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Bicycle innovator Alex Moulton dies at 92

December 10, 2012

Dr. Alexander Eric Moulton, the inventor of the suspended Moulton bicycle, died Sunday evening at age 92. A tribute on the Moulton Bicycle Company website announced: “It is with great sorrow that Shaun Moulton and The Moulton Bicycle Company announce the news that Dr. Alexander Eric Moulton CBE, distinguished engineer and inventor, passed away peacefully in the […]

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Toronto’s anti-cycling mayor Rob Ford gets the boot

November 26, 2012

There’s good news for cyclists everywhere this fine Monday morning: anti-cycling zealot and all-round corpulent blowhard Mayor Rob Ford has been shown the exit to Toronto City Hall. His transgression, besides the hideous mien, involved conflict of interest—he voted on a matter which directly affected him financially—but many citizens of Hogtown […]

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Bikes about town

November 7, 2012

As the cycling capital of Canada, it’s not surprising to find a great variety of bicycles parked around picturesque Victoria, British Columbia. As I cruise around the capital, I’m often drawn to photograph the array of cycles gracing bike racks, parking meters and fences along the way. Most often, I’m wielding my iPhone 4S (c/w […]

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Raceblade Long fenders: improved wet weather protection for frames with tight clearances

October 25, 2012

Here on the northwest coast of North America, one of the most critical parts of preparing your bike for winter is the installation of mudguards, AKA fenders, if you bother to uninstall them for summer. As I have noted in a treatise on randonneur bikes, long chainstays, generous bridge clearances (employing medium- to long-reach brakes), […]

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Attending bikeschool, the online university for bikefools

October 22, 2012

Besides fomenting revolution, my favourite uses for Twitter include banter and buffoonery. Topping my list on the lighter side of the Twitter social calendar is “BikeSchool,” with “lessons” collected under the hashtag #bikeschool. BikeSchool was established in 2010 by tweeps @bikerly, @egggman and @lovingthebike. Courses, in question and answer format, are now taught by a […]

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The perennial question: Is photography art?

October 18, 2012

“Dedicated to the real photographers of the world–to those who, with their second-hand equipment and their makeshift darkrooms, are today fighting their solitary battles with their recalcitrant medium, not for money or for glory, but because they would rather make pictures than anything else in the world.” ~William Mortensen, from Mortensen on the Negative, 1940 […]

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