cycling
Sometimes I want to move back to Europe. This video (which was produced by the City of Copenhagen) will make you want to do the same.… Read the rest
I was sitting here at my computer trying to psyche myself up for a big mountain-biking attack in the morning when a friend pointed me in the direction of MudandCowbells – a fairly killer cyclocross-oriented blog I read regularly during the fall and winter months.
What I found there was… Read the rest
Again, we’d like to give a big thank you to everyone who attended our crazy bike bash on Friday night! You might think that we’re getting a bit bike-centric on the Wend blog, but our good ol’ city of Portland has been celebrating its famed Pedalpalooza 2009, and the number… Read the rest
More cyclists on the streets means less bike casualties, at least in NYC where bike-related deaths have been declining since 1998. You know what that means? Jumping on your bike isn’t just good for you, but your whole community!
[Via: GOOD]… Read the rest
A while back we caught up with Carlos Urreta to learn about his cross-country bike trek, Real Geeks Ride. We dug the idea that Urreta and his biking partner, Joe Philipson, were planning to promote cycling as an alternative to cars for not only the uber eco-conscious, but the average… Read the rest
Saturday marked the beginning of Un-Road Trip, Boaz Frankel’s adventure to cross the country in anything but a car. Portland’s own Mayor Sam Adams helped kick off the trip, and joined Frankel on a tandem bike for a ride down Portland’s waterfront. Wend had a chance to catch up with… Read the rest
The website warmshowers.org is a forum for touring cyclists to help one another out with a place to stay. Much like couchsurfing.com, the site allows users to search different cities for sympathetic folk who are willing to offer up a place to crash for free.
The rules are simple and… Read the rest
Fall is a bitter-sweet season for cyclists in Oregon. The air is cold on the nose but crisp in the lungs. Changing leaves illuminate back-country highways, creating dreamy opportunities for touring. But every orange or yellow leaf is a sign of the impending dreariness of the fog and rain of… Read the rest
Volume 2 Issue 3… Read the rest
If you have even once thrown your leg over a bike, your heart will feel a tug from each of the 27 short stories in this bicycle anthology. As the title implies, there are tales of complete mechanical failure, but also ones of bladder-bursting hilarity, utterly
From Volume 2 Issue 1… Read the rest
There is one bicycle race that even the mention of its title makes most roadies cringe. It is the Paris-Roubaix, and it is because of the cobbles. Cycling careers have been made and destroyed during what many consider to be the world’s toughest bike race.
In a green-minded cyclist’s dreams everything is powered by pedals. Well, sometimes dreams do come true – for better or worse.
Check out the following links to videos from Google’s Innovate or Die pedal-powered machine contest, where contestants from all over the globe were charged with inventing and building machines… Read the rest
