Drumcycle

" . . . and in reply to your blog link, how 'bout this i saw at mardi grasthis year: a drumcycle"

Thanks, Craig! Keep those stories coming, people.

Move it . . . so they can shake it!

This guy is one of my favorite bicycle-movers. He regularly hauls his home made sound system through the streets of San Francisco during the monthly critical mass rides. He adds a layer of joy and good natured celebration to the event that I believe benefits riders, and the-ridden-by. Dancing in the streets becomes more than a song title when this guy peddles by. And it's certainly a unique start to a group ride when someone blasts the theme song to Chariots of Fire, or Top Gun while a couple thousand cyclists meander down Market Street. Other cyclists are often spotted giving the cart a push up steep hills. Way to Move!

Hello, world!

Enough has been written about bicycles and their positive impact on health and environment. I would like to highlight another facet of this amazing machine, that is usually not considered by the car-bound. That is: creative carrying capacity. Using the rack on my bicycle, some rope, and a few bungee cords, I

transported this bulky CRT monitor from work to home. Besides being useful, hauling unreasonable loads is also a lot of fun! I turned more than a couple heads on my 2.2 mile bicycle ride home with the monitor on the back of the bike.

Notice the newer flat screen LCD monitors in the background that my office now uses. The old CRT monitors were slated for destruction. Hauling this monitor to use at home, besides being challenging and fun, also kept this bulky, yet useful piece of electronic equipment out of the landfill! I did promise not to drone on about environmental benefits, so I won't elaborate.

Our office dog remains uninspired by this feat.

Here is a detail of the rope that was wrapped 8 or 9 times around the base of the monitor and the seat post. That was where the majority of the attachment strength came from. The bungee cords were mainly to keep it from wobbling or bouncing when I hit bumps in the road.

Arriving safely at home! The monitor scarcely moved from where I first stuck it. Dismounting from the bicycle, I had to hold down the handlebars, as the heavy weight in the rear kicked the front wheel off the ground very easily.

What's that line? "A woman needs . . .

. . . a man
like a fish needs a bicycle"

Who needs a fishycle?

Caught: September 29th, 2006.
Height: approx 6'0"
Weight: unknown.






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