Cyclelicious intriguingly analyzes “The Invisible Gorilla” vis-a-vis cycling on city streets … or as we’ve referred to it, trying to “become uninvisible.”

Pursuant to the large terrestrial beast theme, a bicycle that unless ridden safely can kill an elephant!

“Road dieting” does pay off, according to new Seattle Department of Transportation study.

But bike facilities “need to be more than lines on a map,” notes SeattleLikesBikes.

New York Times article on helmets has sparked a return of the Frequently Argued Waste of My Precious Time thread on Ecovelo.

Does requiring helmets reduce cycling among youth?

Bicycle light leads to evacuation of downtown homes and businesses in Arcata. What were they smoking???

Seattle’s Bicycle Master Plan is lagging.

Let’s see now. 19.7 percent of city’s population rides bikes. Cars banned from driving 1 day a week. Yet in Beijing, officials want to do more to encourage cycling.

Same goes for San Francisco, where a long-standing court injunction against the S.F. Bicycle Plan is easing even as ridership jumped 8.5 percent last year and 53 percent since 2006. SF.Streetsblog has the full rundown.

Buzz continues to grow for the North American Handmade Bicycle Show starting Feb. 26.

iPhone apps keep getting better all the time. Here’s Cyclemeter 2.0. (Hat tip to Eric Stobin.)

BikeHugger: Providing peace of mind on the bike commute home thru Google Latitude.