Cüneyt has kindly uploaded 16 more pages of photos from Eurobike 2009, this time featuring components and accessories. Check out the Crankbrother pedals that match Truvativ cranks and SRAM select components to bring bag matching color coordination to a whole new level.

A pilot “Share The Road” educational checkpoint will be set up in Live Oak at East Cliff Drive and 30th Avenue in Santa Cruz, California on Saturday, September 5, 2009, from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. While road users stop at the stop sign, safety information will be distributed describing how motorists and bicyclists can safely “Share The Road.”

The checkpoint will be a collaborative effort between the Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency, the California Highway Patrol, and Ecology Action. As part of the efforts of the Community Traffic Safety Coalition and through a grant from the state Office of Traffic Safety, funded through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the checkpoint is part of a program designed to increase public awareness about the rules and responsibilities for both bicyclists and motorists.

The checkpoint will be modeled on those coordinated by the Marin County Bicycle Coalition with the goal of promoting safety, mutual respect, and fair and equitable enforcement of the rules of the road for all modes of transportation. The focus will be on utilizing existing law enforcement and health services resources to promote the “Share The Road” message through awareness, education and enforcement.

“Our goal will be to raise the awareness for both motorists and bicyclists that sharing the road can only be achieved through a shared responsibility,” says Captain Christina Manriquez of the California Highway Patrol. “This includes being predictable, courteous and utilizing defensive techniques while following all traffic laws.”

We all know that motorists become impatient when bicyclists run stop signs. And bicyclists become angered when a vehicle passes them too closely. To help ease these tensions and promote mutual respect and safety, this pilot checkpoint will emphasize the need for road users to be even more diligent now that many of our children will be walking and bicycling to school.

Any motorist or bicyclist stopping at the checkpoint will be given an educational handout to help explain their legal rights and responsibilities on the road. All road users will be encouraged to obey all traffic laws. Using their discretion, officers will cite or warn traffic violators for any offenses observed. The educational checkpoint is intended to raise community awareness, reduce collisions and promote safety.

Cuneyt has posted hundreds of photos from Eurobike 2009 to MTBTr.com. He has 22 pages of pure mountain bike porn posted so far.

Here’s Cuneyt with Gary Fisher (in his brand new tartan outfit that he’ll also where to Interbike) and Joe Breeze. Photo courtesy MTBTr.com.

Eurobike photos:

• MTBTr components
• MTBTr Mountain bikes
• Carlton Reid, who focuses on the people;
• Ana Pereira, who focuses on cargo and city bikes;
• Rinproject, who has a few photos of clothing on display;
• Evolution Imports, who just likes bikes.

Eurobike Coverage elsewhere:

• Bicycle Design.
• Singletrack Mountain Bike Magazine.
• 29 inches.
• Bike Hugger.
• Bike Biz.

Put it on your Calendar –> San Francisco Bay Area Bicycle Expo at the Cow Palace November 21, 2009. Fun bike stuff including: BikeStyle Fashion Show hosted by Momentum Magazine; BMX stunt show by the First Rule Collective; Cross Palace Cyclocross Race produced by Bike Monkey Magazine; Massive Bike Swap; and more.

More details –> SF Bike Expo.

MASH SF Drag Race Vegas takes place Thursday night during Interbike, September 24, 2009. It starts during the Urban Legend bike fashion show and also conflicts with Bike Hugger’s Social Mobile. What to do?

YikeBike (and — Yikes! — what an name!) unveiled their folding electric “minifarthing” bicycle at Eurobike.

This ebike is governed to 20 km/hr (12 mph), has lights and turn signals, integrated fenders, and can be used int he rain. According to YikeBike, this ebike will be available in Europe for about €3,500-€3,900 sometime in the middle of 2010.

Old fashioned penny farthings are notoriously dangerous because the center of gravity is high and biased toward the front of the bike, which easily results in a header if the bike comes to a quick stop. YikeBike assures potential consumers that their minifarthing design is safe through the use of electric anti lock brakes, and they claim their side handlebars mitigate the risk catapulting off the bike, but it’s not the handlebars that do the catapulting — it’s the bike.

What do you think? Much more at Yike Bike.

See also minifarthing.com.