Bike Hugger 

Freestyle with helmets under bowler hats

From Mark Tyler and taken during the 114th Victoria Day Parade. See another photo of these two on Experience Cycling’s site.

At 3422 Harbor Ave SW, where CycleU and a couple cat ladies are housed sits this new neon sign announcing that bicycles are available.

They are in the new bike shop and in the ‘hood, cause that’s where the Beach Drive bike path starts under the W. Seattle Bridge, across the street from the Nucor Steel Plant.

As we rode by, the workers had just finished installing it and we’re wiping the dust off with rags. Haven’t driven across the bridge in a while, but expect you can see it from a car too.

Meet me at the bicycles sign. It’s a nice ride along the beach. Keep going past Lincoln park and up into the hills where you’ll find a 22% grade called the Col de Roy.

View New Seattle Landmark: Bicycles in a larger map.

Finally a mount for Android

The Bike Mount for Android is in on test and functions just like the iPhone mount, but for the ‘droids. It’s shock and waterproof. Mounts to the bar and your phone will function like a bike computer with your favorite flavor of bike app. With the right liner, the mount works with

• Samsung Galaxy SII
• HTC Desire HD / HTC EVO 4G / HTC Inspire 4G
• Samsung Galaxy S / LG Optimus 2X
• HTC Sensation

This mount, like the iPhone version, are meant for the commute and casual ride. If you’re on rough or off road, get the HD mount to better secure it to your bike.

I use an iPhone exclusively on my bike now, including just riding, touring, and training. Using the Bike Brain app, Google, and Aperture 3, make photo ride maps like this.

The mount I’ve got is a factory sample and they’re not in the States yet. Expect the same pricing as the iPhone at $59.99 and available from us and Think Biologic.

All,

Apologies again for sending you gigantic images in your feed reader. The issue is now resolved and if you’re still seeing the giant images or video, please refresh or clear the cache. The cache will update itself in the next few hours and after we start posting again. We hope our bug didn’t blow through too much of your data plan or bandwidth.

So what happened was, we rolled out RWD images – they adjust to the size of the mobile screen – and RSS choked on the code. After a day spent traversing the DOM to replace width/height attributes inline, we’ve solved it.

I’ve been writing about RWD and living through days like this on G+. Read more about it here.

Now we’ll resume our regular programing with a video that features a cranky old Brit bike builder who in the first few seconds says

When we were riding there were only 5 speeds and we only rode 4. Now they’ve got 21 speeds and you don’t know what gear you’re in.

Like hey back in the day, you got ONE image size. That’s it. No adaptive/responsive shit. We push the web tech here like we do on our bikes. Sometimes it breaks.

We’re aware of the gigantic images in feeds issue and working on a fix. Sorry for blowing out your browser. You can see what we’re doing with those images on our mobile view and they’re regular sized on the desktop.

Mario E sends his regards from somewhere in New Mexico on this big-wheeled bike.

Living large on a bike with big wheels

The marketing of these bikes is so convoluted, I don’t know what they’re calling them now, but that’s a Surly Pugsley. It’s used for snow, dunes, trails, and whatever else you want to roll over.

Also see this bamboo cargo bike spotted at Sea Otter with Surly’s clown shoe rims.

Clown shoes on a bamboo bike

Surly are the stoners in the bike industry that keep their shit together just enough to release something as ridiculous and cool as that.

Keirin training 1994, image from Numerius’ flickr page.

Back in the day, Gingerbread men paid attention to the road and heard someone yell, “RIDER BACK.”

Now it’s all about them.

Our mobile readers may have already noticed that we started serving RWD images today like these of a Redline SSCX in the mist at Sea Otter.

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The images are widescreen and will fill the screen of your phone or tablet in portrait or landscape mode. To see it on your desktop, click through to the mobile version.

Downtube

RWD is the web designer/dev de rigeuor and for those into that, read more about what we’re doing in a G+ post. Everyone else, please just enjoy the images formatted for your device and our commitment to content. After we get our mobile site how we like it, a rev is coming to the desktop that’s focused on being more readable.

Oh and that’s a custom spec Redline. I’ll race on it this Fall when Cross season starts.

The film spins a visual ballad between the two cyclists experiencing the city in their own unique ways. Both cyclists are city dwellers who amidst the chaos of the concrete jungle have created a private and peaceful psychological space as they traverse the streets. They are both alone and yet they are both very much aware of each others presence. The film speaks to the harmony with one’s environment that can be found while riding a bicycle in a city and the synchronistic connection we can have with those we have not even met.