back in stock at ChainReactionCycles, EUR48 each. bookmarking to buy in case the weather forecast turns shitty again this year...

Thinking of the winter commute again. This page has a load of fantastic info on winter tyres

good tips on riding in a city; I use all of these, every day, and they're entirely correct. The comments have some good ideas, too

'an [unofficial] mobile web application that the public can use to find 'Dublin Bikes' stations and information about bike availability'

Fantastic comparative number crunching on the JC Decaux Dublin Bikes scheme, compared to their other European cities (Brussels, Lyons, Paris, Seville), times of day, busiest stations, rainfall, etc.

really quite good advice -- all except for "take the whole lane", which in my experience aggravates drivers and causes road rage and risky behaviour. avoid

hooray, and about time too

a paean to Schwalbe Marathon Winter tires.  sniff, if Wiggle.co.uk had their act together I'd have mine by now :(

via Tony: a DIY snow/ice tire for bikes, using zipties.  Unfortunately incompatible with rim brakes, otherwise I'd be doing this!  (my damn ice tires are back-ordered at wiggle.co.uk until Jan 2011.)

very funny. 'Wait, does this mean that those cyclists that wiped out a few blocks back are going to catch up to me right before I get to my destination, even though I didn't crash once?' (commenter on Kotaku)

new bike shop in Dublin, comes strongly recommended by waider

'Where can I find an available DublinBike?' -- another DublinBikes mashup. hopefully JC Decaux won't C&D this one

the new rental-bike system for Dublin from JC Decaux and Dublin City Council. woeful coverage, and eye-wateringly expensive; don't keep a bike out overnight or it'll cost you EUR30!!