Portland Airport introduces bike assembly station
Leave it to Portland to continue to be revolutionary on the bike front. PDX airport now has a station purpose built for travelers who have brought a bike with them and would like to build it and ride off into the sunset. I’ve assembled my bike at LAX baggage claim before and despite some inquisitive passengers and a leery security guard, it went just fine…but a bike station would be even better 
Details at BikePortland.org
01.Jul.10 
Pedal powered Porsche of the future
Maybe? It could happen. Maybe as a stop gap at least until we get people transport tubes and then eventually teleportation
Get ready for this video full of THRILLING EXCITEMENT
More creative uses for bike tubes
The creativity surrounding repurposing spent bike tubes amazes me; love it
Close the gap: Bay Bridge west span pathway
What good is an east span bike path without a west? Good question because I sure can’t come up with a sensible answer. A west span path would be the logical conclusion to the nearly completed east span and to the age old San Francisco bike commute quandary that AC Transit buses and even the Caltrans shuttle do not fully solve.
On March 23rd, Senate Bill 1061, which if set into law would allow toll collections to be used for the pathway, will be heard by the Committee on Transportation and Housing. The East Bay Bicycle Coalition is urging letters of support to be sent (snail mail, really?). My fingers are crossed on this one
Google Maps “bike there” finally arrives!
WOOHOO!
Back in October of last year, Google made the big announcement they’d be adding a feature to their Google Maps application for bike navigation (to add to their list of other alternative means of transportation like walking and transit). What I love about Google is they consistently back up their talk and today, they’ve come through and made available a GIANT database of bike route data and the new ability to punch in addresses into Google Maps and have it route you the best way on a bike!!
Been playing with it and it has some great data for Berkeley, San Francisco and Oakland and by the looks of things, has great data elsewhere too. This is big, really big. Go check it out
Google’s official blog – Biking directions added to Google Maps
Dan’s interesting articles, March 2, 2010
- Cyclist's flower power spreads the love after potholes bloom in icy weather
- Seoul Transforms a Freeway Into A River and Public Park
- Hummer Going the Way of the Dodo
Spring is coming!
Hooray! Our plum tree in the backyard just started flowering and my hardwood fig cuttings are now showing some life. Still waiting on our apple trees but they should follow suit soon. Time to start thinking about this years garden!
P.S I apologize to our East Coast snow bound readers 
Impressive tube ball
From the folks over at Box Dog Bikes in San Francisco, they’ve shown us their bundle of joy: a massive ball of innertubes
I was pretty excited when mine got to be fist sized, this is impressive (and yes I am impressed by such things)
