Comments on: So lovely http://clevercycles.com/blog/2006/01/10/so-lovely/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=so-lovely Fri, 11 May 2012 19:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Erik Sandblom http://clevercycles.com/blog/2006/01/10/so-lovely/comment-page-1/#comment-1524 Erik Sandblom Mon, 05 Jun 2006 16:03:28 +0000 http://todd.cleverchimp.com/blog/?p=78#comment-1524 <p>I’ve seen an o-lock with an extendable wire, so you can lock the bike to a lamp post or something. When you unlock it, the wire rolls back like the cord of a vacuum cleaner. Very convenient, but maybe not as robust as some of the heftier locks.</p> <p>One of my wire locks is getting old and rusty, so maybe I need one of these now :-)</p> I’ve seen an o-lock with an extendable wire, so you can lock the bike to a lamp post or something. When you unlock it, the wire rolls back like the cord of a vacuum cleaner. Very convenient, but maybe not as robust as some of the heftier locks.

One of my wire locks is getting old and rusty, so maybe I need one of these now :-)

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]]> By: James http://clevercycles.com/blog/2006/01/10/so-lovely/comment-page-1/#comment-813 James Mon, 10 Apr 2006 01:57:03 +0000 http://todd.cleverchimp.com/blog/?p=78#comment-813 <p>http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaeljacobs/tags/bicycle/page4/ </p> <p>Perhaps this should be posted on another blog, but someone on this blog or a related blog posted one of Uruandimi’s photos, of a fietsen hauling a wheelbarrow seeking to find the photographer’s site. So there is it. A virtual catalogue of ordinary people doing ordinary everyday things of bicycles.</p> http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaeljacobs/tags/bicycle/page4/

Perhaps this should be posted on another blog, but someone on this blog or a related blog posted one of Uruandimi’s photos, of a fietsen hauling a wheelbarrow seeking to find the photographer’s site. So there is it. A virtual catalogue of ordinary people doing ordinary everyday things of bicycles.

]]> By: James http://clevercycles.com/blog/2006/01/10/so-lovely/comment-page-1/#comment-807 James Sat, 08 Apr 2006 23:22:07 +0000 http://todd.cleverchimp.com/blog/?p=78#comment-807 <p>The Axa wheel locks/O locks, the type typically use on dutch bikes don’t require any holes drilled into the seat stays, you use a hook that holds onto the stays which bolts onto the lock. I don’t know about the locks breezer uses. Or you can use zip ties, I saw a Batavus today downtown that had a zip tied Axa lock.</p> The Axa wheel locks/O locks, the type typically use on dutch bikes don’t require any holes drilled into the seat stays, you use a hook that holds onto the stays which bolts onto the lock. I don’t know about the locks breezer uses. Or you can use zip ties, I saw a Batavus today downtown that had a zip tied Axa lock.

