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results of the 2010 iowa city to coralville bike-bus-car race will shock you:

1. bike
2. bus
3. car

the driver got there fastest, but then had to drive around looking for parking while the cyclist and bus passenger cruised on by.

i don’t think i ever want to live in a city where i can’t pedal everywhere i need to go in under an hour.

This morning’s news out of the UK

“Government should invest 10% of its transport budget on cycling and walking initiatives, according to a coalition of health, transport and leisure groups.

The 70 organisations are calling on all UK governments and local authorities to help fight obesity by “taking action on active travel”. The groups launched a campaign yesterday for more cycle routes, better enforced traffic laws and 20mph speed limits to be enforced in residential areas.”

got me thinking about a few bikes I saw yesterday, the xtracycle

and Surly’s Big Dummy frameset. One feature of the S.U.B. is reconfigurability. For example, an off-the-grid smoothie making tool called the “Fender Blender”

also available in floor model: