By Paul Andrews, BI editor on March 2, 2009
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJmxCuPiM0c&hl=en&fs=1] Jeff Frings of Milwaukee has cameras on his helmet and handlebars (facing backward) to record close calls on his daily rides. Great TV news report showing the trials and traumas of just riding along in the big city. And does a good job of raising the issue about being “dead” right. [Note: Click on [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Culture, Rider Down, Transportation | Tagged bike safety, Culture, jeff frings, milwaukee, Rider Down, Road Cycling
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on March 2, 2009
By early afternoon today the sun was shining and temps approaching 60, which this winter in Seattle is like Palm Beach, so I headed out for a longer than usual in–city ride. My first stop was a return trip to the memorial to Kevin Black, the cyclist who died after colliding with a van in [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Culture, Rider Down, Today's Ride | Tagged ballard, bike route signs, Bridging the Gap levy, city of seattle department of transportation, Culture, Fremont, ghost bike
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on March 2, 2009
BikeHugger has a detailed review of riding bamboo. Not the joke you might think. We raise bamboo in our back yard and that stuff is gnarly!
Posted in Culture | Tagged bamboo bike, calfee, Culture
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on March 2, 2009
Well my opinion of Miley Cyrus has gone up. She and boyfriend ride to yoga class in Toluca Lake CA (not LA as the article states), and that can’t be bad. (Actually I’ve never had an opinion, having never heard her sing or anything else, so perhaps I should say, my opinion has been formed!) [...]
Posted in Culture, Mountain Biking | Tagged bed and breakfast, bike-friendly cities, Culture, Hannah Montana, Miley Cyrus, Mountain Biking, Mountain View
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on March 1, 2009
This is great: The Bellingham Herald reports on cycling repair classes at Bellingham High School. Pretty handy, given the proximity of Galbraith Mountain and other trick haunts for groms and disciples of the knob. Wish I’d had something like this when I went to high school. I might’ve skipped calculus, which somehow has not figured [...]
Posted in Culture | Tagged Bellingham, bicycle repair, bicycle repair classes, Culture, galbraith mountain
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on March 1, 2009
In Iowa, new legislation: “Drivers would face new penalties for not giving bicycles five feet of space when passing them, following too closely or failing to yield to bikes.” There’s some further interesting points about cycle safety and driver requirements in the legislation, including driveway, crosswalks and other dilemmas familiar to all of us who [...]
Posted in Advocacy, Culture, Transportation | Tagged bicycle legislation, bicycle safety, bike advocacy, Culture, Transportation
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on March 1, 2009
The New York Times has a moving report on a white-bike memorial to a young woman killed while riding a bicycle. While the article eloquently describes the family’s sadness at their loss, it does cycling a disservice by implying that the accident was the woman’s fault. The only reference to cause is the line, “The [...]
Posted in Culture, Rider Down | Tagged Culture, dead cyclist, ghost bikes, New York Times, Rider Down
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 28, 2009
My ride today was nothing unusual, just the Ridge-to-Ridge sashay with a lot of errands thrown in. But I found a post from Mark Matassa that looked pretty inviting. With photos! Mark and Mich are friends from journalism circles and fellow travelers of the wheel as well it looks like. Seattle is a great cycling [...]
Posted in Culture | Tagged Culture, Road Cycling, seattle, Sustainable Wallingford, Wallingford neighborhood, West Seattle
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 27, 2009
The old joke about a dog standing on its hind legs gets updated. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgS8n-AqDmo&hl=en&fs=1]
Posted in Culture | Tagged Culture, dog ride bike, YouTube
By Paul Andrews, BI editor on February 25, 2009
About half of the 15,000 bicycles used in Paris’ innovative bike rental scheme have somehow disappeared, BBC reports. Apparently they’re not turning up on eBay! Still, the program — where you rent a bike from a rack for a nominal fee, then return it to another rack at your destination — is deemed a success. [...]
Posted in Transportation | Tagged bike rental, commuting, Culture, Paris, Portland, Yellow Bike Project
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