Mike Lambourn, an industrial designer, has developed a bike theft deterrent — or at least a startling telltale that brands a thief temporarily.
From Lambourn’s site:
SmartLock is a cable lock that has cores of compressed air and liquid running through its body. If cut, the liquids spray out over the perpetrator, his tools, the bike and the scene of the crime. A bike that has been stolen will be covered in coloured dye (the dye renders the bike undesirable and
Wake up, American drivers! With gas prices through the roof, you’re undoubtedly sharing the road with record numbers of cyclists. And guess what? Those cyclists have just as much right to the road as you do. If you expect them to obey the rules of the road, you’ve got to understand how to share that road with cyclists.
In yet another dispatch from the “No Good Deed Goes Unpunished” Department (see previous entries here and here), the Chicago Tribune reports this week that the growing popularity of biking around town is being welcomed with increased attention from law [...]
