Cycling Cap Sewing Pattern
Updated: 2010-06-30 19:30:24
Lovingly handmade by Caroline since 2004. Info Custom Contact FAQ Feedback About Shop Caps Goodies Ordering Info Basket 0 Item(s 0.00 Shop Cycling Cap Sewing Pattern Have a sewing machine , fabric and thread you like , and want to take a crack at making your own cycling cap Everything else you need is in my little Cycling Cap Sewing Pattern 20.00 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 20 25 30 40 50 75 100 Description Description The time-tested , meticulously honed pattern I use to make cycling . caps The Cycling Cap Sewing Pattern makes a one-size-fits-most four-paneled cap with a 5cm deep bill . Instructions explain how to adjust for different head sizes , and also provide hints on how to add a cozy earflap to a . cap : Includes Clear , step-by-step , illustrated instructions Paper pattern
Lovingly handmade by Caroline since 2004. Info Custom Contact FAQ Feedback About Shop Caps Goodies Ordering Info Basket 0 Item(s 0.00 Shop Tropical-weight Grey Wool Cap 30.00 1 2 Description Size : 21.5-22.5 Small medium adult This one is even lighter than the lightest cycling cap I’d ever seen Only 24 grams 0.8 ounces Especially if you’re a gram-pincher , or just want a bare bones , all business cap , this one’s for you . Covers your head , keeps the sweat and sun out of your eyes . The crown and bill are sewn up with a fancy grey tropical-weight wool blend from the fancy Turkish wool mill Altinyildiz 70 wool 29 polyester 1 lycra . Cotton twill tape sweatband in black , with elastic in the back for a forgiving fit . The bill 5cm deep is filled with polyester fiber , and yet holds its
: skip to main skip to sidebar 30 June 2010 Police Clear Bicycles Came across these policemen clearing a bunch of abandoned bicycles off the streets the other day . They had been tagged , of course , and people were given a decent amount of time to remove them or show that they were in . use Funny . in Danish they are called herreløse bicycles which I suppose translates directly to master-less like dogs who no longer have a master to take care of . them Bookmark this : post blogger tutorials Social Bookmarking Blogger Widget I'm reading : Police Clear Bicycles Put here by Mikael at 09:23 tags : abandoned police 2 thinking out louds : Green Idea Factory said . This is one of the sources of bikes like the ones many of us used at Velo-City My dogs are my canine companions and my bike is my
Ever since I began the making How The Race Was Won videos, my propensity for mispronunciation has become more and more embarrassing.
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It must be getting close to Tour time because emails from PR firms are starting to roll in again. It’s a strange distribution model, really—especially for books.
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: skip to main skip to sidebar 21 June 2010 Busybody Sorry for not having the time to write of late . After my visit to Dublin WHAT a cycling town I've been busy preparing for the Velo-City Global 2010 . Conference It kind of kicked off today , even though it starts tomorrow . I took Janette Sadik-Khan NY's Commissioner for Transport can never remember all those fancy titles and a group of New Yorkers and a Chicagoen on a little tour of Copenhagen's bicycle life´ , together with Jeff from the League of American Bicyclists It was a lovely bike ride around the city . Showing off the . highlights Tomorrow morning I'm hosting again with The League a tour around the city for a large group of American and Canadian delegates , with a stop photo op at the American Embassy for good . measure Then
The Tour de Suisse was interesting this year. Not so much because of the battle for general classification, which all but defaulted into Frank Schleck’s hands, but because of the storylines it sprang for the upcoming Tour de France.
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: skip to main skip to sidebar 15 June 2010 Velo-City 2010 Countdown The Copenhagen stand at Velo-City 2009 in Brussels last . year The Velo-City Global Bicycle Conference 2010 is fast-approaching . The list of participants is long and exciting and it's great to see so many NGOs represented , as well as people working for cities and . towns The Velo-City teams reports that 180 presentations on cycling from all over the world are on the programme , in the form of sessions , round-table discussions and what . not Topics include : Mega-cities Campaigns for reducing short car trips Cycling in cold , hilly cities Bike-share services Green urban development Developing cycling in developing countries Road safety research Cooperation between NGOs and city administrations There is a list of Plenary
Right—so it’s taking longer to get squared away than I thought. Curtain rods need to be hung, boxes need to be returned, broken iPhones need to be repurposed, etc., etc. I have video from the L’Alpe stage at Dauphine, but realized halfway into production, that still have no mic; fortunately, I also have no job, [...]
