A nice new blog is Bike Skirt by Anna and Elisa of Birmingham, Alabama. Here’s Anna with her bike “‘Geot” — pronounced “Joe”, because it’s a Peugeot, get it? Elisa started riding a bicycle to get fit, but before long she found she liked bicycling so much committed to making bicycling her primary form of read more
Tooting my own horn: I was the Good Samaritan. Do a good turn daily. “Waiting” by Pieter Musterd, CC license. 30 speeds on a bike are confusing to the neophyte, so Taiwanese researchers created a computer optimized gear change notifier for derailleur equipped bicycles. The device tells the cyclist how to shift for their speed read more
Keenan Parker of Clearwater, FL is the winner of The Bike To Work Guide by Roni Sarig and Paul Dorn. Thank you to the 50 of you who posted a tweet to enter this giveaway.
Today’s giveaway is the Bike To Work Guide: Save Gas, Go Green, Get Fit by cyclists Roni Sarig and Paul Dorn. The copy I’m awarding is my slightly dog-eared and marked up review copy of the book. You might recognize Paul Dorn as the author of the popular Bike Commute Tips blog and his excellent read more
The city of San Jose Bicycle Pedestrian Program is hosting two more public workshops on the citywide bike plan update. Tonight’s workshop (Wednesday, January 14, 2009) takes place 6:30pm-8:00pm at the Alum Rock Youth Center Community Room 137 N. White Road, San Jose, CA. The final workshop is at Tuesday, January 20, 2009, 6:00pm-7.30pmSouthside Community read more
Some 500 bikes will be available this summer at 30 to 40 stations around Denver. The Denver B-Cycle program got initial funding from a $1 million donation from the Denver 2008 Convention Host Committee. “We are confident Denver B-Cycle will prove equally popular while improving our fitness levels and our environment,” said Denver Mayor John read more
