The US Consumer Product Safety Commission announced three bicycle recalls this morning. Norco full suspension mountain bike frames can crack. The recalled bicycle frames include the following model year and model names: 2007 Team DH, 2008 Team DH, Aline Park, Aline, Atomik, Shore 1,2,3, 2009 Atomik (without gussets). These are some of Norco’s higher end read more
Streetsblog’s Elana Schor explains the process of how public input, subcommittee hearings, House and Senate bills, reconciliation, voting and executive signing becomes a Federal Transportation Plan here. Energy Secretary Steven Chu is back on his beloved bike. Pro photographer Dustin explores San Francisco bicycle culture at SF Wiggle. Many excellent photos of people riding their read more
There’s traffic congestion on the bike lanes in Portland, Oregon. There are now so many people riding bicycles in Portland that we have bike traffic jams on the city’s bridges. And statistics suggest that the handlebar-to-handlebar congestion is growing faster than the bumper-to-bumper variety Read more.
Last Thursday was Bike to Work Day in the San Francisco Bay Area. Here’s my 25 mile trip with Dan from San Jose to Menlo Park. I gained about 10 pounds scarfing down Hobee’s coffee cakes from 11 Energizer Stations in six cities and two counties. Enjoy! Dan and I stopped at these Energizer Stations: read more
The CamelBak Podium ChillJacket water bottle is my new favorite water bottle. It was pretty warm this past weekend in northern California, with high temperatures in the 90s F / low 30s C. Heat radiating from the road surface quickly warms any beverage sitting in a bottle just 20 inches from the ground in a read more
I’m munching on CLIF’s Lemon flavored “Builder’s” protein bar and it is heavenly delicious. While I have CLIF on my mind, go visit CLIF’s CLIF BAR 2 Mile Challenge. CLIF BAR urges people to leave your cars at home and use a bicycle for trips of two miles or less. You can use their handy read more