: skip to main skip to sidebar 13 June 2010 Where Proud Old Bike Brands Go to Die A few years ago , many of the classic old bike brands in Denmark started to get bought up by a handful of companies . Some names disappeared but others were so ingrained in Danish bicycle history that they stuck , even if it was a massive company doing the selling . SCO is one of . them SCO or Smith Co . was founded by Robert Jacobsen and Ivar Smith in 1905 and for many years was among the most popular brand in Denmark . You still see classic SCO's on the streets and they're lovely machines , like their mini-bike version below , from the . 1960's A trend began not many years ago where bicycles started appearing in supermarkets , including many of the classic brands . Gone was the iconic sticker proudly
: skip to main skip to sidebar 12 June 2010 Traffic Calming with Bicycle Parking The City put in a traffic calming measure on this street next to Saint Hans Square in the Nørrebro . neighbourhood It was a perfect opportunity to plant some bike racks on the raised curb sections . This area is a hotbed of bars , cafés and restaurants so both the narrowed street and the bike racks are fantastic . details I also enjoy the symbolism of a car being forced to slow down and navigate past long rows of bicycles . It's like a . sandwich Bookmark this : post blogger tutorials Social Bookmarking Blogger Widget I'm reading : Traffic Calming with Bicycle Parking Put here by Mikael at 06:00 tags : bike infrastructure bike racks bike lane how to market cycling lower speed limits nørrebro promoting cycling
: skip to main skip to sidebar 11 June 2010 Polite Bicycle Warning How lovely and polite , this tag placed on a bicycle at Copenhagen International . Airport Undesirable Bicycle Parking With respect for the free passage of passengers and the emergency services , we ask you to please place your bicycle in the established bicycle racks in the future . And on another part of the bicycle was this : tag Is this bicycle in use Remove this tag before 16.05.2010 so we can see that it is in use . Otherwise the bicycle will be removed by the police . Bookmark this : post blogger tutorials Social Bookmarking Blogger Widget I'm reading : Polite Bicycle Warning Put here by Mikael at 11:09 tags : bike racks airport no parking parking sign 2 thinking out louds : Ryan said . You'd never see that here in
: skip to main skip to sidebar 09 June 2010 Field Day for Bicycle Cops There was a wonderful Turkish festival on the City Hall Square in Copenhagen last Sunday . Easily 10,000 people were in attendance to hear music , cultural events and to hang out in the . sun Along one of the streets there were a long line of posh cars parked . Illegally . The MC announced that the cars should be moved and that the police were on their way . A few moments later a couple of bicycle cops a man and a woman rolled up and uncerimoniously began writing tickets . Interestingly they went to work in the middle of the row of cars . Focusing on these two convertibles and not the lesser expensive cars on either side . Police officers making bitter class choices Anyways . Cars getting tickets from bicycle cops is
: skip to main skip to sidebar 07 June 2010 Mobile Bike Workshop in Copenhagen There are very few things that can't be done by bicycle in Copenhagen . We often blog about the various cargo bike variations in this . city Meet Jacob aka The Bikeman He's a bike mechanic with a rolling workshop . He has everything he needs in his cargo box , including a portable stand for suspending bikes . He'll go anywhere you need him to on his Bullitt in the city . centre Jacob also has arrangements with various companies . He comes out during work hours and the employees can go down and get their bikes adjusted , tuned , de-squeaked , whatever you need . No need to sacrifice your bicycle for a day by chucking it into a bikeshop . Brilliant . The professional bikeshop comes to . you If you're in Copenhagen
: skip to main skip to sidebar 07 June 2010 Bicycle Orchestra from the Netherlands When I was in Lleida , Catalonia in April attending the 3rd Bicycle Congress the conference arrangers hired t Brabants Fietharmonische Orkest or The Brabants Bikeharmonic Orchestra to entertain the participants and locals . alike What a great bunch of chaps , both on and off the bicycle . They travel all around Europe entertaining with their oompah music and everything revolves around the bicycle . Here's a little film I whipped up with the boys on the bike . Much easier showing a film about musicians than trying to write about it , dontcha fink They have a driver who pulls the bike on a trailer around Europe to the various gigs . The volcano had paralysed air traffic I was stuck in Barcelona for four days
: skip to main skip to sidebar 06 June 2010 Bicycle Sales 1986-1944 An interesting historical document . The number of bicycle sold by Husqvarna Weapons Factory from 1896-1944. Funny . a weapon manufacturer selling bicycles . But Husqvarna was founded in 1689 and focused on weapons from the start . Over the course of a few centuries they branched out to produce bicycles , but also sewing machines , kitchen equipment , motorcycles and . chainsaws Interestingly , sales peaked during both world . wars Bookmark this : post blogger tutorials Social Bookmarking Blogger Widget I'm reading : Bicycle Sales 1986-1944 Put here by Mikael at 21:49 tags : bike history swedish bike culture history repeating itself husqvarna sweden 0 thinking out louds : Post a Comment Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post
Ah. Summer.Copenhagenize the planet. And have a lovely day.
: skip to main skip to sidebar 03 June 2010 Bottleneck It was kind of funny really . In the morning rush hour , at 08:34 on a workday , on Hans Christian Andersen Boulevard with 25,000 cyclists a day a woman with a cargo bike bottom right , pulling up her track pants decided to stop suddenly on the bike lane and . clean out her cargo bike . All the other Citizen Cyclists who had just been launched off the light on the other side of the intersection had to suddenly brake and merge and work their way past the woman , who calmly gathered up trash out of her cargo bay and walked over to the garbage can hidden behind the man with the purple bag to chuck it . out Amazingly , given how high-octane , adrenalin-based the fantastically dangerous activity of cycling to work is , nobody came off their