Sometimes you can not find a shop close to home or maybe you have enough time to experiment with your bicycle, for those cases, a page like this: http://bicycletutor . com / can be more than helpful.
In my case, I spent many hours repairing my bikes for years. Sometimes trying to paint with a spray can, not knowing how to remove the chain to get it right. Other times, changing punched a camera, adjusting, without much success, cables speeds, changing a seat, adjusting a screw, placing a ring, etc., But it has always been a relaxing task, in which time passes realize.
Alex Ramon has worked well in bike repair with such passion that produced amazing videos on a stream of tasks. Here is his presentation:
"My name is Alex Ramon. I've been a bicycle geek Since early childhood, Spending my twenties working as a mechanic in Some Great bike shops. My passions include cycling flatland bmx, unicycles and cycle-touring and I have a lot of fun mountain biking and road riding. I'll basically ride anything with pedals. I also love photography ... one day I hope to do some serious touring with my camera and one of those super fun Greenspeed trikes.
of 400 km of bikeways promised by this government are only 89.7 km and are now just 18 months to go until the government of Marcelo Ebrard. A rule of thumb, it is impossible met, no door projects of this magnitude and even where they have (and I will check) in the 2011 budget is not tagged a specific budget for urban bike. We'll see, as they say in these cases, time.
Meanwhile, I leave a video made in Millennium fines and lack of respect for the bike path of reform and the release of the Institute for Transportation Policy and Development Programme (ITDP), Move for your City and AC Bicitekas following the inauguration of the first bike path bordered Mexico City.
Organizations:
"They agreed that the authorities should continue to invest in building roads to promote the bicycle as a sustainable transport to discourage car use. With the section put into operation add 89.7 km of roads exclusively for cyclists.
also confident that the current administration will consolidate capital city laying a network of 400 kilometers of bicycle paths to connect the main points Federal District.
During the first official day of the launch of the bike path Paseo de la Reforma, the Director of non-motorized mobility of ITDP, Jesus Sanchez said * "to the extent that count quality public transport and infrastructure so that people can move in safe bicycle routes and well-connected citizens will real incentive to leave your car and improve their quality of life ".*
added that the construction of this road for the exclusive use of bicycles , at least in the area of \u200b\u200bPaseo de la Reforma, detonate the increase in its use. Exemplified in Bogotá, Colombia and in other cities like Netherlands, cycling is an integral part of sustainable public transport systems. In addition
to the above, said * "Mexico City should not be ago, so it is necessary to promote a public transport system articles, where people can take your bike on the Metro and Metrobus, and that is the international trend. "*
noted that the bicycle for distances of up to 5 km is the means faster because it moves at an average speed of 16.4 km / h, higher than that reached by car rush hour in the present Federal District is 15 km / h.
Jesus Sanchez announced that the ITDP together with the Dutch embassy and the support of companies that country in Mexico, they developed the "* Manual rider mobility integral to Mexican cities *: * Ciclociudades" * same address all the technical and social aspects to implement a policy massive use of the bicycle.
* * * * Ciclociudades, will ship in January 2011 in the major municipalities in the country, with the support of the Public Spaces the Social Development Secretariat Federal Government.
Meanwhile, Move for your City and Bicitekas AC, confident that the Federal District Government continued with the impulse to the bike with building more and better bike lanes, as must be accompanied by public transport systems more efficient, so that each day people stop using their car in their daily shipments.
* "Cyclists hope that the facilities and investments in urban cycling be complemented by effective compliance with Regulation Metropolitan Transit, which recognizes the rights and priority to pedestrians and cyclists . This simple action of the Department of Public Safety could get more people decide to take the bike with all its benefits "* said Areli Carreon, Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Bicitekas, AC
Finally, the Director of Move for your city, Claudia Montero, made a called on citizens to stop using the car and travel in short distances board cycling. It also invited them to exercise their * "citizen power using sustainable means of transport to improve mobility and environment in Mexico City." *
A week after the end of 2010, the balance of what has happened for the bike and especially the bike as a legitimate vehicle and possible in the cities too is more than fair, in fact almost unbelievable.
