Bike Hugger 

Rode over to Ignite Seattle on the Brompton wearing a Hugga Wool T, Rudy Exowinds, Lazer "Tron" Urbanize helmet with blinky lights, and Bright Pocket pants from Cordarounds.

Seemed stylish to me, but the crew at Hugga HQ was laughing.

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This weekend marks the first Bike Sunday of the season. So hitch up the trailers, pack a picnic and bring the family out for a nice ride along the lake. More information is available from Seattle Parks & Recreation.

Bicycle along Lake Washington Boulevard south of Mount Baker Beach to Seward Park’s entrance. Lake Washington Boulevard will be closed to motorized traffic from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

That jumble of acronyms is for the Mobile Social @ Event Apart in Seattle this Sunday, May 3rd from 4 - 6PM. We’ll ride from the Waterfront to the South Park neighborhood for a keg tapping at Schooner Exact Brewery. After a few beers, we’ll give away some schwag and a Yuba Mundo.

Details

• Mobile Social Event Page
• on Upcoming
• on Facebook

That’s Matt from Schooner Exact in the photo. He likes beer and bikes and Bike Hugger.

After reading about bad cops and cyclists, it was nice to see this video, but Copenhagnize has debunked it as propaganda from the Danish Road Safety Council, a pro-car lobby.

Something as utilitarian as a bike stand has inspired designers, artists, and various competitions. The recent winner of the Gateway Bikestand Challenge in Toronto is Justin Rosette with what looks like a docking berth for Double-O Seven’s speedboat.

Other design submissions include Expression and Urban Relic.

Dig that one, but not sure a cyclist would know that’s a rack. A fav is the secure bike rack from Design Against Crime.

We’ve noticed handbuilt, custom bike shows always have a curious emphasis on baskets and racks. Someone could probably start a basket & rack blog and ponder racks from those shows and this porter from Good Morning Technology.

It combines a handlebar, basket and says, “hey check my basket!” Or the chrome version would work really well in a modernist bathroom. Hang hand towels and put all your toiletries in it.

Hat tip to reader Chris L and noquedanblogs. Also seen on Design Boom and NOTCOT.

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Electra just sent us a Townie Sport 105 to test. We’ve gotten a number of people to ride it and are getting a full review together. In the meantime, enjoy the picture-y goodness.

Bent riders are unto themselves, a rare breed, with crazy ideas like a morphing bike position … also see Joe Kochanowski and his 3-position machine.

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We’re in Portland for a Mobile Social that weekend, but just the same the West Side Invite 09 is in Seattle this year:

“For the last eight years the Westside Invite has occurred in a place called Portland. Now in its ninth year we here in Seattle are fortunate enough to host this event (sans strip clubs). We hope to bring the same NW flavor that you would expect from a Westside, with a unique Seattle slant. What we are looking to do this year in Seattle is show everyone our beautiful Emerald City. Were going to take you to the places we hang out, the places we work and the places we play. This will not be just a metropolitan tour of the core, it will be cycling journey from south to north and from skid row to the top.”

From Zlog Boutique.

Also see posts and photos about abike ride, a corn dog, a beer. At the Corn Dog Classic.