Random Links
Autumn is here, it’s getting cool outside, and I’m suddenly too lazy to devote a lot of effort to some posts I’ve been wanting to get up. So… get something warm to drink and check the following links on your own time.
Crank length vs maximum power output: a nerdy look at what effect your crank length has on your total power output and fatigue:
http://myworldfromabicycle.blogspot.com/2010/08/dude-your-crank-lengths-fine-you-just.html
Cyclist’s helmet cam footage helps convict driver:
http://road.cc/node/23959
Here’s the video that led to the conviction: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94vzorR8fFM
19th Century Bicycling: Rubber was the Dark Secret
http://sf.streetsblog.org/2010/09/22/19th-century-bicycling-rubber-was-the-dark-secret/
Traveling, not being traveled: 4 quotes on bicycling from the late 1800s
http://twentytwowords.com/2010/09/23/traveling-not-being-traveled-4-quotes-on-bicycling-from-the-late-1800s/
World’s Lightest Bike Weighs Just 6 Pounds
http://inhabitat.com/2010/09/27/carbon-fiber-bike-weighs-just-six-pounds/
The Secret to a Long Life – An Old Man and His Bike
http://www.presstelegram.com/ci_16197396
Thanks for the linkage. Additionally, you got the nerdy part right.
I was extremely interested in the links on a driver receiving discipline for offenses to a cyclist as a result of video capture. I was disappointed on this particular case only in that it was an unnecessary event. The cyclists definitely played a role in this one.
Here’s my post on survival skills/techniques concerning road riding: http://myworldfromabicycle.blogspot.com/2010/08/bike-safe-my-survival-tactics-for-road.html
One of my rules is not to be aggressive with drivers of automobiles.
I agree. If you can avoid a fight, you definitely should, but in this case, the cyclist’s actions ended in the driver getting a day in court. Had he let it go, the driver may have just continued to do it to others, and that may have eventually ended even worse.