Monthly Archives: July 2009

Resources for bicycle advocacy

One Street is an international non profit working worldwide to help cycling advocates achieve their goals to increase bicycling. One Street has a number of resources on their website for bicycling and motorist education, bikes and transit, city planning and design, Ciclovia type events, school programs and more. One Street is founded by Sue Knaup, read more »

Running red lights

Here’s a video of a cyclist running a red light. Naughty naughty, cyclist! Shame on you! Now watch video of a pickup truck running a red light. I don’t run red lights as a cyclist and don’t condone it at all, but tell me: Where should law enforcement focus its safety efforts? And where do read more »

Saxo Bank Invisible Bike

An amusing catch at Photoshop Disasters shows an investor texting while riding an invisible bicycle.

WIN: Look Quartz Mountain Bike Pedals

The Quartz is Look’s mud shedding lightweight clipless mountain bike pedals. You can spend $100 on Look Quartz MTB pedals here, or you can get a pair for FREE. Watch for a contest to begin in the next day or two from Bike Rumor.

TdF Stage 11: Conspiracy?

The GC standings are really starting to freak me out. Ever since Stage 7, the top three rankings have invariably looked like this: NOCENTINI Rinaldo (Italy) Agr2-La MondialCONTADOR Alberto  (Spain) Astana          +00’06″ARMSTRGONG Lance  (USA)   Astana          +00’08″ With the exception of Stage 10 when Andreas Kloden briefly bested him, American Levi Leipheimer has been consistently in read more »

John Franklin’s Cyclecraft North American Edition

I recently learned that John Franklin’s Cyclecraft is now available in a North American edition. Cyclecraft is the principal reference for the National Cycle Training Standard in the UK and the basis for training programs in an increasing number of other countries. This North American edition of Cyclecraft has been specially adapted to reflect conditions, read more »