Bicycle-Friendly Businesses Are Booming

bikeliving

cadenced: Bernard Hinault in the 1980 edition of Liège–Bastogne–Liège in which Hinault beat the next competitor by over nine minutes and was one of only twenty finishers. Thanks to Dirty White Bar Tape for the photo. More information about this epic edition can be found over at Cycling Revealed.

cadenced:

Bernard Hinault in the 1980 edition of Liège–Bastogne–Liège in which Hinault beat the next competitor by over nine minutes and was one of only twenty finishers. Thanks to Dirty White Bar Tape for the photo. More information about this epic edition can be found over at Cycling Revealed.

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De Groodt /31/: And It Shall Be Called The Siren TED

degroodt:

Or Blanca if it’s mine. I’ve had my newest Siren Bicycles MonsterCross bike for about 2 weeks now and all I can say is this is one bad mother. This adds to my John Henry and my stolen-since-recovered Song. I’ve loved each of the bikes Brendan has built for me and I’ve espoused many times over…

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bookshelfporn:

Birth of a Book

Beautiful video of traditional pre-press, offset print to produce hand-bound books.

Glen Milner produced this book-binding vignette at Smith-Settle Printers in Leeds, England as the binders bound Suzanne St Albans’ Mango and Mimosa.

Birth of a book. Beautiful video.

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Great pants and shoes!

Great pants and shoes!

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Who Will Teach Bravery

I love this section of Seth Godin’s Manifesto: Stop Stealing Dreams

“33. Who will teach bravery?

The essence of the connection revolution is that it rewards those who connect, stand out, and take what feels like a chance.

Can risk-taking be taught? Of course it can. It gets taught by mentors, by parents, by great music teachers, and by life.

Why isn’t it being taught every day at that place we send our kids to?

Bravery in school is punished, not rewarded. The entire institution is organized around avoiding individual brave acts, and again and again we hear from those who have made a difference, telling us that they became brave despite school, not because of it.

Harvard Business School turns out management consultants in far greater numbers than it develops successful bootstrapping entrepreneurs. Ralph Lauren, David Geffen, and Ted Turner all dropped out of college because they felt the real challenges lay elsewhere.”

Love this! History of the animated gif.

jessbennett:

theatlanticvideo:

A Short History of the Animated GIF

PBS’s Off Book web series investigates the evolution of the Internet’s favorite meme-making medium, the Graphics Interchange Format, introduced by CompuServe in 1987.

Featuring… TOPHERCHRIS!!

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jessbennett:

equalitymyth:

“What Role for the Educated Woman?” “Midi v. Mini” and other so-ridiculous-they’re-amazing vintage Newsweek covers. See the full gallery: The Language of Liberation.

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY… CELEBRATING LADIES ON NEWSWEEK COVERS

equalitymyth

If you don’t underestimate me, I won’t underestimate you.
Bob Dylan (This is for the supervisor in my world who likes to use quotes from musicians in all of his writings.)
Considering TDR on a recumbent can you give me your impressions of the route? — Asked by Anonymous

200,000 feet of climbing. I’ve never ridden a recumbent, but if you’re good at climbing on it and it can do a LOT of very rocky roads and trails, then it would work.