Keeping It Wheel
Inside Bay Area reports that a 37-year-old bicyclist is on life support and is not expected to survive after being struck by a car early Thursday morning on a busy Hayward overpass. Scary stuff. They also have a link to this interactive map they’ve created:
This sweet couple is keeping it wheel with matching bikes they built up themselves:
Did anybody hear about this strange incident in Fremont? “Bee swarm causes bicyclist to crash into truck” FREMONT — Those weren’t killer bees in Fremont’s Irvington area on Friday afternoon, but the swarming insects did help send a woman to a hospital, police said. The woman, whom police would not identify, crashed her bicycle into the back of a truck whose driver had stopped along Eugene Street after the bees surrounded the vehicle, police said… The entire Oakland Tribune article…
It’s no fun getting parts stolen off your bike, and striped-down bikes can be seen all over the East Bay. The quality or age of the bike doesn’t matter, it’s always still a little sad when you see a missing wheel, seat or frame-R.I.P.
The City of Oakland has been hard at work installing bike racks this last month in Oakland’s commercial districts, including 40th Street, Piedmont Avenue, College Avenue and the Grand/Lakeshore area. This project started when the city got rid of parking meters and so unintentionally also removed 4,300 on-street bike parking spots. To read more about this, see the Oakland North article by Samson Reiny, Off with their heads. The other day, I caught up with one of the city workers…
Last night the Parkway Speakeasy Theatre hosted a “ride your bike to the movies night,” charging only four dollars to get in. The admission included free indoor attended valet bike parking. The Parkway does this the last Thursday of every month. So, next month, hop on your bike, cruise down to Park Boulevard, and kick back on a couch with a pitcher of beer and enjoy the silver screen. Information: Parkway Speakeasy Theatre 1843 Park Boulevard (between 18th St &…
I know it’s good for the drought and all, but this rain is not great for riding bikes…
Tonight, from 6pm to 9pm, four shops around 40th Street and Broadway are hosting art shows and receptions, calling it the “40th Street Corridor Art Quest.” Manifesto Bicycles along with Rowan Morrison Gallery, Premium Tattoo and Vintage, and Issues will be displaying local artwork in their shops. People can get “treasure maps” (the stores will be passing these out) and have them stamped at each location, which will enter them into contests to win gift certificate prizes from the shops….
I’ve been riding around town taking photos of pretty bikes I’ve seen locked up — here are a few: