Globaalne teema arhiiv
As mentioned in the last post, it’s not very easy to find nice bike parts or bicycles in Estonia. So, let’s find out what are the options just 80km north in Finnish capital Helsinki. Like most cities in Scandinavia, Helsinki is bike friendly and has quite some nice stores as well. Jussi Kulonpalu sent us a few tips where to go to look for a bike.
Usually it needs a shop or good meeting place for a scene to grow and flourish. Compared to some other big European cities Paris has very modest track bike scene. At least for now. But that might change soon as some guys have opened their workshop called Cyclope in 11th district – the city’s only shop dedicated to repairing, building and selling fixed gear bikes.
Amsterdami rattapoe Soul Cycle ning flatlandiürituse Flatground looja Michiel Verberg avas äsja uue internetikeskkonna NewBreeders.
Taiwanese track bike riders at Nabiis have a pretty cool bike riding poster campaign called Feed Cycling. Click here to check it out. They also have a feature over there called “I Can’t Brake” which is a photo essay from rider meet-up/comp and Bootleg Sessions V2 premiere.
Adbusteri kirjatsura Douglas Haddow kirjutab ajakirja uues numbris hipsteritest. Douglas arvab, et meie ühiskonna kontrakultuurid on muutumas üleüldiseks ja pinnapealseks ennastimetlevaks vaakumiks, millest on kaduma läinud igasugune originaalsus ja vastupanujõud. Douglasel on paljuski õigus, kuid teisalt on see ka liialt üldistav ja pisut kibestunud heietus. Aga igal juhul väga lõbus lugemine.
Ülalolevat hirmuäratavat pilti Segway’del sihtivatest üksustest nägin mõned päevad tagasi Easyjeti pardaajakirjast. Nagu selgub, oli tegemist Hiina nädalapikkuse antiterrorismi-õppustega nimega Great Wall 5. Seda kõike loomulikult valmistumaks Olümpiamängude peatseks avalöögiks. Lisaks on kuulda, et Hiina ametivõimud on teinud Tiibeti kloostrid munkadest puhtaks ning umbes tuhatkond istub neist kuni mängude lõpuni kinni. China never fails to impress with showing its superpower…
