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Sempre in Giro

Uni Wheel

Bike Grill

“Grill”

UGANDA, Kampala
Mobile grill for goat’s meat. White, square grill box made of metal (approx. 40 × 40 cm), to which an old bicycle wheel with fork was welded at the front. Grill box closed on five sides, only opening to the rear. In the inside, three grill grates. On the outside the label: “Goats Meat Muchomo”. Including the original wooden skewers and forks.

On the occasion of this year’s imm Cologne, the new contribution from Dornbracht, Edges, celebrated a well received private view with more than 500 guests on 19 January 2009. “Global Street Food” is dedicated to the fascination of improvised kitchens in public spaces. Urban fast-food stations operating between the conflicting priorities of pragmatic dilettantism and complexity in the tightest of spaces. For the exhibition series of Dornbracht Edges, Mike Meiré curated a total of 12 objects and street kitchens from various parts of the world in the classic White Cube. An exhibition that portrays the sculptural quality of the authentic objects and their cultural identity.

Source:
Global Street Food“ – A project by Mike Meiré


Memories of Bikes Past

back in gear

Back in Gear

My son and I were in our local bicycle shop getting a bike for him. I saw new bikes all around me and I was amazed at how much they had changed. I scoffed at the complication. Who needs shock absorbers, 28 speeds and a gel seat? Then I realized who – I did. My old bike was willing. I wasn’t able. Soon enough there were two new bikes, one for my son and one for me. Then there was another one, this time for my wife.

What a summer it was. I rode by myself. I rode with my son. I rode with my wife and son. There were long rides and short rides. Rides on the street, rides on the trails. Sometimes I rode because I had to get somewhere, most times because I didn’t.

Time passes and things change. Old can become new again, although sometimes it shouldn’t. Throwing a Frisbee, eating brown rice, reading philosophy? No thanks. Listening to the blues? That never stopped. And now, thanks to an old bike and a new one, I’m a bicyclist again.

I was sometimes tempted to get rid of my old bike rather than cart it from house to house and consign it to a dark corner of the basement. But it meant something to me. I had been proud of it once. I still was. Thank heavens for that. If I hadn’t kept it, I wouldn’t be riding now. Of that I’m sure.

Even though I’ve got a new bike, I’ll keep my old one to remind me of simpler times and big ideas, of all the things that have changed and those that haven’t. Then I’ll get on my new one and go riding.

Source:
Back in Gear / Robert Jones – Globe and Mail Tuesday may 26, 2009
Illustration: Steve Adams for the Globe and Mail


Ya Vuelvo.


Oi Va Voi

You ask me
Why it is I come to you
When someone else is just as good
I asked them but they said the same
Didn’t even ask my name

Explain to me
Just what it is you have to lose
Take a minute in my shoes
Don’t you feel like you’ve paid your dues
Already

I’ll show you
That all our fates are so entwined
Don’t lose your faith in humankind
Just don’t forget my state of mind
Is fragile

Together
We can enjoy the taste of dignity
As long as you believe in me
I’ll show you my reality
I’ve seen a few

You ask me
Why it is I come to you
When someone else is just as good
I asked them but they said the same
Didn’t even ask my name

There’s another refugee
There’s another refugee
Oh oh there’s another refugee
Oh oh there’s another refugee

Source:
Copenhagenize


Urban Legend

shot the messenger

Bike Messengers Should Be Shot

Some images from Tim DeFrisco’s Bike Messenger portrait series will be included in the Urban Legend Fashion and Art Show in the Venetian Ballroom G.

“The Urban Legend Fashion and Art Show will help feature the great gear, bikes and apparel that have been recently introduced for the increasingly important urban and transportation cycling categories,” said Rich Kelly, Interbike’s communication manager. “When we learned of Momentum’s innovative fashion show, which they produced earlier this year, we knew their show had the right mix of style, vibe and utility—all in a fun, unique atmosphere.”

