Long time cyclist Pearson Constantino was preparing for his life long dream of cycling across this great land of ours when he was hit from behind by an SUV. He suffered crippling, life changing injuries to his femur, back and brain. In spite of his disability, Pearson felt motivated by his pain and serious injuries read more
Marc Ducote owns Bicycle World in Jefferson Louisiana. He was Just Riding Along his usual route on the Mississippi River levee dressed in full roadie kit when he saw smoke, and then fire. He rode down to investigate and saw a dump truck had hit a trailer home and knocked it clean off of its read more
More bike bills for California in 2013: Dedicated Safe Routes funding, Sustainable Communities vehicle registration fee, the highway shoulder as a bus lane, and flexibility in bikeways design. On Monday, I posted on four bills under consideration by the California legislature that directly affect cyclists. A few more bills snuck under the wire of last read more
In 2009, I flew to Bogota, Colombia to join Gwendal Castellan and Tania Lo during their epic continental bike journey from the tip of Patagonia to the Canadian Arctic. I arrived in country with my touring bags and gear, but my bike never made it from Los Angeles. It simply disappeared, and the airline claimed read more
You know all of those helmet-cam POV videos set to heavy-metal soundtracks showing crazy daredevils on bikes? Lucas Brunelle invented that genre, and with his “Light Of Sight” video he shows us he’s still the master of his craft.
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
