The world has seen a lot of increases related to the Internet over the past year.
Blogs have exploded in popularity and in quantity, viruses and security patches have been released at a frenzied pace, and more and more people are getting connected via the web.
Spam has increased (in case you hadn’t noticed), but there’s something else that’s increased that most people probably aren’t as aware about — “kiddie porn”.
Do you moan and groan about how much your bike weighs? Do you use that as an excuse to not ride?
If so, take a look at BYU’s IsoTruss bike — a bike frame comprised of teeny tiny little triangles made from carbon fibre and kevlar string.
The time you save from riding a lighter (faster) bike can be used for all the extra time it will take you to keep the frame clean!
A couple of months ago, I reviewed the Nite-Hawk Digital Emitter bike light. And at that time, I questioned the light’s quality and durability. Well, on my ride in today, that question was answered.
As I was riding along a stretch of hard-packed snow, the light suddenly leapt off my handlebars, bounced along the ground and rolled down a steep hill / cliff. (Do I blame Nite-Hawk, Murphy or Newton for that?)
I spent the next 15 minutes carefully leaping from bush to shrub on the icy hill as I searched for the light. Luckily, I’d had the light turned on, so eventually I noticed the flash and was able to rescue it.
My first thought was that the quick release had simply released, but no — that was still attached to the bike. The connection between the battery pack and the quick release insert had broken. From what I can see, it looks like this connection was simply (and only partially) glued. This only reinforces my theory that NightHawk quickly rushed this light to market without much thought on its quality or usability.
Next step — fire off a snarky note to Nite-Hawk and see what their response is.
Well, after about a year of cycling to work almost every day, I’m now in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
Huh?
Starting in Feb 2004, I decided to see how long it would take me to cycle around the world, simply by totalling my daily distance riding to and from work.
I don’t get to enjoy the sights, sounds or food of the different areas I “ride through”, but it does make for an interesting and motivational visual…
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