]]> By: James http://clevercycles.com/blog/2006/01/10/so-lovely/comment-page-1/#comment-798 James Thu, 06 Apr 2006 04:18:38 +0000 http://todd.cleverchimp.com/blog/?p=78#comment-798 <p>The bicycle looks like a Fietsfabriek bicycle http://www.fietsfabriek.nl/pages/pmduo.htm the Packmax duo. <br /> There are two of the short wheelbase models in Portland, I saw them at northwest bicycles being given final assembly in the fall. Haven’t seen them since. One was black the other olive green. I just about had a spasm when I saw the fiets. <br /> I just got my Axa wheel lock from velorution.org for a future project – the love child of a Gazelle and an Alex Singer Porteur left for adoption in japan. <br /> The pashley importer, North Road cycles in Raleigh, NC might have some wheellocks in stock, <span class="caps">CYCLESTORE</span>@aol.com As Pashley are the only “dutch” bicycles sold in north america, he’s just about the only source of chaincases and the like, but only the stuff used on pashley. <br /> And I just remembered, I got an email from a new bicycle company in Vancouver, http://www.jorgandolif.com/ <br /> They sell dutch roadsters and frontloaders under their own Brand, built for them by an unnamed company in Holland, a common practice, boutiquey dutch oriented bike shops outside of Holland often have house branded models. These are the standard high-tensile roadsters, unfortunately available only with 28″ wheels and no 590/650As for some reason. I’d prefer to see someone sell a newer design lugged chromoly frame roadster, but this is at least something. Apparently Jorg and Olif also have dutch vinyl panniers and racks for sale.</p> The bicycle looks like a Fietsfabriek bicycle http://www.fietsfabriek.nl/pages/pmduo.htm the Packmax duo.
There are two of the short wheelbase models in Portland, I saw them at northwest bicycles being given final assembly in the fall. Haven’t seen them since. One was black the other olive green. I just about had a spasm when I saw the fiets.
I just got my Axa wheel lock from velorution.org for a future project – the love child of a Gazelle and an Alex Singer Porteur left for adoption in japan.
The pashley importer, North Road cycles in Raleigh, NC might have some wheellocks in stock, CYCLESTORE@aol.com As Pashley are the only “dutch” bicycles sold in north america, he’s just about the only source of chaincases and the like, but only the stuff used on pashley.
And I just remembered, I got an email from a new bicycle company in Vancouver, http://www.jorgandolif.com/
They sell dutch roadsters and frontloaders under their own Brand, built for them by an unnamed company in Holland, a common practice, boutiquey dutch oriented bike shops outside of Holland often have house branded models. These are the standard high-tensile roadsters, unfortunately available only with 28″ wheels and no 590/650As for some reason. I’d prefer to see someone sell a newer design lugged chromoly frame roadster, but this is at least something. Apparently Jorg and Olif also have dutch vinyl panniers and racks for sale.

]]> By: Ian http://clevercycles.com/blog/2006/01/10/so-lovely/comment-page-1/#comment-601 Ian Thu, 02 Feb 2006 19:42:32 +0000 http://todd.cleverchimp.com/blog/?p=78#comment-601 <p>Re: biking in Nederlands</p> <p>I worked in Eindhoven in southern Holland for two summers and biked to work every day. It is a wonderful place to bike, even better than Amsterdam in my opinion. The “fietspads” are separate from the roads and go to many places where the roads don’t go. The lack of suburban sprawl also means the bike trips between towns are especially pleasant. The flat terrain also helps; I hardly ever shifted into the third gear of the three-speed I always rode.</p> <p>I brought my parents over for a bike-vacation and we loved it! We saw some dancing ostriches just off the pad between town. And there was always a pub nearby where we could stop for some refreshing appeltart or pannekuchen.</p> <p>The Dutch grow up with their bikes, using them for most basic transportation. It was especially heartwarming to see young couples around town, the beaux pedalling away with the belle perched demurely side-saddle on the rear rack. (I tried this and it is quite difficult without practice!)</p> <p><strong>sigh</strong> Good times… I probably wouldn’t be biking to work now without that great experience.</p> <p>About the integrated locks: it is an insurance requirement that you have these on your bike. They won’t pay up if your bike is stolen unless you have the key in your possession. (The key locks into the lock when open.)</p> Re: biking in Nederlands

I worked in Eindhoven in southern Holland for two summers and biked to work every day. It is a wonderful place to bike, even better than Amsterdam in my opinion. The “fietspads” are separate from the roads and go to many places where the roads don’t go. The lack of suburban sprawl also means the bike trips between towns are especially pleasant. The flat terrain also helps; I hardly ever shifted into the third gear of the three-speed I always rode.

I brought my parents over for a bike-vacation and we loved it! We saw some dancing ostriches just off the pad between town. And there was always a pub nearby where we could stop for some refreshing appeltart or pannekuchen.

The Dutch grow up with their bikes, using them for most basic transportation. It was especially heartwarming to see young couples around town, the beaux pedalling away with the belle perched demurely side-saddle on the rear rack. (I tried this and it is quite difficult without practice!)

sigh Good times… I probably wouldn’t be biking to work now without that great experience.

