After two years of speculation, a new eight-day Colorado stage race is set to roll out in August or September 2011.

According sources that spoke with VeloNews on the condition of anonymity, the event will debut next year as an eight-day UCI stage race, following a schedule similar to that of the now-defunct Tour of Missouri.

More @ Velonews: Colorado stage race to launch in 2011.

A nice, informative video from the Chicago Department of Transportation on sidewalk cycling and safety.

Chicago’s sidewalk restriction may or may not apply to your locale, but the video’s other main point that sidewalk cycling adds to your risk is fairly universal.

Via Chicago Bicycle Advocate.

I’ve been of fan of Urban Velo from Issue #1 back in 2007. Since then, the ‘zine has gotten fatter and more colorful. With the current issue #20, Jeff and Brad have hit it out of the ballpark.

Go find a copy at a local bike or skate shop, or read it online. If you’re in the SF South Bay or Santa Cruz, I sometimes carry a copy or two to give away as well.

ElevenGear in Sebastopol, California has created the Traffic Master Bicycle Jersey for cycling in low visibility conditions.

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I was at the San Jose train station chatting with a sweet young thang when this kid walked by with his fully loaded Rivendell Bleriot 650B touring bike.

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Mayor of London Boris Johnson rides a geared Pinarello road bicycle around an under-construction velodrome. The velodrome is being built for the 2012 Olympics in Olympic Park in Stratford, London, England. Johnson joined British Olympic medalist Sir Chris Hoy for a visit to the velodrome.

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The Chelyabinsk police in Russia have recently launched a bike patrol, which is apparently pretty unusual in Russia. According to the captions provided by ITAR-TASS on these photos, this new bike patrol coincided with a record heat wave across Russia last week.

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Update: I dug into this a little and found this issue is a little more nuanced than what I originally reported. Updated information is now included below.

The city of Anchorage, Alaska has been working on a rewrite of their traffic code — “Title 9″ — since last year. During this rewrite process, the Anchorage Police Department proposed a drastic change that would undermine the rights of some Anchorage cyclists.

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