Kickstand Coffee launches this Saturday May 15th at McCarren Park in Williamsburg Brooklyn. Kickstand uses bicycles for transportation and for a portion of their power in brewing coffee. You can check them out on their website or @kickstandcoffee.
How many folks listen to headphones while riding in the city? I’ve got mixed feelings about the whole thing but feel like my morning commute isn’t the same without music. I’m just carefully with the volume and have always wondered why bicyclists don’t have helmets like motorcyclists – ones that project sound from inside. This little gadget is trying to change all that. Wonder what the sounds quality is like…
The Shake offers the ability to hear your ambient surroundings at the same time as your music and given that you’re presumably wearing a helmet for good reason, situational awareness in dangerous situations is an extraordinarily good idea, particularly at just US$120. [h/t @newamsterdamize via Gizmodo]
Can you imagine if they replaced that giant tree composed of many other trees in Rockefeller center with something a little more sustainable? London’s got the right idea.
Sarah Wigglesworth Architects has been commissioned by developers igloo to create a bespoke Christmas tree for Bermondsey Square, London, SE1. The Bermondsey Square Christmas tree is composed of 35 recycled bike wheels, set on a simple structure, in the recognisable shape of a Christmas Tree. [via Architects Journal h/t @rachelleraehouse for the find!]
Recycle-A-Bicycle will be holding its 15th Birthday Celebration: A Benefit Auction Featuring the NY400 Fleet of Batavus Bicycles & Bike-themed Art at Superfine 126 Front Street in DUMBO, Brooklyn.
Recycle-A-Bicycle has been creating an arsenal of bike art from hand-crafted from bike parts by volunteers for a sale at the event.
Tickets to RAB’s benefit and 15 year birthday start at a $20 donation and include food and drink – not mention that you can meet your favorite cycling blogger, yours truly at the event! You can find the event on Facebook or online at www.recycleabicycle.org.
This bike safety video might scare and/or confuse you but that’s part of the fun. Thanks to @sburgay for the find!
1963 Bicycle Safety Film entitled “One Got Fat”. A group of monkey-masked kids decide to ride their bikes to the park for a picnic. Along the way, one by one, the kids are knocked out of the ride due to careless or unsafe riding. Narration by Edward Everett Horton of “Fractured Fairytales” (Old Rocky and Bullwinkle) fame.
Check out this video from streetsfilms explaining the different types of New York City bike lanes and examples of the their implementation. We’re on our way to becoming a world class cycling city! [via Streetsblog]
Bike lanes: In some cities people are so desperate for them they’ll go so far as to mark their own. Here in New York City, it
In this economy, blah, blah, blah. Make stuff for your bike! It’s cheap and fun.
#1 Make a Bike Camera Stand
Photojojo, has a really great visualization of how to make a camera mount of your handlebars.
[via Photojojo]
Anyone want to get this going for our first trip to Conney Island? [Coming soon!]
#2 Make Your Own Bike Pannier
These commuter bags are incredibly expensive and Instructables gives you instructions to create one for less than $10.
[via Instructables]
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