Double Baskets, Double Lights And Monkey Electric = City Ride

For after the ride.

Bike Badges

Collecting these would be a great hobby for someone interested in both type and bikes.

Self proclaimed ‘bike geek’ Jeffery Conner is certainly into the latter. A professor from Michigan, USA, Jeff’s been collecting bicycle head badges since 2000, starting with just three badges, his collection grew to over 800 in just 36 months. The slightly curved badges come from all over the world and Jeff has found almost every letter of the alphabet (he was just missing Q & X according to this article) 

“There are symbols of freedom and speed – with wings and birds abounding – and also a debt to heraldic animals (serpents, lions and eagles, in particular), with ideas of strength and precision also conveyed in the designs.”

Last year London design agency, Carter Wong, produced a book collecting some of their favourite badges as a self-initiated project.

Imaging one of these flying in front of your trusty wheels!

Uzès, France

Fake fixie with a crotch shifter. Still quite a nice bike, tho.

Cool story bro. Great job writing tickets for an organized fundraiser group ride. 

How drunk do you have to be to overlook that cable? 

Bike Mountaineering - sometimes the best way to get to the trailhead.

Mountain bike trails posted in the town centre. Complete with distance, difficulty, and altitude gain. Well done!

The RoadRide on the last day of the 2014 Paris-Walldorf trip. Nothing but rain in the forecast :-(