I had an opportunity to ride around in on a Mercedes Hybrid this weekend. Who ever said Benz drivers are inconsiderate to the environment as they blast along in their AMG’s and S600’s? When they finally do arrive at their destination, they have no problem joining the greenies at their peace-loving rallies; and what better way to spread the earth-love than on a brand new bike?

Except, of course, this is Mercedes-Benz we’re talking about: among the first of car makers to introduce crumple zones, disc brakes, ABS, air bags, and electronic traction control systems. So forget everything you know about the bicycle! Welcome to the new age: with the help of alien technology the user can now pedal less and enjoy the scenery more. Let’s get down to the brass tacks; all of us here are technically-minded, Haskell and Lisp are not alien technologies, so why should a bicycle be? The motor is a 24V 300 watt DC Motor with a 20 cell 24V 5amp/hour Nickel Cadmium battery. For the less technically inclined that means we can go 19 miles at a nice cruising speed of 15 mph.

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In the wonderful tradition of the internet, this weblog is created to misinform the masses and entertain the few.

With the precedent already well established on the tubes of the interwebs, I will make no effort to research my material and curb my biases. Rather, by posting many half-baked and incorrect ideas, I will light the fire that hopefully attracts the fellow traveler along with the many likely moths. Whenever the kind soul in question takes the time to correct me, I will pass on any enlightenment in the modest cloak of updates: a writer is never wrong, he is merely free to change his opinion without justification.