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What does a 250 watt bicycle motor mean?

April 26, 2013 – 7:30 am

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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Science Fiction Double Feature

January 19, 2013 – 11:08 am

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 »

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RIP Ellen Fletcher

November 8, 2012 – 9:51 am

Holocaust survivor, PTA mom, city council member, and bike advocate: Ellen Fletcher succumbed yesterday at age 83 to lung cancer at her Palo Alto home.

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Facebook goes crazy for bikes in Menlo Park

January 31, 2012 – 4:20 pm

Facebook to invest in bike facilities to improve bicycle access to new Peninsula campus; challenges other employers to step up their game.

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Volagi courts public opinion

January 5, 2012 – 11:41 am

It appears Specialized Bicycle’s intellectual property lawsuit against Volagi will be a high profile knockdown dragout as Volagi’s principles use social media to tell their side of the story.

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Bike vs trolley

September 28, 2011 – 10:56 am

(…and no, I’m not talking about a collision!) I sometimes catch the 1st Street trolley to whisk me from downtown San Jose to River Oaks Station, which in turn is a little over a mile from the office. The trolley normally travels at something like 40 MPH down 1st street north of Japantown, but it read more »

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