Posts Tagged ‘ Video ’

This is a nice idea - take the technology of something like the Toyota Prius, and see how it would affect what you could do when building a bike: The trouble is that the end result is nothing like a city bike - it seems amazingly impractical and uses a boat load of technology that’s...
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Part of me just loves this poignant little short that was over on Cyclelicio.us a couple of days ago… OK, so it’s got a bit of a Hollywood happy ending. And the missing locks are probably worth more than the bike. But it’s still worth spending the four minutes it takes to watch!
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Remember, remember the fifth of November, gunpowder, treason and plot, I see no reason why gunpowder treason should ever be forgot. Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes, ’twas his intent to blow up the King and the Parliament. Three score barrels of powder below, Poor old England to overthrow: By God’s providence he was catch’d With a dark lantern and burning match. Holloa boys, holloa boys, make...
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Way back in the mid 1990s, the buzzword was multimedia. Apparently it was going to change the way we did everything - a bit like the laser disk had done, only better. The joke going around the office was that there was an alternative translation of this: Multimeejya molti-m-iːdiə - n. Hindi word, translating as “technology with...
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It’s the new rock’n'roll:
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I don’t normally hold with look-no-brakes fixed gear riding on public streets. But this, via The Foot Down (and on Twitter via a Splendid Chap In Darlington) is local, quite nicely shot, and just the right length to be interesting rather than tedious: In case you were wondering why I don’t hold with brakeless riding...
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Yep. That sort of crazy, weird, extreme sport, hunted by psychotic wildlife, messed-up stuff happens to me. Every. Single. Day. Alternatively, your ride might be more civilised, in which case a polystyrene psychotic wildlife deflector might seem a little superfluous: Hat-tip to @Eclair55 on the Twitter for the dangerous wildlife vid & this post’s title!
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You’ve probably seen these speed feedback signs around: They work like this: (n.b. cars generally have drivers in them, unless they’re the driverless robot cars that keep having these “accidents” that get reported in the press) Well how about something similar for your bike? I think it’s displaying the rider’s speed in km/h. I suppose it could be...
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Looking at the bikes that most people ride, you could be forgiven for thinking that the basic design is settled: Two triangles to make up a diamond-shaped frame, drive wheel at the back, steering at the front, rider sits atop the whole structure. Turns out that this shape - the “safety bicycle” design of the 1880s...
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There must be something in the water. Or maybe that picture of Philip Hammond that’s hanging over my desk is starting to have an affect on me. You’ve got to admit, it’s very persuasive, isn’t it: Whatever. Take a look at this: You’d probably think that this is another one in the long list of helmet...
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