Drop bars are a handlebar style found mainly on road, 'cross, and touring bikes. These bikes are frequently sold on their "versatility". Not only will they get you around in the city, but you can also ride recreationally to mystical faraway lands inaccessible on a hybrid or single speed bike.
But the fact is that drop bars, on most bikes, cause us to make big sacrifices in safety.
Read More123D Design is an amazing tool for creating custom 3D models. It's totally free, runs on basically anything, and is incredibly simple.
But the .123DX file is basically useless outside of 123D Design. This makes it very difficult to jump from prototype to product within the 123D ecosystem.
Fear not! This is how you extract a .SAT file from your .123DX file.
Read MoreA recent article published by The Washington Post is attempting to answer the question "why don't Millennials want cars?"
While I can't make generalizations about the trend, I am one of those Millennials who gave up a comfortable life in the suburbs to live on the fringes of society as a bike-riding-urbanist-techno-rebel (ie. hipster).
Read MoreA transportation biker is somebody who bikes primarily to get from point A to point B rather than in large loops designed to induce suffering.
Read MoreEvery Sunday approximately 1.5 miles of JFK Drive in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park is closed to cars. You will frequently find me biking this stretch of road and blasting "No Cars Go" by Arcade Fire on my UE Boom. It's a powerful, orchestral song with few words but a lot to say.
Read MoreSingling out women as a troubled spot on the road to bicycle freedom is a backwards and sexist way of getting PEOPLE on bikes. Saying “women don’t bike” only reinforces the idea that women shouldn’t bike. An idea that is obviously false.
Read MoreBiking for transportation does not require a lot of skill. But when you're off your bike there's a lot of little difficulties that can add up to a lot of frustration. Just walking your bike can (literally) be a pain until you get the hang of it.
Read MoreMy optimal pedal setup is a wide, flat BMX pedal and a nylon pedal strap with velcro.
Read MoreWhen it comes to transportation biking, there really is safety in numbers. That’s why it’s vital for us to recruit new disciples of the sustainable transportation cult.
Read More"The way we choose to move around our cities is changing."
Read MoreThe UE Boom is rugged, water resistant, and essentially the first portable Bluetooth speaker that is designed with the needs of transportation bikers in mind.
Read MoreIf privately owned, all of the public parking in San Francisco would generate $244.8 million a year in property tax revenue. Subtract the revenue it generates from public parking and ignore what the city spends on maintenance. You find that public parking in San Francisco represents a $117 million opportunity cost to the city and the taxpayers.
Read MoreModeo now has a snazzy new website! Thanks Squarespace for making such awesome tools and Angel Kittiyachavalit for the logo. It looks great.
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