Source:
Interbike Introducing Fashion and Art Show
Tim DeFrisco
Messengers project


Velo Club Gianfranco Bianchin

velo club bianchin

Ponzano Veneto

Quattordici sono gli Juniores, ragazzi di 17 e 18 anni, (guidati da Franco Lumpugnani) in forza alla nostra società ciclistica. Quest’anno hanno gareggiato in varie parti d’Italia, al Giro di Toscana, Giro del Friuli, Giro del Veneto, Trofeo Buffoni e varie gare nazionali e internazionali, ottenendo ottimi risultati. Hanno vinto due volte su strada, 6 volte su Mountainbike, 6 volte su pista, conquistando un Campionato nazionale Inseguimento, 2 Campionati regionali Inseguimento e corsa a Punti. Vittoria anche nel Trofeo Campagnolo, piazzandosi in 4 nei primi 4 posti. Secondo posto al Trofeo D’Oro dello Scalatore, vincendo la classifica a punti. La Federazione Ciclistica Italiana ci ha convocato un ragazzo in ritiro con la Nazionale, partecipando a gare in Francia. Nell’arco del 2008 i nostri juniores si sono piazzati oltre 50 volte entro i primi dieci.

Crediamo che con questi risultati possiamo essere fieri di loro, che hanno portato con dignità in tutta Italia il nome del Velo Club Gianfranco Bianchin e di Ponzano Veneto.

Il presidente Elio Zanatta

Source:
ItaliaCiclismo net


Beautiful and Chic

cycle chic

Chic On Two Wheels

Just an average Copenhagener on her bike. Like 36% of the population of Copenhagen every day.

This shot sums up everything that is casual and chic and effortless about Copenhagen bike culture. Style over speed. Elegance over exertion.

Ride, ride, ride. A to B and back again.

In your normal clothes. Like normal people. On a normal bike.

“My birthday yesterday, so I figured I’d just slap my all-time favourite photo of mine up once again. Many of you have seen it before, but I, for one, can’t look at it enough. It’s one of the most iconic photos of Cycle Chic I have taken.”

Copenhagen Cycle Chic began its bloglife back in June 2007 when jouranlist, film director and photographer Mikael Colville-Andersen decided to put a growing number of photos about Copenhagen’s bicycle culture into one place on the internet.

Source: Copenhagen Cycle Chic


Poeti Della Bici

biking of old

“L’EROICA

L’ Associazione “Eroica Ciclismo d’Epoca” organizza “L’EROICA”, cicloturistica d’ epoca su strade prevalentemente sterrate. E’ una manifestazione speciale, da ogni punto di vista. Ripropone ambienti e scenografie del ciclismo anteguerra, polvere o fango, nessuna assistenza tecnica, ristori d’ epoca, strade stupende quanto difficili, grande spirito di sacrificio e d’ adattamento.

“L’EROICA” is a period cyclotouristic rally, first organized in 1997, held mainly on gravel roads. It is a special “race” from every point of view. It provides a course of awe-inspiring surroundings and scenes from the “heroic” times of cycling: dust or mud, no organized service, vintage refreshments, wonderful and demanding roads, great ability to adapt and to suffer.

We search for the authentic roots of the awesome popularity of that cycling world made by the giants of the roads, which created so much literary legends.

Source: L’EROICA


Ferrara: In Bici in Sicurezza

bike power

A City Where Bicycles Outnumber Cars

The cyclists of Ferrara have a style of riding all their own. One hand goes on the handle; the other holds shopping bags, a briefcase, an open umbrella or a lit cigarette. If you don’t have any of these items, simply put that spare hand in your pocket. This is a town where velocity is not a priority.

There is a reason for this unique cycling technique: if Ferrara’s cyclists rode like its streets were one giant BMX track, the hospitals wouldn’t be able to cope.

Ferrara’s 135,000 residents own a total of 160,000 bikes.

