The Association of Pedestrian and BIcycle Professionals is urging women and girls to fill out this survey/

Bicycle Retailer’s report from Taipei: “Andrea Wu, press coordinator for Taipei Cycle organizer TAITRA, said early numbers indicate the show has been well attended with a 9.3 percent increase in international visitors on the first day and a 7 percent increase on day two. The number of foreign journalists covering the show has increased as well, Wu said.”

Tribute to Phil Wood; memorial service set for Los Gatos on April 17.

There’s nothing quite like the Bend Big Fat Tour, for which registration just opened.

The full video of the California premiere of “Women of Dirt” last month in Santa Cruz is out…my favorite part being the panel discussion.

The Top 10 facts from America Bikes and other goodies from Transportation for America are available.

An uncharacteristically grumpy Fat Cyclist deconstructs the Lance Armstrong appearance on Tony Kornheiser’s show (our take).

Sylvia Paull’s lyrical encounter with Google Maps’ new “Bike There” feature, more or less reiterating our call for some kind of context re Google’s recommendations (“hilly, less hilly, flat”, etc.). Also, it appears from numerous real-life tests that the much ballyhooed algorithmic weighting of Bike There for hills just plain ain’t working… Like we said earlier, this could be one of the longest betas in software history.

Besides freeriding and recreation, bike commuting is bringing more women into cycling as well.

A careless driver thoughtlessly opens a car door into the path of an oncoming cyclist, and a respected humanitarian is dead.

Duthie Hill gets ink in The Seattle Times. Not sure where the author came up with 5,000 members for Evergreen, but hey, we’ll take it! (Actual number is slightly above 800.)

On the mend in Bend: Adam Craig. He’ll be back before we know it.

The world’s second biggest bike show, Taipei Cycle, is off ‘n rolling, but where are the bloggers? Not a lot of grist coming out of the show. Must have something to do with travel budgets?

BikingBis’ 10 things to remember the next time you go bike touring. Clip ‘n save!

The final chapter: Jobst Brandt interviews conclude at Cozy Beehive with Part V.

NorCal Bikers gets a facelift. We like!