My friend Patrick is not on the Fediverse yet (I hope it changes soon), but this doesn't mean that you shouldn't read what he writes (and see his drawings).
Day 35 #BikeStreak
After 15 miles of commuting to/from a road safety seminar, I went out on the first club group road #bicycle ride this evening. It was the first nice day in a couple weeks and everyone and their dog were on the trails, which made the road parts of the ride easier to navigate. We had a good group at a good pace for an early season group ride. The ride was 25 miles, but I added 14 getting to/from the start for a 54 mile day. #cycling #BikeLeans #BikeTooter
Culver City in Los Angeles introduced a new bike lane that boosted cycling by 57%. Now it's being removed for cars.
"A project called Move Culver City was launched in November 2021 with the aim of encouraging biking and walking through the 1.3-mile downtown corridor in the Culver City area.
"The project claimed traffic lanes along the Washington and Culver Boulevard strips, creating bike and bus lanes in their stead, reducing the lanes for vehicle traffic to one in either direction. The project was met with mixed opinions over the last few years.
"And while a report released this month by Move Culver City boasted a 57 percent increasing in cycling along the Washington and Culver Boulevard corridor over pre-pandemic levels, the Culver City Council voted 3-2 earlier this week to end the program, remove the bike lanes, and return the corridor to two lanes of vehicular traffic in each direction 'wherever feasible.'"
Born on this day, April 29:
Karl Freiherr von Drais (1785-1851), inventor. His Laufmaschine ("running machine"), created in 1817, utilized a design with two wheels in a line, and was the earliest form of bicycle.
Happy #BicycleBirthday, Karl! #BOTD
Note, that Karl Drais was kind of revolutionary and dropped his title of nobility!
He wanted to be called "Bürger Karl Drais" (citizen Karl Drais), not "Karl Freiherr von Drais" nor "Karl Friedrich Christian Ludwig Freiherr Drais von Sauerbronn".
A @pinoy#cycle rickshaw with an interesting handle bar. This is the most popular #CargoBike design in the #Philippines. Used for cargo (in this case, delivering bottled water) or taking passengers for #MicroMobility.
This isn't the first time i've seen this mod, so I suppose it's more comfortable than traditional #bicycle handle bars on a tricycles?
I can see how its height looks comfortable for the biker.
First ride in a week due to whatever respiratory illness that was. I couldn't go 100% without feeling sick due to slightly reduced lung capacity, but it wasn't nearly as bad as post-COVID a while back. #cycling#bicycle#seabikes@mastobikes@cycling