK. Nice idea. But are you really
ready for it? Do you know what you're up against and what a trip like that is going to cost? Well, writer/rider Calvin
Woodard is here to help. Woodard did the trip already, and has advice that he is more than happy to share. So how much WILL it cost to ride across country? Plan on $4,000
to $5,000, Woodard says, ...
