• Fenders: check
• Water bottle: check
• Ding-ding bell: check
• Front and rear reflectors: check
• Helmet: check
• Reflectors on helmet: check
• Spot reflectors on the frame: check
• Reflectors on fenders: check
• Plastic bag on seat to keep it dry: check
• Carrying bin with lid: check
• Safety triangle on bin: check
• Banged up paint job to make the bike look ghetto to deter thieves: check

Five stars for safety. No doubt you'll see many more stars if you shine a light at it in the dark.

This is a more compact system than a 2-person tandem. In addition, the main cyclist continues to cycle on essentially the same bicycle without needing to adapt to the feel of another bike. Great idea, but I wonder if they make one for adult tag-alongs?

According to BikingToronto, this arch was made of 600 abandoned or unclaimed stolen bicycles.

Mark Grieve also did a bicycle arch for the Burning Man Festival in 2007, among other bicycle-centric sculptures he created.

I stumbled upon the BIXI bike sharing system in Ottawa on our way to a friend’s graduation last year. The link goes to the Montreal site for some reason. Maybe they are meeting greater success in Montreal?

It’s $3 for the first 30 minutes, and the fare increases the longer you don’t return it. This encourages users to return the bikes more often.

With summer coming, the system should see increasing use. I wonder how’s the ride like?

Time for a little vacationing back in Malaysia. A picture of a pedicab seem appropriate right about now.

Here's a bike that steers in the opposite direction of the handlebar. Turn right, and the front wheel goes left - and vice versa.The gear on the handlebar stem is also larger, amplifying the tiny mistakes you make on an otherwise counterintuitive setup.

These photos were taken during an exhibition in the Tulip Festival in Ottawa. The exhibitor offered to challenge anyone to cycle on the bike for a set distance. I paid $5 for three tries. I didn't make it.

He managed to cycle smoothly in circles, which I'm guessing took a lot of practice. But he claimed that three people managed to do it within the three tries. I don't believe it!

Snowstorm hit Guelph (and many other places in North America) the week before Christmas. More pictures to come soon.

Someone pulling a prank out on a poor cyclist? Maybe an attempt to raise cycling awareness?

On June 11, 2005, I rode the biggest bike I've ridden. The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Windsor organized a Big Bike race around downtown to raise awareness of coronary diseases. We shouted and waved whenever we saw crowds and be a commotion in the city.

A friend suggested I participate. I couldn't resist cycling something I've never cycled before and jumped on the idea.

Driving the vehicle was harder than I thought. It took a lot of effort to pedal fast enough. How the mechanics work to transfer pedal power of 30 people at differing pedal speeds to just two or four wheels, I would never know. It's simply magic.