Bicycle helmets are optional. No, scratch that: they’re non-existent. Nobody here owns one.

Un fine settimana nella città degli Este dove la bicicletta e le piste ciclabili dettano il ritmo della vita quotidiana: qui c‘è la zona a traffico limitato più grande d’Europa e ogni giorno circolano mezzo milione di biciclette. Percorsi ciclabili lungo le mura che nei fine settimana diventano il salotto della città, dove gli abitanti sono soliti incontrarsi. Un tour indimenticabile con la possibilità di scorgere la città dall’alto. Non solo bicicletta, ma anche tanta buona cucina che riempirà le nostre serate durante tutto il week-end.

Source:
UN’ATMOSFERA DAVVERO PARTICOLARE
Cycling is king


Biciclette Elettriche

bike power

“Nuovo Codice della Strada”

Nessun problema di inquinamento, minimo ingombro, manovrabilità estrema, rumore (campanello escluso) quasi insistente. Le biciclette a pedalata assistita, chiamate per comodità di linguaggio Biciclette Elettriche, rappresentano certamente il mezzo ideale per muoversi e da quest’anno ci sono contributi comunali per il loro acquisto. In Italia poi sembrano inventate apposta per dare speranza a chi ormai al traffico e all’inquinamento si era rassegnato.
La bicicletta elettrica è destinata a rivoluzionare il futuro della propulsione, soprattutto nei centri urbani; riduce drasticamente sforzo e fatica e contribuisce a combattere l’inquinamento atmosferico, fonte certa di danni per la salute. Come detto il suo funzionamento è semplicissimo: l’elettronica controlla il movimento dei pedali che ad una lieve pressione inviano il segnale al motore elettrico portandovi senza sforzo alla velocità di crociera voluta. Azionando i freni, o smettendo di pedalare si arresta il motore. La bicicletta a pedalata assistita non paga la tassa di circolazione, si guida come una normale bicicletta e non necessità del casco di protezione, anche se lo consigliamo vivamente. Oggi molte regioni italiane propongono di incentivare l’uso di mezzi di trasporto “ecologici”, e fra queste la Regione Veneto che ha assegnato, a favore del Comune di Ponzano Veneto, la somma di € 1.500 per promuovere l’acquisto di biciclette a pedalata assistita senza ausilio di acceleratore, che devono essere conformi alle normative CE e a quanto previsto dal “Nuovo Codice della Strada”.
L’iniziativa è finalizzata a ridurre le emissioni derivanti da traffico veicolare e, conseguentemente, al miglioramento della qualità dell’aria con la promozione di un più diffuso impiego di mezzi alternativi non inquinanti. L’Amministrazione comunale l’ha pubblicizzata dall’8 luglio (data di pubblicazione del bando) e le domande sono state raccolte fino a tutto il mese di settembre. L’importo dell’incentivo è di € 250 massimo per l’acquisto di un solo mezzo per famiglia (che deve essere residente nel Comune) e comunque non può superare il 50% del costo.
Per informazioni rivolgersi al Settore Ambiente del Comune di Ponzano Veneto. Tel. 0422.960333.

Tizano Zago
Assessore all’Ecologia

Source:
PonzanoVeneto
Cicloone


Astride A Strida

my strida

For Urban Cowboys

The Strida 5.0 – an Urban 2.0 mode of transportation is probably most portable of wheels for city get about. It weighs 10 kilograms and has a collapsible triangular frame. The Strida is long and narrow, and carries like a photographer’s tripod (I can fold it while running down the platform at Grand Central). An easy way to visualize it is to picture three tubes in a triangle. Two points are hinged, and the third is a latch. When unlatched, the tubes fall together to look like a group of parallel tubes with a seat and wheels. Assembly is just forming the triangle, then click and go. This design is very clever, yet simple and robust. Greaseless, very compact and guaranteed maintenance free. From $985. For dealers, see www.strida.com.

Source:
Strida
CoolTools
Kate


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