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Practicality is key to Dutch bicycle culture | Ottawa Bicycle Lanes Project | Let’s Create A More Liveable Ottawa
“For the Dutch, cycling just makes sense. It’s ‘cycle-logical’.” Practicality is key to Dutch bicycle culture | Ottawa Bicycle Lanes Project | Let’s Create A More Liveable Ottawa
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2015 Bike – ON – Ottawa to Cornwall: Eric van Wesenbeeck van Wesenbeeck – MS Bike
Could you MATCH MY DONATION? I need your support in raising funds! Please take a minute to consider helping me help the 100,000 Canadians with MS Did you know that Canada has the highest rate of MS in the world? An estimated 100,000 Canadians live with the disease. My brother and my sister-in-law are two…
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Delicious coffee, made simple. I’m enjoying my moka pot on multiple levels.
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President Obama on the tragic shooting in Charleston, South Carolina.
staff: whitehouse: Good afternoon, everybody. This morning, I spoke with, and Vice President Biden spoke with, Mayor Joe Riley and other leaders of Charleston to express our deep sorrow over the senseless murders that took place last night. Michelle and I know several members of Emanuel AME Church. We knew their pastor, Reverend Clementa Pinckney,…
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Into skull art? Pick a theme.
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bicycleluv: viola4: Can someone tell me what this naked girl has to do with cycling? Mebbe she’s selling cycling attire?
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urbnite: BLUE MONDAY: Dreaming of some New Denim and Indigo Kantha Blankets Retro Monday
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cadenced: The chasers and the chased on the beautiful Lacets de Montvernier from Gruber Images coverage of the Criterium du Dauphine. The peleton is like a pedulum swinging, here.
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One of these doesn’t match.
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These Are the Sad Remains of the Soviet Space Shuttle Program
Sad remains, for sure. Seems like such a waste of resources, just leaving it all behind like that. These Are the Sad Remains of the Soviet Space Shuttle Program
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The direction is not always clear. Where is True North?
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A different perspective changes our view of things.
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Prohibition of liquor proved ineffective in the early 20th century. So why, almost one hundred years later, do we still have prohibition of marijuana? History has already proven it is impossible to prohibit a commonly used, socially accepted recreational substance. Stats show that the use of marijuana is no more harmful than alcohol (arguably, alcohol…
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A good problem to have, yes. But still a problem.
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Man Made Climate Change: Yes, it Really is a Thing –
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littlelimpstiff14u2: Amazing Transparent Church in Borgloon, Belgium The architect group, Gijs Van Vaerenbergh, built this church in Borgloon, Belgium. It doesn’t look like anything special… from certain angles. From other angles, the structure reveals itself to be something else entirely.It consists of 100 layers of stacked steel, that are equidistantly staggered in a way that…
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Eight sheets to the wind Source: theminimalisto
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lights on. nobody home. Source: theminimalisto
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“What Hairpins in Vegas, Stays in Vegas.” ~ A beautiful tour through Red Rock Canyon. Such a rugged and desolate area. Lots of hiking and biking trails and a very beautiful Scenic Route road – one way, low speed, lots of overlook areas for the multitude of sightseers.
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Blueprint for a Better Human Body
I would want a new Delft Blue Achilles tendon… Blueprint for a Better Human Body
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My first foray into video production… Here is the soundtrack that you need to run simultaneously in another browser window.. https://youtu.be/fbkv5xOLvnA Facebook
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simple geometry has appeal
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2015 Bike – ON – Ottawa to Cornwall: Eric van Wesenbeeck van Wesenbeeck – MS Bike
There are two people in my family who live with MS and the debilitating effects of the disease. It is not easy for them. Research and services for people with MS are continually needed and that costs money. By Riding, I am able to raise money to help others with MS by doing something that…
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Bikin’ Barrie’s Backside ~ where the streets have no name. We commonly associate a beautiful waterfront park or a quaint small town downtown area with an image of what Barrie looks like. Tonight, I took a little wheely stroll through Barrie’s back alleys, parkades, landing docks and walkways. I merrily rolled past several “do not…
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arttherapyfortheslightlyinsane: Old Bike Styles Art Print – Bike Illustration – Bike Nerd Wall Art Poster – Museum Quality
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Thin skinned cyclist. Internal non-combustion engine.
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Yup. Necessary.
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Eric’s BiGger Ride! Just me and my boat anchor. Topped last year’s BiG Ride by 10 km and several hundred metres ascending. What next?
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fotojournalismus: Morning practice. Shanghai, 1979. [Credit : Hiroji Kubota]
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Take off, eh.
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Bird’s Eye View
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Been there. Ate that.
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Brothers in Blues
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cadenced: Belgian cyclist Gustaaf Van Slembrouck during the 1927 Tour de France. These early tour riders were damn tough. Maybe cigarettes were the first PEDs…
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Don’t stop. GO!
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cadenced: Thousands of cyclists hold up their bicycles after riding around the Hungarian capital Budapest on April 25, 2015, to demonstrate critical mass and demand that the city, where hundreds of thousands of people regularly use bikes to get around, develop more cycling infrastructure. The Bernadett Szabo photo was selected as one of The Atlantic’s Photos…
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Home again. I won’t be seeing any signs like this cycling around Central Ontario this summer. Next April…
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Chinese food pickup. Yum!
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Over the hills and far away, southwest of Asheville. Back home with a final climb up the Blue Ridge Parkway.
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Great ride from Brevard, NC up 1500m through the Pisgah Forest. Steep switchbacks climbing up for an hour and twenty minutes. Fast descent from the Blue Ridge Parkway past Looking Glass Falls and back to the Hub Bike Shop and Pub. Another great day on a bike.
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Riding with a skilled mechanic is a bonus. Thanks, Trevor!
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Cycle and Recycle.
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Mt Mitchell. Highest point on the continent east of the Mississippi. A great day on a bike.
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VW figured it out a long time ago…
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Even though I understand the underlying principles, it still fascinates me that beasts like this even get off the ground.
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M.O. for the next week. Rinse and repeat. #BlueRidgeMountain
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Holy Roller
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Tube steak. A sign of the times. Source: theminimalisto
stay curious | keep moving
Two Wheels To Nowhere 