Days are getting shorter and with the loss of Daylight Saving Time bike riders will be riding home from work in the dark. This makes riding around much more dangerous and to encourage everyone to ride a little brighter and safer we are having a Light Up Your Ride Contest!
Show us how you make your bike or yourself much more visible at night to the cars passing you and win a pair of the brand spankin' new Bike to Work Pants from Cordarounds! These pants aren't just stylish for work, they also keep you safe while riding your bike. Flip up the pant cuffs and pull out the pockets to instantly become more visible.
So how do you make yourself a safe rider? Have you replaced the LEDs in your blinkies, installed reflective materials in crazy places, made your own turn signals? We want to see it!
We're giving away three Bike to Work outfits! These will include one pair of Bike to Work pants and one Instructables Robot t-shirt. One for the most votes, one selected by Cordarounds, and one selected by Instructables staff. Four runners-up will win an Instructables Robot t-shirt. Good luck!
Monday, November 10, 2008
Light Up Your Ride Contest!
From Instructables-
Catholic Worker coffee Line
While the Norfolk Catholic Worker serves breakfast on the streets to the hungry and homeless three mornings a week, I only make it out to work on bikes on Thursdays.
Last Thursday was particularly joyous- Obamamania was in the air. To mark the occasion, some kind soul had bought a hundred or so fair trade, organic chocolate bar. After receiving soup, sandwich and a cup of coffee, Catholic Worker Steve Baggerly handed each person a chocolate bar, solemnly intoning, "To mark the election of the first African-American president, a chocolate bar." I think I've heard Steve speak in the same gravitas when distributing Communion wafers...
Melvin with his mountain bike on the repair stand.
Even though it's too big for him, Melvin still posed for a portrait next to my bike.
(Complete with full fenders, aero bar, lights and a Bob trailer.)
Lee always has a good bike.
His aluminum Red Rock is on the work stand behind him.
What Lee needs now is a decent bike lock.
Steve needed a new tube.
Will.
Looking for a good beach cruiser.
And lastly, Curtis.
Last Thursday was particularly joyous- Obamamania was in the air. To mark the occasion, some kind soul had bought a hundred or so fair trade, organic chocolate bar. After receiving soup, sandwich and a cup of coffee, Catholic Worker Steve Baggerly handed each person a chocolate bar, solemnly intoning, "To mark the election of the first African-American president, a chocolate bar." I think I've heard Steve speak in the same gravitas when distributing Communion wafers...
I spent an hour truing wheels and adjusting derailleurs.
Here are a few of the guys I've come to know through their bikes:
Here are a few of the guys I've come to know through their bikes:
Melvin with his mountain bike on the repair stand.
Even though it's too big for him, Melvin still posed for a portrait next to my bike.(Complete with full fenders, aero bar, lights and a Bob trailer.)
Lee always has a good bike.His aluminum Red Rock is on the work stand behind him.
What Lee needs now is a decent bike lock.
Steve needed a new tube.
Will.Looking for a good beach cruiser.
And lastly, Curtis.Sometimes it's hard to distiguish between the Catholic Workers and the hungry...
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
More Timelapse at the Polls
Ran into a DAM SNAFU- Digital Asset Management Situation Normal: All F***ed Up. I should have some better movies up later today.
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Timelapse at the Polls
I set up a couple of little cameras to record timelapse footage, starting at 5:45 AM, 15 minutes before the polls opened at Stuart Early Childhood Center in Norfolk, the polling station for the Riverview and Colonial Place neighborhoods, as well as part of Park Place.
There's more coming...it just takes a while to batch process 5,000 images....
There's more coming...it just takes a while to batch process 5,000 images....
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Cranksgiving 2008
Maybe Google's busted, but it looks like I'm the first to post this alley cat race to a blog...for us Southsiders, it'd be a change to head across the water and ride some foreign territory:
What is it? NYC Style Bike Messenger Race (non-sanctioned) Race in a chaotic shopping spree by buying one food item at specific supermarket checkpoints all over Newport News. Your dated receipts prove you were there. There is no entry fee, but you need to buy food which will be donated to the PENINSULA FOOD BANK.
When is it? SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2008
The race/ride will start at 11AM. Event will open at 10:15. You must sign a waiver to participate. Manifests will be given out at 10:50AM. A LeMans Style Start. (a running start to your bike)
Where is it? Huntington Park, Newport News, VA
Newport News Side of James River Bridge
What do you need? Bicycle, Messanger Bag or Backpack, $15 to buy food, bike lock, Cyclist. All Bikes welcome to participate.
For more information contact by email: bike-boy-73@hotmail.com
SPONSORED BY CYCLISTS WHO GIVE A DAMN
What is it? NYC Style Bike Messenger Race (non-sanctioned) Race in a chaotic shopping spree by buying one food item at specific supermarket checkpoints all over Newport News. Your dated receipts prove you were there. There is no entry fee, but you need to buy food which will be donated to the PENINSULA FOOD BANK.When is it? SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2008
The race/ride will start at 11AM. Event will open at 10:15. You must sign a waiver to participate. Manifests will be given out at 10:50AM. A LeMans Style Start. (a running start to your bike)
Where is it? Huntington Park, Newport News, VA
Newport News Side of James River Bridge
What do you need? Bicycle, Messanger Bag or Backpack, $15 to buy food, bike lock, Cyclist. All Bikes welcome to participate.
For more information contact by email: bike-boy-73@hotmail.com
SPONSORED BY CYCLISTS WHO GIVE A DAMN
Friday, October 31, 2008
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