The Friday Connection

Happy Friday! We're still out there biking away (just in case you thought we had disappeared)!

This week's link is to the Cascade Bicycle Club. This is the outfit who is putting on this whole Seattle to Portland Bike Ride. The link will take you directly to the STP page with all the "goods" on it.

Here is some information on the ride I snagged from their website, in case you are interested in numbers.

2009 STP Ride Stats

9,999 other riders

Oldest rider: 87

Youngest rider: 2 years 4 months old

18% first-time riders

100 safety and medical riders

310 riders who have participated in 10+ STPs

Two riders who have ridden them all: Jerry Baker and Paul Wantzelius! In 2009, riders came from 46 states plus Australia, Bermuda, Canada, England, Puerto Rico, and Sweden.

The Monday Connection

Friday has come and gone, but Monday is here with last week's connection. Whoops.

Today's link is to a couple different 'posts by others.' The first is a link to a nifty bike. Really, it is the kind of bike we should be taking to the Seattle to Portland ride! It's a bike with a sidecar! This is where I found the original link.

Also, if you are looking for navigation tools for your daily commute via bike here is a great article about navigation tools offered for smart phones. In a nutshell, the article touts the Google Maps application for Droid and the OpenMaps application for iPhone. I've downloaded the OpenMaps application in hopes of testing it out this week. I'll have to keep you posted on how it works.

Lastly, here is some cool bike art . . .  Have you ever seen antlers on a bike? These are beautiful!