Monthly Archives: May 2009

1,000 bikes were counted last Friday night at the San Jose Bike Party ride. They started on Bascom near Hamilton and rode their bikes to see the new Mary Avenue bike bridge connecting Cupertino and Sunnyvale. Read more here.

I was reading this article about a Houston columnist’s first bike commute when I noticed this tidbit about a Bike Safety “three feet” law working its way through the state House of Representatives. The law would make it a illegal for car and truck drivers to get closer than three feet from a biker or read more »

Happy Sunday! I biked around Santa Cruz yesterday afternoon for a couple of hours. Here’s two minutes of my ride down West Cliff Drive and past the Boardwalk. Temperatures were in the 90s on Saturday, making for a very busy day at the beaches and the Boardwalk. In this video I’m mostly riding in a read more »

California State Route 17 is the main route connecting Santa Cruz with San Jose. During the week there are something like 38,000 trips across the Santa Cruz Mountains on Highway 17. As I type this on Saturday morning where we have an expected high of 98°F today, I’m sure Highway 17 is bumper to bumper read more »

New condo features bicycle workshop The Plant 51 residential development near downtown San Jose has its grand opening this weekend. Those who ride Caltrain from San Jose have watched its construction over the past four or five years or so. The Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition held its San Jose Bike Away From Work Bash in read more »

Seven bucks for a box of cereal??