So much happened that even managed to register on this blog, as was my purpose. So as a directory, then leave a short chronology of the most important thing that happened around the city bike this year. Http://elmanubrio.blogspot.com/2010/02/bicentenario-o-bicientenario-el-ano-de.html
January. Born in the Paseo de la Reforma one of the most inspiring of the year about the bike: The ride of all, a way to share the experience of riding a bike with those who can not do it alone. Http://elmanubrio.blogspot.com/2010/03/paseo-ciega.html
February 16. In Mexico City Ecobici opens a transport system in the center of the city through the free loan of bicycles. Http://elmanubrio.blogspot.com/2010/02/ahora-si-ya-viene-ecobici-casi-como-en.html
February 18. Published in Official Gazette of Mexico City's new traffic regulations, including for the first time the concept of Shared Track Cycling, Cycling Waiting Area, Cycle lanes, Control Devices, Traffic and Transit Zone called Calm.
March 5. The princes of Denmark inaugurated in Mexico City Dream on Wheels exhibition, a show that arose in 2002 to introduce the world haecho everything in that country for cycling. In parallel, the UNAM is organizing a forum on urban cycling in attending the founder of Cyclechic http://elmanubrio.blogspot.com/2010/03/dreams-on-wheels-en-mexico.html and http://elmanubrio.blogspot.com/2010/03/el-autor-de-cycle-chic.html
April 1916. Azcapotzalco opens in a 4.6-mile bike path, bike path l to Bicentennial, which covers 13 communities and to be extended in the coming years. Still do not know. Http://elmanubrio.blogspot.com/2010/01/una-critica-las-ciclopistas-en-la.html
April 1921. Raul Flores, CEO of Coyoacán, announces the construction of a 28.5 km bike path in the center of the delegation. In the end, it was not bike path, but ciclocarriles onset. Http://elmanubrio.blogspot.com/2010/04/coyoacan-edificara-ciclovia-de-285-km.html
May 1929. Start in the historic center of Mexico City the first night bike ride.
June 1912. The naked bike ride, with several years of organizing in Mexico City, is performed for the first time in Morelia and the result is 19 bicyclists arrested. Http://elmanubrio.blogspot.com/2010/06/el-pecado-de-desnudarse-arrestan-en.html
June 1913 . In Izcalli start dominacales eni bike rides. Http://elmanubrio.blogspot.com/2010/06/avanza-la-bici-urbana-en-izcalli.html
July 1910. The Bicitekas manage to have its own headquarters that Saturday Bicitekas House was inaugurated in the historic center.
August 8. The DF government presents its squadron of 2 000 400 police bicycle. Http://elmanubrio.blogspot.com/2010/08/la-invasion-de-policletos.html
September 5. First Crusade for Health. The Federal Ministry of Health and the City announced this Sunday bike ride in over 100 cities too in the country. Http://elmanubrio.blogspot.com/2010/08/esta-nota-es-tan-buena-noticia-para.html
September 1923. A day after the World Car Free Day was inaugurated in Puebla the third! Urban Cycling Congress in Mexico. Http://elmanubrio.blogspot.com/2010/09/imagenes-del-tercer-congreso-nacional.html
October 1915. Expo opens the third bike, and together with Congress and Cycling Urban Cycling, more initiatives to promote this alternative mobility.
October 1926. Amores premiere on wheels, a series of short films inspired by the bicycle. An initiative of the ITDP and CUEC. Http://elmanubrio.blogspot.com/2010/10/amores-sobre-ruedas.html
November 5. It takes place in Mexico City the fifth meeting of the Network of Latin American Recreation Bikeways. Http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=164847390202441&set=a.154614021225778.30750.154608924559621
November
11 . Twenty-four hours biking around the Chamber of Deputies to demand work and budget for urban bike mobility alternative. Http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=164847390202441&set=a.154614021225778.30750.154608924559621
December 1914. The bike path opens at Paseo de la Reforma. Nearly 7 km of a road contained and exclusive.
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