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• Don't Drink and Ride (or try)

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  Posted: October 06, 2006, 10:19am EDT
  

• Springcykel the Premiere Ride

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  My youngest daughter Mimmi turned 3 years old this Saturday and we got her the "Springcykel" I wrote about last month. In short a Springcykel is a kids bike without pedals that you propel with the help of kicking it forward with your feet and when you reach sufficient speed [...]
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  Posted: September 26, 2006, 4:11am EDT
  

• Dead Bikes of New York

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  While browsing out the newest addition to my blog roll, Bicycle Diaries, I found a link to New York Photographer J. Shumachers blog What about the Plastic Animals  and his gallery called The Abandoned Bicycles of New York. According to his biography, Joe lives in Harlem. He walks around a lot [...]
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  Posted: September 18, 2006, 5:04pm EDT
  

• Cykloteket Street Show 2006

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  Went down to the annual Cykloteket Street show with my oldest daughter Siri and a friend of her. Brought my camera with me as I did last year.  If if you're into the Flying Circus of Dirt Kids check out my web-album below. The setup this year was a little bit [...]
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  Posted: September 17, 2006, 9:13am EDT
  

• Cyclocross, Ye Ancient Guide (1921)

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  Blackbirdsf has compiled a digitized version of an article on Cyclocross, published in the 20 Jan 1921 issue of Le Miroir Des Sports. The article was written by Eugène Christophe a six times  winner of the French national championship. Go there an grab some advice from the Ancient masters. Article in English [...]
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  Posted: September 15, 2006, 2:48am EDT
  

• The Perennial Helmet Argument

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  It's spreading like wild fire... http://bikebiz.com/newsitem.php?id=24362http://bluecollarmtb.com/2006/09/12/wearing-helmet...http://www.cicle.org/cicle_content/pivot/entry.php... copy/paste buffer overflow... "Stupidity has a certain charm. Ignorance does not" - Frank Zappa [...]
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  Posted: September 12, 2006, 6:44pm EDT
  

• The Autumn Sales are here

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  Got an invitation to my LBS's to attend the sneak peak of their autumn sale that starts tomorrow. When I arrived there was at least 100 people outside waiting in line. 15-30% on the 2006 models where offered and people was ripping bikes of the walls. Including the Kona Explosif [...]
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  Posted: September 12, 2006, 5:59pm EDT
  

• Anger Management #2 (the flip side of the coin)

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   Gwadzilla has been subject to  a more sinister experience when it comes to anger management and Road Rage than I wrote about in my previous entry. Feels good to live here in this sheltered place on earth called Sweden, where I have never felt the threat of facing the barrel of a gun when showing [...]
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  Posted: September 12, 2006, 3:27pm EDT
  

• Anger Management

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   Michelle, from MY CHAIN DRIVEN RIDE TRHOUGH LIFE IN ALASKA, points out that by commuting by bicycle you get rid of all your aggressions on your way to and from work so that you can behave nicely where you need it the most, at home and at work. This is [...]
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  Posted: September 10, 2006, 8:01am EDT
  

• I Want That Helmet, Not Excuses!

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  Ever wished you were Darth Vader when struggling with your daily commute? Wouldn't it be great to disable the respiratory system of the idiot behind you, hanging on his horn? Or perhaps use the force to turn the the traffic lights green in your favor? Ted Selker, research scientist at [...]
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  Posted: August 31, 2006, 1:12pm EDT
  

• The Sutra is on it's way

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  Paid the down payment yesterday. Hopefully it will be on a slow boat to Europe next week and I will lay my hands on it in about four weeks. Shit, I hate to wait. [...]
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  Posted: August 26, 2006, 4:36am EDT
  

• "Run Bike" or Springcykel in Swedish

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   My youngest daughter, Mimmi, is having her third birthday soon and I have up till now been thinking that next summer will be a good time for her to taste the joys of cycling. Reading Gwadzilla's post about Like-A-Bike, yesterday got me thinking they maybe we could start earlier with a [...]
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  Posted: August 26, 2006, 4:10am EDT
  

