Monthly Archives: July 2009

San Jose: Trackstanding at red light

SF Tour de Ice Cream

The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition organized a bike tour of San Francisco ice cream shops last Sunday. See photos from the ride here.

Mejor En Bici

Mejor en Bici is Spanish for “Better on Bikes.” It’s also the name of a privately funded bike share in Mexico City. This program complements Mexico City’s efforts to make it’s transporation more sustainable. Read more at Planetsave.

Chris Hipp RIP

I really don’t know what to say — the facts are that local entrepenuer Chris Hipp passed Tuesday morning on his way to a local ride. He’s not much older than me, though he was a much better cyclist. I’ve heard he was felled by an aneurysm or an embolism, but I don’t really know read more »

Bicycle news

Salut on this Bastille Day! “Green” Brothel gives discount to cycling patrons. “The recession has hit our industry hard.” Find a riding buddy Really Fast. School bans bike riding to school. NYT: Gender gap in urban cycling. In Scotland, there’s a project to specifically encourage school girls to bike. Urban Outfitters now sells urban hipster read more »

TdF Stage 10: Radio Free Europe

2009 Tour de France Stage 10: Bastille Day Edition Frenchmen Thierry Hupond (Skil-Shimano), Benoït Vaugrenard (Française des Jeux) and Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis, Le Credit en Ligne) felt the Bastille Day spirit today as they attacked early in Stage 10 of the 2009 Tour de France today, with Russian Mikhail Ignatiev (Team Katusha) joining in the read more »