I was amused to see this headline .  The conservatives apparently thought that this was just a way to make a political point, to show ...

Portland, Oregon, now has a cycle rental/sharing program like New York, London, Paris and many other cities (and some wards of Tokyo). ...

One interesting factoid from Cycle Oregon:  in Idaho cyclists do not need to stop at stop signs.  These are "yield" signs for cycl...

Today the news comes that 71 year old U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has broken his right femur while cycling on his custom Serotta (mad...

Recently in getting around Tokyo, I have noticed some large scale rental bicycle stands.  First, there was one in Minato-ku, with red-colore...

My longtime friend Shigeki Kobayashi of the non-profit Bicycle Promotion Study Group asked me to present at Cyclemode. I followed Yukiya A...

I opened up a local English language paper on Saturday morning and was surprised to see a FULL PAGE devoted to the issue of bicycle-pedestri...

Here is the link to Ezra Klein's take on this WSJ fumble (and you can view the video there)  -- both he and James Fallows used the comp...

News Flash -- May 21, 2012.   Bicycling Magazine's 2012 list of the most bicycle friendly cities in the U.S.A. is out. Portland, Orego...

Over the last three weeks I assembled this bike for the girlfriend of a cycling buddy in Bremen. He wanted his girlfriend to start riding an...

Just completed yesterday the built-up for my first fixie, just in time for a test ride on the weekend. Red theme on a blue basis. More pho...

Well, today is my birthday. Thank you David & Ludwig for your good wishes. I took half a day off from work and my new white Olmo out on ...

Some photos of the new blue Olmo which will replace the blue Gazelle as my new commuting bike. Come summer, come winter. In honor of David ...

Yesterday I sold the Pescarolo bike. No, not to the guy on the photo. This was the first sale of a bike I built up new completely as opposed...

It such a nice past time to come home after work and built-up a wheel. In the office one has worked with paper on abstract processes but her...

Another bike project ready to be ridden: The Pescarolo. I bought this one by mistake last winter and parked it at my parents house for occas...

I have started to buy, repair, restore and sell old bicycles just a few month ago, mainly as a hobby to spend the long cold winter days in B...

During the dark and cold winter months in Bremen I developed a love for old bicycle parts. The magic letters are N.O.S.  the abbreviation fo...