Monthly Archives: August 2010

Wrong way rider

Blame the victim #FAIL.

Bike Trailer Jackknife

A trailer jackknife can happen when you brake the tractor, and the trailer’s momentum pushes the back of your tractor around. With a bike trailer, the bike is the tractor.

Peter Sagal rides a bicycle

Last week’s news that I neglected to pass along: Peter Sagal, host of public radio’s “Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me” game show blogged about getting t-boned at an intersection while he rode his bike. Via Chicago Bike Advocate and Biking In LA. Last fall, Peter Sagal’s brand new Felt road bike was stolen.

Shoe commercial

Oh yeah. Featuring big sound on bicycles in Queens, New York.

Monday Coda

Yesterday morning, while one of my friends tried to tell me that cell phone use doesn’t cause distracted driving, divers fished the body of an Antioch woman out of the water after she drove her Ford Expedition into the Sacramento River. She was on the phone with her daughter when she drove her vehicle onto read more »

Anderson Cooper rides a bicycle

Multimillionaire CNN news anchor Anderson Cooper rides a bicycle to get around, crushing the stereotype of the “loser cruiser” bike commuter.