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Midweek bike news roundup

Bike lane petition Monterey County for a road between Marina and Salinas. I’m personally ambivalent about a four inch vs six inch stripe, but the Farm Bureau’s official opposition to this project just seems petty to me. Might be noteworthy that California’s mandatory bike lane law applies if the stripe is six inches wide, whereas read more »

First work day of 2011

Happy First Monday of 2011, you working stiffs. Here’s a roundup of stuff that you might have missed over the holidays.

Autumn showers

What a marvelously rainy weekend!

To stud or not to stud

I don’t want to sound preachy especially as I know that winter riding conditions vary quite a lot depending on where you live, but as my wife has been saying of late nothing slows you down more than falling. Some folks live in places where there’s no snow at all, some live where snow is read more »

Pedal powered snowplow

Now that winter is coming up in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s time to bring up this item from last year. Kevin Blake in Wisconsin created the pedal powered snowplow during the winter of 2003-2004. “Mr. Plow” became his entry in Specialized’s “Innovate or Die” competition. Kevin got second place in the competition and won a read more »

Bicycle blog

I didn’t run into Dorky Doug today, though I led BionX Boy and Java Man in to work at a nice 24 mph pace. I’m loving this week’s Bay Area weather, and it looks like every other bike commuter is also. Caltrain was packed and it’s only February. If you plan to bring your bike read more »