Monthly Archives: July 2010

ElevenGear in Sebastopol, California has created the Traffic Master Bicycle Jersey for cycling in low visibility conditions.

I was at the San Jose train station chatting with a sweet young thang when this kid walked by with his fully loaded Rivendell Bleriot 650B touring bike.

Mayor of London Boris Johnson rides a geared Pinarello road bicycle around an under-construction velodrome. The velodrome is being built for the 2012 Olympics in Olympic Park in Stratford, London, England. Johnson joined British Olympic medalist Sir Chris Hoy for a visit to the velodrome.

The Chelyabinsk police in Russia have recently launched a bike patrol, which is apparently pretty unusual in Russia. According to the captions provided by ITAR-TASS on these photos, this new bike patrol coincided with a record heat wave across Russia last week.

Update: I dug into this a little and found this issue is a little more nuanced than what I originally reported. Updated information is now included below. The city of Anchorage, Alaska has been working on a rewrite of their traffic code — “Title 9″ — since last year. During this rewrite process, the Anchorage read more »

Happy Hump Day. Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa fell off of his bike and broke his elbow after a cab driver pulled out abruptly in front of His Honor the other week. The Mayor is now calling for a city Bike Summit to improve the city’s bike safety record. In other news, Vancouver BC Mayor read more »