• Syd Barrett's bikes are for sale

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   BikeBiz reports that two hand painted bikes, previously owned by the co-founder of Pink Floyd, Syd Barret who died last month, are up for sale along with other personal possessions. Shine on you crazy diamond... Link to Bike Biz: Syd Barrett's bikes are for sale [...]
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  Posted: August 24, 2006, 5:39pm EDT
  

• C.I.C.L.E. :: » Steal This Bike

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   When my bike got stolen in broad daylight on a busy street, chained to a shopping cart rack, with a lock that was approved by every insurance company in Sweden I couldn't, at first, figure out how they did it without raising any attention. Thinking about it later on I guessed that [...]
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  Posted: August 23, 2006, 5:42pm EDT
  

• Kona Online Tech Support, 10 points

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  In my current mission to get a new bike, as a replacement for my old Dr. Dew that got stolen a couple of weeks ago, Kona's Online Tech Support has been really helpful. Not sure how many bike manufacturers there is that run an online tech support forum. But if [...]
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  Posted: August 23, 2006, 4:39pm EDT
  

• A Worthy Successor For the Doctor

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  A couple of week's ago my workhorse, a 2003 Kona Dr. Dew, got stolen in broad daylight on a busy street outside my workplace in Sundbyberg, a suburb of Stockholm. The shock I went through when I came out the door, ready to ride home, and looked at the broken Abus Granite Futura lock [...]
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  Posted: August 20, 2006, 6:10pm EDT
  

• Bike Blogging Take Three

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  Hi blog! I'm back. Sorry for neglecting you for so long.  Tons of various distractions have kept me from posting. The urge to write is back. Hope it will stay this time! [...]
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  Posted: August 19, 2006, 2:14pm EDT
  

• [SSWC06] Pictures

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  Loads of pictures from the World Championships in Single Speed racing that is taking place here in Stockholm this weekend! Link to happymtb :: sveriges trevligaste mountainbikeforum :: [SSWC06] Pictures [...]
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  Posted: August 19, 2006, 2:07pm EDT
  

• A.N.T.: Alternative Needs Transportation

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    Stumbled on this one-man-company browsing the posts on the Swedish Cycling community happymtb.org. Beautiful bikes! To bad I live in Sweden Link to A.N.T.: Alternative Needs Transportation [...]
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  Posted: August 19, 2006, 5:11am EDT
  

• Happiness is a bike path

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  Happiness is a bike path [...]
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  Posted: January 15, 2006, 4:44am EST
  

• Kona says 'Hello Africa!'

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  image by DragonWoman Kona has been given and accepted the task to design a robust bicycle for traveling the rough terrain of southern Africa.This design and manufacturing task is part of the BikeTown Africa program , run by Kona, Bicycling Magazine and Bristol-Myers, that will help health care workers treat [...]
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  Posted: November 30, 2005, 3:25pm EST
  

• Less Is Too Much -- Last Prophecy

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  Last ProphecyI almost had an Epileptic Seizure when i got this link from a friend today. It might be old news since the creation above won the Lowrider Bicycle of the Year Award in 2004, but it's an amazing view and read.' [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2005, 4:49pm EST
  

• Strange Bikes #2

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  The Bicycle Forest :: Treadmill Bikedecisions, decisions... Modern life can be hard on you sometimes. Should I Stay or Should I Go, Should I Run or Should I Bike? Modern technology sometimes tries to relieve us by merging products into the most amazing combinations. Behold the creation above!Strange Bike #2 [...]
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  Posted: November 21, 2005, 3:56pm EST
  

• Cannondale's Amazing Invention

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  Cannondale's new product line of cycling apparel based on TrapTek(TM) technology has been recognized as one of 2005 coolest inventions by Time Magazine, in their annual "Most Amazing Invention of the Year" issue.TrapTek's technology is a activated carbon fiber made from coconut shells. Cannondale utilizes this in their "Quadtex Carbon" [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2005, 10:14am EST
  

• Beautiful Headlamp Pictures

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  Text in Swedish, Pictures in RGBJojjeM, member of the Swedish mountain bike community HappyMTB, took his camera with him the other night and took some stunning long-exposure pictures in one of Sweden's Dark Forests.check em out...' [...]
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  Posted: November 14, 2005, 7:59am EST