GeoffCJ

Good – Tax breaks for people who bike to work.
Silly/Moronic – The tax break goes to the company. The company decides if and how to pass it on.
I suppose the idea is that with the tax break, companies will be incentivized to provide better facilities or other benefits to bike commuters, but there is no [...]

Seeing lot’s of cool bike related ideas lately.
This guy outlines a way to use reflective tape to make your entire bike reflective, without looking horrible.  i think this could be cool for all kind of applications, not just bike.  I used to paddle my sea kayak at night all the time, and things like this [...]

Cool rack for storing 5 bikes.  only $25, and free standing, so great for places where permanant mounts would be frowned upon.
$25 Rack stores five bicycles!

A Nevada bike maker is working on building bikes made with Bamboo frames.
I want one.  Bamboo is one of the more sustainable materials out there.    Bicycles are very low impact.  Combine the two, and it’s a winner of an idea.
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/09/growing-bamboo.html

Bicycle’s are amoung the worlds most elegant tools, and fun and good for you too.   That said, they do require some upkeep, but their simplicity (compared to a car) is part of their awesomeness.  Most anyone can learn the basics on bike repair, and most of it’s not too hard.  Lifehacker had a good link [...]

When I was in Peru last year, we saw tons of these cool cargo bikes.
If I could have shipped one home, I would have. Seeing the prices of these, I wish I had ordered one. Super cool though. Treehugger has a review of several high end cargo bikes here.

No hybrid will ever match the efficiency of a bike for getting around, I’ve been an avid cyclist since I was 13 or so. But finding good routes can be difficult. Bikely uses the power of crowds to develop a database of bicycle routes, with descriptions, that are mapped on Google maps. [...]