Getting hit by a self-driving car hurts more

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  You’ll surely be blamed for getting hit. Worse than the opprobrium that will come if you ever get hit by a car and you’re not wearing a helmet. That’s what happened when Uber’s self-driving […]

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The Haunting, Frustrating Chinese Bikeshare Graveyards

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Stories about the failures of Chinese dockless bikeshare companies have been popping up on a regular basis since the autumn of 2017. Here’s one from The Guardian. Here’s one from The NY Times. There are […]

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Hey Cyclist, Bike Riding Helps You Age Better.

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Probably. Maybe. Sort of. Not sure, but there was an interesting study. A big frustration of news stories that tout some breakthrough health find is that many of the studies behind the stories are less […]

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NAHBS Cheesecake, 2018 Edition

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You know you can’t get enough. I was expecting to see more of this.  Exquisite work and great finishes.         I guess Boo Bicycles did, too.             […]

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The NAHBS Experience

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As I was chatting at one end of the NAHBS floor, a show veteran walked by and struck up a conversation. As we got into it, he urged me to check out the booth on […]

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They built a bike path across the New Tappan Zee Bridge. They don’t want you to use it.

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Want might be strong. But design reveals intentions. Law made it that the new Tappan Zee Bridge would have a bike path across the span. While not everyone will see a three-mile long bridge with […]

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Handmade Bikes @NAHBS this weekend

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After critiquing it from afar five  years ago, I’m finally going to see it in person this Friday. The North American Handmade Bicycle Show is in Hartford, CT this year.  February 16-18.  Seems like a […]

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If you want self-driving cars, prepare to be sacrificed

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Self-driving cars have trouble with cyclists. It isn’t just the infamous trackstand that flummoxed a Google car. It’s that the car designers haven’t been able to program the intelligence a human driver brings to interacting […]

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A Word From Our New Host

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WordPress is an award-winning web software, used by millions of webmasters worldwide for building their website or blog. SiteGround is proud to host this particular WordPress installation and provide users with multiple resources to facilitate […]

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New Site Under Construction

JP Partland

It’s always a mess until it’s done. Steve Martin once said, “the secret to comedy is tiMING.” So it is with writing and publishing. This work was supposed to be done weeks ago, with a […]

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