November 10, 20142 Comments on 200+ MPH on a rocket propelled “bicycle”
On Friday, French daredevil Francois Gissy hits 207 MPH / 333 km/h on a garage-built bicycle propelled by three hydrogen peroxide rocket engines down a a quarter mile track to achieve a new world record.
What personal records did you achieve this past weekend?
November 7, 20141 Comment on South County Riding
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I work in Santa Clara County, California. This is the region those of you outside of Northern California might know as Silicon Valley, where we have 1.8 million people working 1.2 million jobs driving 45 million miles every weekday.
This means cycling on roads that look like this in Bicycle Friendly Palo Alto, for example.
November 3, 20142 Comments on Car Talk’s Tom Magliozzi rode a bicycle
Tom Magliozzi of “Car Talk” fame says he either rode a bicycle or used public transportation to get around his fair city.
October 30, 20142 Comments on Kaci Hickox rides a bicycle
Kaci Hickox, the nurse who treated Ebola patients in West Africa and defies quarantine orders after her return home to Maine, went for a bike ride this morning.
October 24, 20141 Comment on
Friday’s Pro Tip: Don’t try to bike through a police barricade when a maniac in the national capital starts shooting. Even Canadian law enforcement will take you down, albeit politely and with utmost professionalism.
More bike news below the photo of cyclist Bernard Desgagne on the ground.
October 21, 20144 Comments on Tuesday Bike News:
Good morning from California.
Carlton Reid reminds us that it’s our own stupid fault the motor car became so popular. We cyclists insisted on hard surface roads. We wanted road rules to keep pedestrians out of the way. Because cycling as a hobby belonged mostly to deranged, sport-minded young men with a bent for innovation, we attached motors to our bikes, and, later to four wheeled contraptions. The rest is history.
More bike news below the redhead riding a bike at sunset.