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in his cool book The Immortal Class: Bike Messengers and the Cult of Human Power [publisher / review], Travis Hugh Culley lets the reader draft him through a tale of Chicago and amerimonster that is lush, searing, poingnant, and fascinating. he’s a teensy bit full of himself, but hey, he’s a pretty good writer and it’s hard to go wrong when you talk about how much bikes rule.

in one passage he refers to a study he read (no cite) on how bikes are the most energy efficient form of transportation possible. while i couldn’t find the exact study, i did find that the Exploratorium has this very cool resource on human power and biking, with a graph that shows biking to be the most efficient; and that the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives has this transportation energy fact sheet.

yay. just in time for (mini) / bikesummer!

and, very soon i’ll be posting info about STP and my efforts to raise a little dough for some good causes. yep. i’m going to ride 200 miles in 2 days. whoo hoo!