Cordonnet - Cycling Cap
Updated: 2012-03-31 21:46:38
Trek Bikes chose Friday to roll out its new high performance road bike, the Domane, stealing the thunder from the relaunch of my blog.
This looks like a fine bike for anyone who races on rough roads, like the cobblestones in northern France. I don't happen to know anyone like that, but those folks must be out there.
It's supposed to be less shaky on rough roads because of "ISO speed" technology that allows the seat tube to pivot independently from the frame. My old Cannondale with the giant aluminum tubes used to beat me up it was so stiff; I fixed that by getting a bike with a steel frame and riding slightly wider tires.
When I first heard about the Domane, I immediately went to the Trek Bikes website to learn two things -- the cost and the number of eyelets. ...
: 26 March 2012 Danish Minister's Meeting Room This photo was posted on the Facebook page of Manu Sareen , the Danish minister for Gender Equality , Church and Nordic Cooperation The caption he added was We moved our meeting out in the fresh air . Such is springtime in Copenhagen . You get out as much as . possible And nothing like a cargo bike to relax on . We do it here at Copenhagenize Consulting , to o . Sareen rode his yellow Bullitt to meet the Queen when the recent government was formed Not a bad signal for a politician to . send Put here by Mikael Colville-Andersen at 15:55 tags : bullitt cargo bike danish cargo bike brands larry vs harry manu sareen politicians on bikes 1 thinking out louds : Anonymous said . HI i know that this coment has nothing to do with the article . sorry
Car emissions are stinky. I do what I can to help counter that. I wish I could reduce the deaths caused by car emissions with my little wunderbaum, but hey... that's a stretch.Copenhagenize the planet. And have a lovely day.
: 22 March 2012 Sao Paulo's Bicycle Schools Escolas de Bicicleta I've returned home from after a brilliant journey to Brazil . It was a full programme and every moment was rewarding . Last year , in July 2011, I was invited by the City of Sao Paulo to speak about Copenhagenize Consulting's Four Goals for Promoting Urban Cycling . On that visit I had the opportunity to meet with the Secretary of Education for the city Alexandre Schneider and his advisor Daniel Guth , who is the coordinator for the project . The Education Secretariat is responsible for the education of 1.2 million children in Sao Paulo . A mindboggling . number I pitched them the idea of placing bicycles in their schools as a way for the Education Secretariat to be the missing link' for childrens relationship to the bicycle
: 09 March 2012 Copenhagenize to Brazil I'll be arriving in Sao Paulo , Brazil today , to work with the City of Sao Paulo on an exciting project . It's going to be exciting to finally start consulting on this . More . later After that , I'll be speaking at the Center for Architecture and Urbanism in Rio de Janeiro with my new talk Bicycle Culture by Design . I'll be highlighting how the status quo regarding cars taking over our streets came about and how our cities will benefit from a little less traffic engineering and planning and a little more focus on design . Design as an accessible language with which we can communicate our visions for more liveable cities , as well as comparing things like designing toasters and mobile phones with bicycle . infrastructure I'll be giving this talk at
: 08 March 2012 Bicycle Symbolism Towards the Future The Bicycle as a symbol of progress , of renewal , of promising times ahead . This is not a new concept . Indeed it has been around since the invention of the bicycle . Many bicycle posters at end of the 19th century featured promising themes like liberation , progress , freedom . Here's an : example When people in most cultures see art or photgraphy , our brain sees movement from left to right and interprets the piece based on . that The German historian and psychologist Rudolf Arnheim who wrote , among other books , Art and visual perception A psychology of the creative eye noticed that the way many cultures read from left to right has an influence on the way we look at art or . photography Since a picture is read” from left to right ,
: 03 March 2012 New Bicycle Bridge Rises from the Sea in Copenhagen Out of the winter mist crossing Knippels Bridge last week , cranes appeared . Work has begun on one of the many new bicycle bridges over Copenhagen harbour . This one is a main link across the harbour and will connect with three others to cut travel times for bicycle users and pedestrians across the harbour . Two other bridges are planned elsewhere along the harbour as . well Here's an article about the bridge rising from the sea in the above shot : New Bicycle Bridges Over Copenhagen Harbour Put here by Mikael Colville-Andersen at 23:58 tags : bicycle infrastructure bridge harbour innovation promoting cycling 0 thinking out louds : Post a Comment Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom Kilometres cycled by