http://www.bikejuju.com Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:59:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yesterday I introduced the Lake Baikal Winter Circumnavigation Expedition 2010. What kind of gear is required to ride 1800 kilometers over 43 days on ice in an average daytime temperature of -20 Centigrade? Before their departure, the team posted a summary of their equipment choices. They are on Kona Unit 29er ... http://www.bikejuju.com/2010/cycling-lake-baikal-in-winter-gear-choices/ The crunch of snow under your bicycle tires, the crisp tang of sub-zero wind whipping past you, the icicle beard forming as your breath condenses on your face mask, and the knowledge that there's not another human being for dozens of frozen miles in every direction. Sound like fun? My ... http://www.bikejuju.com/2010/circumnavigating-baikal-on-bicycles/ I'm looking through images from my last trip, as I prep to head out to Africa again in the next few weeks. http://www.bikejuju.com/2010/mechanic-axum-ethiopia/ I used an extremely high-tech method ("close eyes and draw") to divine the winner at random from among the twenty entrants, and Kendall was the lucky one tonight! Kendall, you win your choice of t-shirt from the online store Ex-Boyfriend Collection (Utah-based Kendall writes a great blog called Confessions of ... http://www.bikejuju.com/2010/kendall-wins-a-t-shirt/ Creative Commons-licensed freak bike images from Portland-based Flickr user Megulon5, who captioned this bike "Pick-Up Sticks, the Pennyfakething, um the, Rattyfarthing, ah, whatever..." Previous freak bikes on Bikejuju. (Leave a comment by Sunday to be entered to win a t-shirt). http://www.bikejuju.com/2010/freakbike-friday-mar/ In last week's t-shirt post I neglect to mention a few favorite local designers/printers! How Lame! Bellingham's Red Boots Design has this bike parts shirt, along with several other cycle designs, in their Etsy shop. Seattle artist and cyclist Karl Addison's Partybots line also has several great designs including this brand ... http://www.bikejuju.com/2010/more-bicycle-t-shirts/ I love this story - 60 years of riding the same Raleigh to work! Over the decades, Mr Hook has depended on the cycle to reach his job as a commercial vehicle fitter, the school where he now works as a caretaker, and local shops in Haddenham, near Ely in Cambridgeshire. It ... http://www.bikejuju.com/2010/uk-man-rides-same-raleigh-for-60-years/ The North American Handmade Bicycle Show is wrapping up in Richmond Virginia, and there's plenty of web coverage for those of us monitoring it from afar. Cycelicious is providing full daily coverage, including videos. Urban Velo is there too, taking amazing images. There's also a Flickr pool full of images. ... http://www.bikejuju.com/2010/hand-built-bicycle-goodness-from-nahbs/ This year was the first time I've attended Cascade Cycle Club's Seattle Bike Swap and despite having read Bike Intelligencer's advice for newbies, I was still pretty overwhelmed by the joyful experience of thousands of bike nerds jockeying for position amongst tables of discount goodies. What I loved about the bike ... http://www.bikejuju.com/2010/seattle-bike-swap/ A freak bike t-shirt from Etsy seller DarkCycleClothing in honor of this week's t-shirt contest. Leave a comment anywhere on Bikejuju before March 7 and be entered to win a t-shirt! (Not this one) Previous Bikejuju freak bike posts. http://www.bikejuju.com/2010/freak-bike-friday-t-shirt-contest-tie-in/