Bike Hugger 

Made a thing that parses weather data into a bicycle barometer

A cyclist in London wanted to simplify his morning commute decision making between riding bike or taking the Tube. So he made a barometer with an old clock case. A servo moves the needle towards the bike or Tube and is controlled by a nanode controller that derives a value from the web. To take small chunks of information from the Web and display it on a physical thing it’s geeky enough, bonus to incorporate the bike. That’s a bike Maker and something we’d like to see at another Built.

Photo: Jonathan Ford.

Trek Soho, as seen on Flickr

Flickr rolled out a redesign, bigger data plan, and assurances the service is relevant this week. Of the 14K photos we’ve shared over the years and the 3 million views on them, this Trek Soho S Japan tops the stats list. 15K views and it was posted 5 years ago. See more photos, since 06, in our photostream.

Stupid Girl

Yesterday in the UK, a Emmaway20 tweeted about running a cyclist off the road. The story popped in my feeds and Carlton Reid picked it up on his blog. The latest update is the cyclist that was hit came forward and the police have found Emmaway20. She had deleted her tweet and account after it was spotted by advocates. Bike hate and the bike backlash are monitored on Twitter by @cyclehatred and others. That’s one way to put the sentiment in the Twitter firehose to good use.

It appears #EmmaWay’s tweet was NOT a joke. She hit an actual cyclist, from my local club! To be continued… (cc @velocentric)

— James Lucas (@RabAusten) May 20, 2013

Shadow

Grumbling, I rode out to the road where intervals are stomped out. Time to get in shape for another Cross season, after the last one. The clouds rolled in aggressively right before the ride and spat rain as another mile ticked off. Two efforts in, the sun broke through and lit up the rest of the ride home. Light a photographer waits all day for, glistened on the bike, and I saw this shadow.

Originally uploaded to Instagram.

Obliteride signs are showing up in Seattle

That a charity ride is so focused on the experience and not a personality, wrist-band meme, or anything but donating the money to fight cancer is what impressed me about Obliteride. I’m riding with the event as media and a guest on routes in the Seattle area. And being an event is what it’s about. Obliteride will feature gourmet food, beer, live music, and is focused as much on the experience as the charity.

Obliteride is different because it’s sourced locally. It’s organized by cyclists in the Pacific Northwest and benefits the Hutch, a cancer research center based here in Seattle. Similar to the Stinky Spoke, another outstanding community event I rode this Winter.

Props too for the name some bros would come up with for an epic ride, against the odds, to talk about for years. Like the work the Hutch does. They want to obliterate cancer and this ride is the first fundraiser of its kind.

Learn more about the Obliteride and ride with me August 9-11, 2013. I’m signed up for 2 days and you can chose from 4 different routes.