The Bicycle Forest

Month: July 2006

  • Outdoor Music & Movie Night

    Tonight, Mohrgan and I rode the couchbike out to Waterloo Park for the Outdoor Music and Movie Night. We ran into Andy from the cycling club while we were there.

    Mohrgan and Andy on the Couchbike

    The evening started with a performance by the Water Street Blues Band and was followed at dusk with a screening of The Blues Brothers movie. As the movie started playing, the bugs started to come out in droves. We tried covering ourselves in the tarp we’d brought for rain protection, but found it was no use against the swarms of mosquitos. Eventually, we decided to pack it in. As soon as we were back on the road, the bugs left us alone.

    Mohrgan and Andy on the Couchbike

  • Recycle Cycles Bike Camp

     
    This morning and afternoon, Mark brought two sets of campers around from the Recycle Cycles bike camp. Each group arrived by public transit which kept us on a tight schedule.

    The kids have been learning about bike maintenance and repair all week. Today, the plan was to try out some of the unusual bikes in the rental collection and to see how frames can be welded together.

    They brought around this cool candelabra made by Kari at Recycle Cycles as a gift.

    Thanks a lot guys. I think we all had a good time!

    		   Kari's Candelabra

  • BikeCAD 4.05

    BikeCAD 4.05

    BikeCAD version 4.05 has just been released. New features in Version 4.05 include:

    The option to specify chainrings and sprockets accompanied by a new dialog box called “Gearing graphs“.

    In the “Accessories” tab you can add fenders and water bottles.

    A new “Rack” tab allows you to add a rear rack and control its dimensions.

    You can check for interference between the fork crown and the down tube.

    The display of the rack, fenders, sprockets and water bottles can be turned on and off in the Display dialog box.

    Thanks to everyone for your valuable feedback. Your input has made BikeCAD what it is today.