Monthly Archives: June 2011

Bay Area Showroom for Renovo Bikes

Renovo Hardwood Bicycles now has a showroom in the Bay Area at 1201 Bridgeway, Suite D, Sausalito, California. Visit Renovo Bicycles for their Grand Opening this weekend July 2 through the 4th. Grand opening hours are Saturday: 10-9, Sunday: 10-6, Monday: 10-3. After the grand opening, Renovo Design regular hours are Thursday: 12-6, Friday-Sunday: 10-6. read more »

#Bikeschool with Professor Fritz

Tonight’s #bikeschool chat on Twitter will be hosted by Yours Truly. Sign on at 9 PM US Eastern Time / 6 PM Pacific Time and participate in the discussion. Tonight’s thème de la nuit: “The Rules” as formulated by Velominati. Just to make it clear: these rules must be satire. Nobody — especially no one read more »

Lights, camera, action

The new spy cam and camcorder mount arrived yesterday, and maximum failure has already been achieved. Didn’t charge the big camera (bar mounted) and didn’t properly turn on the spy cam (helmet). Hopefully it won’t rain today and I can get footage of the same ride from two different cams. Group Participation time now: What read more »

DUI and riding at night

Colorado Springs ranks consistently high in the Men’s Health survey (the only national survey I am aware of, and Colorado Springs is 16th for 2010) of drunkest cities in the U.S., so it follows that DUI is a big problem here. This past weekend, a cyclist was struck and killed by a hit and run driver read more »

California: Support SB 582

8/1/2011 Update: Governor Jerry Brown vetoes SB 582. Update: SB 582 passed both chambers of the California legislature the week of July 11 2011. Governor Brown has 12 days to sign SB 582 into law. California cyclists and commuters: Please contact your state assembly member TODAY to support SB 582 — the Commuter Benefits Policies read more »

Another Santa Cruz hit & run death

A 31 year old man was hit by a car and declared dead on the scene last night in Santa Cruz County, California. News and emergency dispatchers initially reported this as a solo bicycle crash before a driver arrived at the scene of the crash to say she hit the cyclist.