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Category Archives: Quirkiness

VIDEO: Weird Bikes

June 27, 2014by emcc126 Leave a comment

A fun little find on youtube by Vsauce2. I bet there are a few bikes you’ve never seen before in this video!

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Creativity, Innovation, Quirkiness, Uncategorized, Video
http://nauticalarch.org/projects/all/southern_europe_mediterranean_aegean/yassiada_tektas_7th_century_turkey/introduction

How Bicycle Spokes Helped Invent Underwater Archaeology

February 21, 2014by emcc126 Leave a comment

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 […]

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Creativity, Innovation, Quirkiness, Uncategorized

Mark Twain Learns To Ride A Bike

January 3, 2013by emcc126 Leave a comment

…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. […]

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Quirkiness

Flashback: Invention of the Modern Bicycle

December 14, 2012by emcc126 3 Comments

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 […]

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Quirkiness

Unicycle Commuters, Capitol Style

December 11, 2012by emcc126 Leave a comment

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 […]

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Quirkiness

Magical Bikes: Grasshopper Delight

December 5, 2012by emcc126 Leave a comment
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Photography, Quirkiness

Night of the Bicycling Dead

October 29, 2012by emcc126 Leave a comment

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 […]

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Quirkiness

Biketopia

October 27, 2012by emcc126 Leave a comment

Worldwide Cycling Atlas

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Community, Creativity, Quirkiness, Video

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