Columbus Rides Bikes!

The 2005 North American Handmade Bicycle Show was the original event that brought together handmade bicycle frame builders. Since that first show, NAHBS has unified and galvanized the handmade bicycle industry, and it remains the most widely accessible physical access point to the frame builders themselves. The show began as, and remains, the largest and most important gathering of custom bicycle builders anywhere in the world.  It features all conceivable types of bicycle: Some dazzlingly beautiful, some you thought might have been impossible to build, some very fuctional and utilitarian, and others that are simply classics of their genres. Whatever types of bike they are, they’re all of the highest quality at NAHBS. All of our booth holders have completed at least 50 frames and spent at least two years as a professional builder. Each of them carries product liability insurance and is a highly reputable and respected member of the industry. From 2005 to 2011 the show has been held...

Date: Monday, March 14 2011 Time: 7:00 – 10:00pm Location:  Wild Goose Creative  (2491 Summit St., Columbus 43202) Cost: $35 ($25 for instruction, $35 for materials) Join us and bring your ideas and designs for a unique bike tail light! This is a hands on workshop, so we will teach you how to assemble your design and solder together the LED’s, resistor, on/off switch and battery pack. We will provide all the materials and tools to build your own custom bike light. Let’s light up the night! No previous experience with soldering or electronics is necessary – this is an intro level workshop. Questions? Please email  Jess Hemminger , the workshop instructor. Example of a DIY bike light DIY Bike Light image #2 [Fuse Factory site]

Creative artist extraordinaire  Pharrell Williams  brings you one of the freshest, cleanest, and most limited bikes you will ever have the chance of owning.  He teams up with  Domeau & Pérès , who produced his first design work, the “Perspective Chairs”, and Brooklyn Machine Works, who produced the frame and fork (made out of 4130 chromemoly seamless airplane grade steel tubing).  It takes over 100 man hours to upholster the bike in water buffalo leather and all the stitching work is done by hand. [more words and pictures at arrested motion]

Park, bike trails will open on April 1. By  Josh Sweigart , Staff Writer 10:10 PM Monday, February 7, 2011 SPRINGFIELD — Clark County Park District commissioners voted Monday night to reopen the county’s four barricaded parks, effective April 1. It’s a short-term fix, they stressed, made possible only by cobbling together promises from local governments and volunteers to help maintain the trails. “We’re hoping that the public will understand this is all being done through the graces of other folks,” said park district Director Jim Campbell, “and we’ll spend the rest of this year trying to get us a better ballot.” Campbell said the opening date was pushed back to April to give volunteers time to clear brush and get the trail ready before people start using it. [continue reading at Springfield News Sun)

City rule requiring registration reversed in unanimous vote By Paul Eakins, Staff Writer Posted: 02/08/2011 09:03:32 PM PST Updated: 02/08/2011 09:17:27 PM PST Long Beach residents' bikes won't have to be registered as the council votes to drop the rule. (Diandra Jay / Staff Photographer) LONG BEACH - Bicycles won't have to be registered in Long Beach any longer after the City Council voted Tuesday to end the requirement. The council voted unanimously to amend the law, which has been on the books since the 1970s. Instead, the city will implement an education campaign to direct bicyclists to the National Bike Registry, which allows people to register their bikes for free. While police officials say they use bicycle registration to help identify stolen bikes and return them to their owners, Long Beach, which calls itself "the most bicycle-friendly city in America," has been criticized for the requirement. That criticism reached new levels after an Oct. 29 confron...

[Original legible story at The Daily]

3-State 3-Mountain Challenge May 7, 2011 The Chattanooga Bicycle Club and Outdoor Chattanooga present the 24th annual 3 State 3 Mountain Challenge. One of the southeast’s most scenic and challenging events offers 3 route options for riders... The rigorous 100-mile option takes riders through Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia and over 3 mountains. (Suck Creek mountain, Sand mountain and Lookout mountain). The moderate 62-mile option spans 2 states - Tennessee and Georgia - and ascends 1 mountain (Suck Creek). The 25-mile ride is a moderately hilly ride on roads of Tennessee and Georgia.  It shares the last 25 miles of the 62-mile option. All riders are required to wear a helmet. [3-State 3-Mountain Challenge Website]

Timeline of this journey 1998  Cycle to  Amsterdam  on my old BSA, and decide to cycle around the world. ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 1999  Build my first  Mk-1  Penny Farthing. ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 1999  Hit by a car, destroying front wheel. ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 1999   Ride to  Paris  for the millennium celebrations, and realise that the Mk-1 is way to heav...