Bicycle Safety, ca. 1958

Treadmill Bike

This is most certainly a joke, but what fun!

Here's why...

Just a guy going to work. Oh, and some critical facts about why you (and everyone else) should be biking more.

Bike to Work Day, 2008

Bike to Work Day, 2008 from Phillip Barron on Vimeo.

Freeway Bike Ride

World of Adventure -- Bike Messengers

Bike Thief

By the Neistat Brothers

Pedal -- trailer

By Peter Sutherland

Bike Kill: The Sequel

By Rachel Meyrick

ROAM -- trailer

By The Collective. Their first film is one of the most beautifully filmed mountain bike movies I've seen. Watch it, at the very least, just for the final scene.

Everyone Hates Messengers

here to there

By Tim Lindgren of The Where Project.

Cycling advocacy in Boston

council of doom -- trailer

council of doom: official full-length trailer from wolfgang on Vimeo.

what these guys can do on track bikes is pretty impressive

no more heroes

Bull City Bicycles

Explanation here.

Monkey Dust -- The Cyclists

What is Critical Mass?

By Phillip Barron of nicomachus.net

London Calling

A high speed alleycat through the streets of London. There's so much wrong here - no helmets, blatant disregard of traffic, and so on and so on. But, of course, that's what makes it fun.

No embed for this one, just click the pic to follow the link.

pedal-powered car

Biker Fox

The Collective -- Seasons

The Fruita Experience

This one can't be embedded in a flash-based viewing option, but neither can it be missed.
The Fruita Experience (right-click and save as -- the mpg file is 105MB in size)
By Pete Fagerlin
This is one of those movies that will inspire you to try something new; if you've never ridden the trails of Fruita, CO, you'll want to after watching this.

bicycle lift

UV water purification

Bike Kill

Is it just me? I don't really get this.

Twofer Tuesday (part deux)

I can't imagine the wrestling match of steering. Try not to come across any unexpected potholes, k?

Sheldon Brown 1944-2008

The cycling world has lost an amazing ambassador. I never had occasion to meet, speak to, or even email Sheldon Brown, although I have haunted some lists to which he would sometimes post. But, like many other cyclists I learned a lot from him by reading his site. His knowledge, wisdom and passion for cycling are inspiring. Thanks for everything, Sheldon.

Twofer Tuesday

Embrace the awful cliche... Check out this crazy tandem! If you're lucky (?) I'll have another next week.

Really Fast Folding Bike

Yes, this is basically an ad for a Bike Friday folding bike, albeit unbranded and only :16 long. But I have passing interest in folders and this pretty remarkable, so I hope you'll forgive me.

Ski Bike

I'm No Fool (With A Bicycle)

U.S.P.O. Bicycle Delivery Messenger, 1903 (Washington, DC)

MASH

Four minute clip from the documentary MASH.

The trailer is here...


And a recent mock-doc, responding the now-trendiness of the fixed gear revolution...

Bike. It's Patriotic.

I'd forgotten about this one until it showed up on the Commute by Bike blog last week. Sure, he's not wearing a helmet, and there may be other things that can be said to disparage the clip ("it's advertising," "it's beer," "it's good|mediochre|bad beer," etc), but there is a lot to commend in it as well. Kim, a commenter on Commute by Bike, put it really well;

"...it’s a seriously great message in a lot of ways. Look at that guy- beer gut and cheap handlebar basket, flannel and a who-cares-brand mountain bike. There’s nothing unapproachable about this.

"He’s not a granola-muching vegan or a lycra-clad triathlete on a titanium road machine. He’s not a hipster on a fixie. He’s not a kid out playing (although that’s cool, too). He looks like your neighbour. He looks like the people we want more of on bicycles. It’s so everyday and no-big-deal; it’s perfect."

Amen.