VIDEO: Weird Bikes
A fun little find on youtube by Vsauce2. I bet there are a few bikes you’ve never seen before in this video! Advertisements
Category Archives: Quirkiness
How Bicycle Spokes Helped Invent Underwater Archaeology
Bicycle Spokes, in part, led archaeologists to reconceptualize the Byzantine Era. It sounds outrageous, I know. But stay with me. This magical fact popped up recently on my favorite NPR […]
Mark Twain Learns To Ride A Bike
…then he writes about the near-disastrous adventure. Read his thoughts here, purchase it for 89 cents here, or just read about Twain’s Bike Lessons in this short and catchy article. […]
Flashback: Invention of the Modern Bicycle
With that said, Happy Birthday to the the creator of the modern bicycle! 1884. John Kemp Starley created the first modern bicycle, calling it the “Rover Safety” because you could literally […]
Unicycle Commuters, Capitol Style
On my run today through the National Mall, I happened upon a unicyclist heading in the same direction. So so sadly, I couldn’t take a photo because I was too busy trying […]
Magical Bikes: Grasshopper Delight
Night of the Bicycling Dead
What is a bike? * New mode of transportation for ZOMBIES. What? Night of the Bicycling Dead Ride through Washington, DC When? Thursday, November 1 @ 7:30 PM (NOTE: postponed from Tuesday, Oct […]
