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Vintage bike photos are awesome

Case in point:

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Found via Box Dog Blog via Black and WTF

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17.Feb.10 Pictures Comments (0)

Seattle’s Mayor Mike McGinn bikes to work

Seems like the most down to earth mayor ever!

No better way to understand the current state of our citys streets than to be out in them. This mayor gets it

Thanks StreetFilms for another fantastic video

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16.Feb.10 Uncategorized Comments (0)

Dan’s interesting articles, February 16, 2010

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15.Feb.10 Uncategorized Comments (0)

My Cree MC-E custom headlight

Forgot to post this! I built this setup a couple months back and its been running flawlessly since..and god damn is it bright.

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The LED is a Cree MC-E mounted to a star board and thermally epoxied into a 1” copper cap from the hardware store which is “creatively” rigged onto a U-bolt. A 15 degree lens is installed; good light spread. I used some curved spacers from v-brake pads to allow the light to be pivoted and adjusted into position. These LEDs get hot, especially at full power, but so far the copper has done an excellent job as a heatsink. Simply riding the bike wicks away nearly all the heat.

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The battery is a 14.8V 4400mAh lithium ion pack crammed into a water bottle. The whole thing is driven by a bFlex controller that controls the light output modes and regulates the power. It’s interfaced by the red weatherproof button seen above. There’s a small red LED (near the red lid) that the bFlex board is connected to that tells me when the battery is low and needs to be charged.

My first LED setup way back in 2007 was a trio of CREE XREs that I quite liked but I noticed one day cruising the information superhighway that LED technology had already come leaps and bounds in just the few short years since that build: I could now build a single LED setup that would match the brightness of the previous three and with less power consumed!

Costs: The LED ran me $25, the battery $80, the controller $30. Not a cheap build but Im going 3 years on the battery and controller now and I feel confident riding at night. When your bike is your only form of transportation like it is for me, the cost is worth it

Its a pretty easy little project and the payoff is nice, give it a try. Drop a comment if you have any questions or just, you know, want to comment, that’s cool too :D

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15.Feb.10 Projects Comments (2)

Dan’s interesting articles, February 9, 2010

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08.Feb.10 Uncategorized Comments (0)

Wood framed beauty:The Birch Bike

This was a submission over at fixedgeargallery.com and god damn is it beautiful. 350 hours of work! I love all the laminated wood segments. Check it out

More pictures and info here

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07.Feb.10 Pictures Comment (1)

Witness Grabs Keys from Hit-and-Run SUV Driver

http://www.news10.net/news/article.aspx?storyid=74393

Hardcore. Gives me the warm and fuzzies to know there are people out there who still care and are watching out for all of us…but unfortunately at the same time, you can’t help but be saddened at the seemingly never-ending stream of news related to bicyclist injuries and deaths at the hands of motor vehicle operators.

Found via Streetsblog SF

Update: Couple Praised After Saving Hit And Run Victim

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02.Feb.10 Uncategorized Comment (1)

Dan’s interesting articles, February 2, 2010

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01.Feb.10 Uncategorized Comments (0)

Very nice brazed porteur rack build

Rack build by Duncan Cycles.

I’ve had recent interest in building my own rack similar to this so I quite enjoyed peeking through the build process pictures. Looks like some very nice work

Flickr set: http://www.flickr.com/photos/duncancycles/sets/72157604138214903/

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31.Jan.10 Uncategorized Comments (0)

Whoa…Sturmey Archer 3spd barcon

Whoa…well hello there. Never expect I’d see it, but it exists apparently, a 3 speed Sturmey Archer bar-end shifter, awesome. The folks over at Soma carry it

Also recently come to my attention and on the same topic, a brifter that works with Shimano Nexus & Alfine 8 speed hubs! (brifter = brake+shifter if I lost some of you there). Made by a company I’ve never previously heard of called Sussex Enterprises and more info here

Lovin all the attention towards internally geared hubs :)

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28.Jan.10 Uncategorized Comments (2)