Monthly Archives: February 2011

You know I love you when…

You know I love you when I order a pie for you from Bike Pasket Pies, hand you some Zero Per Gallon stickers and tees, or maybe even pitch a couple of Clean Bottle water bottles your way. And in case you missed the hint, next Monday is Obligatory Love Gifts Day, so watch for read more »

Alpine Road at I-280 bike lanes

San Mateo County is working to redesign highway interchange where a cyclist fatality took place last November.

Lights! Bandana! Action!

Here’s a fun new bike safety PSA from Bicycle Transportation Alliance aimed at the “tight pants intersection ballerina” I’m not sure intersection ballerinas would be caught with anything besides Knog products. But that reminds me: Planet Bike has a new 1 watt tail light they call the Superflash Turbo that should be available this Spring.

Bicycle vs pole

From yesterday’s batch of CHP dispatches — seen yesterday afternoon in Sacramento, California at this location. All I can say is “ouch.” I hope this guy is okay. 1181 – Collision – Minor Injury — 1:54PM BICYCLES VS A POLE — 1:56PM CORRECTION – BICYCLES VS A BRICK WALL — 1:57PM SUBJ IS BLEEDING AND read more »

NiteRider crash test

I’ve been riding with the NiteRider Cherry Bomb tail light this past winter. It’s basically NiteRider’s answer to PlanetBike’s super popular SuperFlash blinky, and has similar features: a 1/2 watt that flashes brightly along with a pair of quick flashing smaller LEDs.

San Francisco bicycles poster

This has been making the rounds. I think I saw it on Grist first. You could buy it here for $30 if it wasn’t sold out. What would a similar poster for other large cities look like? I can picture an edition for New York City, Chicago, Vancouver, Los Angeles, the DC area, maybe Dallas read more »