Two Wheeling

I Got You Babe

Sorry, I've been in communicado for a couple weeks......lots to share with you.

We hosted the Trek Community Bike kiosk at Consider Biking week before last. It's been installed in 8 US cities so far--Denver has 500 community bikes, Madison 350, etc.

 
The system uses heavy duty (I'd say indestructible) urban bikes and a cool software system that allows you to scan a membership card or a credit card. We're hoping to install 100+ community bikes in CBus soon--keep your fingers crossed.

I was biking to work through Whetstone Park early one morning last week when I came across an erie sight--sunbeams in an otherwise completely darkened glade. I couldn't tell whether to expect a fairy convention or for Scotty to beam me up!

 

I came across a very cool bike and biker in the Short North last week.

 
Check out the spikes.......

 
and a close up of Sonny.....

 

Check out the bi-plane flyin at the Mt. Vernon airfield last weekend.

 

and the cool, authentic totem pole I saw right on the Ohio River last weekend.

 
and then there's the mighty Ohio....

 
as pretty as a picture.

 

Check It Out

They installed the exterior sign at Consider Biking yesterday. It looks awesome!

 

We're having an open house tonight from 5-8 pm (4041 N High in Clintonville). Please stop by if you're in the neighborhood and check out our offices and the Trek Community Biking kiosk. This is the cool system that is currently deployed in 8 American cities and, we hope, soon to come to CBus. (BTW, we'll have lots of good beer available.)

I snapped these photos of a very snappy fixie on my way to work this morning. The owner mans the coffee shop on the ground floor of the Dakota in the Short North.

 

Check out a closeup of these cool wheels....

 

and the artwork on the frame.......

 

These bikes are works of art and a wonderful form of self expression--they make you smile when you look at them. I hope you are enjoying my photos.

Please join us tonight at Consider Biking--we'd love to see you. 

Does This Make Any Sense?

When I began biking to work almost 10 years ago one of first things I noticed was how many cars only had one occupant. I think you probably notice this when you're commuting via automobile, but you don't see that many cars because you're moving  with traffic--when you're on a bike you see hundreds of cars during a typical commute and the wastefulness of our daily commuting system really hits home .

I hadn't given this much thought over the past few years, but while waiting at Panera Tuesday morning to embark on the BIKE BUS I watched at least 100 cars pass by, all containing just one occupant.

I started thinking......each of these cars is designed to carry at least 5 passengers--so if there's only one person in them they are operating at 20% of capacity. That means at least 80% of the fossil fuel being used and 80% of the CO2 and other emissions are being used/emitted for no purpose! Does this make any sense? (That's a rhetorical question.)

While biking to work yesterday I saw a mess at the corner of Hudson and High where a vehicle, probably an auto (certainly not a bicycle!) plowed into and demolished the newstands.

 

I hopped off my bike to take this photo and as I was preparing to leave I saw four pennies neatly stacked on the curb--I'd like to know the story behind that.

 

On the way home I snapped this photo of a young family walking along High Street in Clintonville. I really liked the baby's Outback-style hat. His parents said his name is "Fox" after X Files.

 

I biked in this morning with Jim, a young designer at OSU. He's been biking to work from his home in Worthington for 3 years and loves it! Like me, he used to use the Olentangy bike path, but now rides High Street because it's a more direct route. I'm seeing lots more bikes on High Street--we've got a ways to go to catch Portland and Minneapolis, but we're moving in the right direction!