My very good friend and cycling advocate Buzz Feldman in Longmont, Colorado is closing up shop after 23 years in the bike business. High Gear Cyclery on Main @ 5th will close in a couple of weeks.

Buzz is very active in local and statewide bike advocacy, winning Bicycle Colorado’s first Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007. Shortly after he became a League of American Bicyclists Certified Instructor he taught the Road 1 class to his entire ship staff. He gives tremendously to the local community in time, cash and supplies. He’s in charge of the local Safe Routes to School Program. For over 20 years Buzz collected old bikes, reconditioned them and donated them to children for Christmas.

Read about it in the Longmont Times Call. And here’s a picture of Beau, the shop dog.

Jean Ulrey in Florida has a bicycle trailer to tote her granddaughter around, but the little girl kept getting dirt, grime and water in her face.

Besides the flap that comes with every bike trailer I’ve seen, an obvious solution is a fender. So Ms Ulrey, who owns a welding business, built a bicycle sidecar to carry her granddaughter.

According to this news article, Ulrey hopes to sell her sidecars and even patented the idea of attaching a sidecar to a bicycle.

More. Props to Warren, who now publishes a “Bicycle News” daily podcast.

Bicycle enthusiast Hilary Duff will appear next Tuesday with other celebrities and fashion icons at the Fashion Institute of Technology “Bike In Style” award ceremony.

LVMH worked with the New York City Department of Transportation and the Fashion Institute of Technology to create the “Bike In Style Challenge.” In this Challenge, FIT students competed to design stylish bike-wear and accessories for New Yorkers who bike to work.

LVMH owned Donna Karan New York worked with FIT students, providing creative direction as they competed in designing a set of biking essentials: a poncho, a jacket and a travel bag. DKNY is also developing the prototypes of the winning designs.

Watch this space for news and photos from the awards ceremony next week.