About the integrated locks: it is an insurance requirement that you have these on your bike. They won’t pay up if your bike is stolen unless you have the key in your possession. (The key locks into the lock when open.)

]]> By: patrick http://clevercycles.com/blog/2006/01/10/so-lovely/comment-page-1/#comment-535 patrick Fri, 20 Jan 2006 17:09:20 +0000 http://todd.cleverchimp.com/blog/?p=78#comment-535 <p>i’d go on that field trip, and i am not much of a traveller, so that says something, I guess. </p> <p>Mauricio, those O-locks you’re interested in come stock on the Breezer city bikes, and also on some Treks. I’ve seen them on eBay now and then, in cases where a user removes it from her bike and puts it up for sale. You’ve got to drill and tap two special holes in your frame to install it, though. Probably not a big deal for this crowd! </p> <p>When I rented a Breezer last spring I found the lock very handy. It negates the need to carry a cable to loop through the rear wheel.</p> i’d go on that field trip, and i am not much of a traveller, so that says something, I guess.

Mauricio, those O-locks you’re interested in come stock on the Breezer city bikes, and also on some Treks. I’ve seen them on eBay now and then, in cases where a user removes it from her bike and puts it up for sale. You’ve got to drill and tap two special holes in your frame to install it, though. Probably not a big deal for this crowd!

When I rented a Breezer last spring I found the lock very handy. It negates the need to carry a cable to loop through the rear wheel.

]]> By: Mauricio Babilonia http://clevercycles.com/blog/2006/01/10/so-lovely/comment-page-1/#comment-501 Mauricio Babilonia Tue, 17 Jan 2006 16:04:24 +0000 http://todd.cleverchimp.com/blog/?p=78#comment-501 <p>Hey Martina, They are, but they’re really just made to deter the impulse theft. Not good for much more than a quick run into the post office or the store, but hey, if you’re doing a lot of that they’re great.</p> <p>Love the idea of a field trip…</p> Hey Martina, They are, but they’re really just made to deter the impulse theft. Not good for much more than a quick run into the post office or the store, but hey, if you’re doing a lot of that they’re great.

Love the idea of a field trip…

]]> By: Martina http://clevercycles.com/blog/2006/01/10/so-lovely/comment-page-1/#comment-500 Martina Tue, 17 Jan 2006 15:52:58 +0000 http://todd.cleverchimp.com/blog/?p=78#comment-500 <p>How about a Cleverchimp group trip to Amsterdam? There is that cool guy who makes the conference bicycle we could visit, plus we could probably line up some visits to bike makers… we could also get a group rate for bike rents, since we might not be able to bring our bikes!<br /> Mauricio: The locks you like so much are actually really easy to crack – I had one on my German bike for ages, but they might have gotten better over the years.<br /> Bill: Yupp that lady has some got muscles there — just imagine riding that tire width on copple stone…</p> How about a Cleverchimp group trip to Amsterdam? There is that cool guy who makes the conference bicycle we could visit, plus we could probably line up some visits to bike makers… we could also get a group rate for bike rents, since we might not be able to bring our bikes!
Mauricio: The locks you like so much are actually really easy to crack – I had one on my German bike for ages, but they might have gotten better over the years.
Bill: Yupp that lady has some got muscles there — just imagine riding that tire width on copple stone…

]]> By: Todd http://clevercycles.com/blog/2006/01/10/so-lovely/comment-page-1/#comment-489 Todd Sat, 14 Jan 2006 19:51:31 +0000 http://todd.cleverchimp.com/blog/?p=78#comment-489 <p>yes mike, marvels of pissoir engineering they’ve got. somehow in the same vein is the inscription on the leidseplein, in severe classical gravitas, “<a href="http://www.majid.info/mylos/mastheads/leidseplein.jpg" rel="nofollow"><span class="caps">HOMO SAPIENS NON URINAT</span> IN <span class="caps">VENTUM</span></a>“</p> yes mike, marvels of pissoir engineering they’ve got. somehow in the same vein is the inscription on the leidseplein, in severe classical gravitas, “HOMO SAPIENS NON URINAT IN VENTUM“

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