http://handcar-regatta.com The Great West End & RailRoad Square Handcar Regatta & Exposition of Mechanical & Artistic Wonders Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:16:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://handcar-regatta.com/2011/01/19/museum-of-possibilities-bike-designs/ http://handcar-regatta.com/2011/01/19/museum-of-possibilities-bike-designs/#comments Wed, 19 Jan 2011 17:42:35 +0000 Erasmus P. Kitty http://handcar-regatta.com/?p=5103 http://handcar-regatta.com/2011/01/19/museum-of-possibilities-bike-designs/feed/ 0 http://handcar-regatta.com/2010/12/17/whiskeydrome-time-lapse-moving-pictures/ http://handcar-regatta.com/2010/12/17/whiskeydrome-time-lapse-moving-pictures/#comments Sat, 18 Dec 2010 01:24:01 +0000 Erasmus P. Kitty http://handcar-regatta.com/?p=5096 http://handcar-regatta.com/2010/12/17/whiskeydrome-time-lapse-moving-pictures/feed/ 0 http://handcar-regatta.com/2010/10/06/gran-la-fawnduh-byob-freaker-friday/ http://handcar-regatta.com/2010/10/06/gran-la-fawnduh-byob-freaker-friday/#comments Wed, 06 Oct 2010 18:19:34 +0000 Erasmus P. Kitty http://handcar-regatta.com/?p=5015 http://handcar-regatta.com/2010/10/06/gran-la-fawnduh-byob-freaker-friday/feed/ 0 http://handcar-regatta.com/2010/09/25/presenting-the-whiskeydrome/ http://handcar-regatta.com/2010/09/25/presenting-the-whiskeydrome/#comments Sat, 25 Sep 2010 07:16:42 +0000 Erasmus P. Kitty http://handcar-regatta.com/?p=4914 http://handcar-regatta.com/2010/09/25/presenting-the-whiskeydrome/feed/ 0 http://handcar-regatta.com/2010/03/11/santa-rosa-bicycle-maps/ http://handcar-regatta.com/2010/03/11/santa-rosa-bicycle-maps/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:21:09 +0000 Erasmus P. Kitty http://handcar-regatta.com/?p=2982 http://handcar-regatta.com/2010/03/11/santa-rosa-bicycle-maps/feed/ 0 http://handcar-regatta.com/2010/02/10/a-forgotten-hero-major-taylor/ http://handcar-regatta.com/2010/02/10/a-forgotten-hero-major-taylor/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:28:41 +0000 Erasmus P. Kitty http://handcar-regatta.com/?p=2810 http://handcar-regatta.com/2010/02/10/a-forgotten-hero-major-taylor/feed/ 1 http://handcar-regatta.com/2009/03/07/hollis-hawthorne-fellow-artist-and-friend-in-need/ http://handcar-regatta.com/2009/03/07/hollis-hawthorne-fellow-artist-and-friend-in-need/#comments Sun, 08 Mar 2009 01:05:04 +0000 Erasmus P. Kitty http://handcar-regatta.com/?p=1481 UPDATE The response has been overwhelming across the country and beyond! Transport was secured and Hollis has been admitted to Stanford Medical! No related posts.]]> http://handcar-regatta.com/2009/03/07/hollis-hawthorne-fellow-artist-and-friend-in-need/feed/ 0 http://handcar-regatta.com/2009/02/17/draisine-turns-90/ http://handcar-regatta.com/2009/02/17/draisine-turns-90/#comments Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:27:57 +0000 Erasmus P. Kitty http://handcar-regatta.com/?p=1450 Wired reports that the venerable bicycle turns 90 years old today (in a somewhat loose definition). The Great Handcar Regatta owes much to the Draisine and the many steadfast inventors who built upon each other's discoveries, leading to the "bikes" we know and love today!Around February 17, 1818, Baron Karl Christian Ludwig von Drais de Sauerbrun invented the first two-wheeled personal transport vehicle as an alternative to expensive and inconvenient horse travel. No related posts.]]> http://handcar-regatta.com/2009/02/17/draisine-turns-90/feed/ 0 http://handcar-regatta.com/2008/08/20/kindred-hackers-part-6-instructables/ http://handcar-regatta.com/2008/08/20/kindred-hackers-part-6-instructables/#comments Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:49:47 +0000 Erasmus P. Kitty http://handcar-regatta.com/?p=527 recycling, DIY (Do-It-Yourself) ethos, and mastery of the Tool.The notion of "no user-servicable parts inside" is a kind of insult and a call to arms against bland commercial proprietary-ness and to sally forth unhindered to take back our world for better with customization, reuse, fun, and IMPROVEMENT!These and many other reasons of glorious liberation and ingenuity are why we love the esteemed Instructables so fervently. No related posts.]]> http://handcar-regatta.com/2008/08/20/kindred-hackers-part-6-instructables/feed/ 0 http://handcar-regatta.com/2008/07/25/kindred-hackers-part-5-rat-rod-bikes/ http://handcar-regatta.com/2008/07/25/kindred-hackers-part-5-rat-rod-bikes/#comments Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:06:46 +0000 Erasmus P. Kitty http://handcar-regatta.com/?p=200 astounding and engaging collection of electro-luminescent graphical renderings of such exquisite "Retro" creations as Rat Rod Bikes. No related posts.]]> http://handcar-regatta.com/2008/07/25/kindred-hackers-part-5-rat-rod-bikes/feed/ 0