Electric bicycles are rated in terms of the power rating of their motors. But what does it mean to have a “250 watt” motor on your bike?”
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How many trips are two miles or less?
March 25, 2013 – 9:04 pm
Bike advocates frequently repeat a claim that 40% of all trips are two miles or less. Where does that 40% figure come from. A “Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey” is often cited, but it’s one of those statistics that’s endlessly repeated a bit like that bogus 85% figure frequently mentioned for bicycle helmets. Lisa Halverstadt of read more
Bollards on the Guadalupe River Trail
March 1, 2013 – 9:00 am
A couple of weeks ago I biked my usual route home on the Guadalupe River Trail alongside San Jose International Airport.
NAHMBS Trends: Alternative Materials Rhyming with, “Good”
February 22, 2013 – 11:16 pm
When you think “Hand Made Bicycles”, and especially showing off your 100+ hour creations, one may unconsciously begin to dream of steel tubes of various flashiness matched up and bonded together using incredibly decorative lugs and powder coated to perfection. NAHMBS 2013 certainly does not let down on this front, but another trend is certainly read more
A bike boulevard, Google bike directions, and an unnecessary detour
January 21, 2013 – 8:00 am
America’s first bicycle boulevard along Bryant Avenue in Palo Alto features a number of intersections that restrict motor vehicles but allow bicycles and pedestrians to pass through unhindered. Major intersections, such as the one with Embarcadero, look like this, where cars and trucks must turn right, but bikes can continue through. Here’s the Google Streetview read more
Book giveaway: Chain Reaction
January 4, 2013 – 12:16 pm
Happy Friday, everybody. Today, I’m giving away a slightly dog-eared copy of Ross Goldstein’s novel Chain Reaction.