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Ryan Orban

Ryan Orban

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Cycling

Bookmarks

  1. Lumen: A Retro-Reflective City Bicycle — Kickstarter

    Kickstarter campaign for the Lumen bicycle by Mission Bicycle Company — a retro-reflective city bike designed for urban cycling safety. Mission Bicycle was a prominent San Francisco custom bike brand.

  2. A Wonderfully Simplified Map of San Francisco's Bicycle Infrastructure

    Atlantic Cities piece on a simplified, design-forward map of San Francisco's bicycle infrastructure by John Metcalfe. The map prioritizes wayfinding clarity over geographic accuracy — in the tradition of the London Tube map.

  3. SF to San Jose Bike Route

    A bikely.com route map for cycling from San Francisco to San Jose — saved as Ryan was planning a group bike ride down the Peninsula with colleagues. A personal logistics artifact from 2013.

  4. In 1897, a Bicycle Superhighway Was the Future of California Transit

    The 1897 California Cycleway — a proposed elevated wooden bike highway from Pasadena to Los Angeles — as a historical case of cycling infrastructure preceding car dominance. A reminder that the current city form isn't inevitable; cycling was once treated as serious urban transit.

  5. Lance Armstrong Stripped of Tour de France Titles

    The UCI's 2012 decision to strip Lance Armstrong of all seven Tour de France titles after USADA published its doping case — the end of a long fraud and a reckoning for professional cycling's permissive relationship with performance-enhancing drugs.

  6. Bikesy: SF Bike Route Planner with Elevation

    Bikesy was a San Francisco bike route planner that accounted for elevation — a key differentiator from Google Maps, which in 2012 didn't prioritize bike-friendly or flat routes. Ryan called it his new favorite website.

  7. Turntable Rider: Half Bicycle, Half DJ Controller

    Wired's coverage of the Turntable Rider — a bicycle handlebars design that doubles as a DJ controller, with the rider's body movements controlling pitch and cross-fading. An example of the 2012 intersection of maker culture, physical computing, and music hardware.

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