Update: See the transcript here. It has pictures! The stuff in this article below is boring and dull. KQED is the local public broadcasting station in San Francisco. The topic for the 9 A.M. “Forum” show was on bicycle safety. Guests were Leah Shahum, executive director of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition Sean Co, bicycle […]
Schwinn today announced the signing of a partnership with The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Team In Training to become the first-ever national bicycle sponsor. Team In Training (TNT) is endurance sports training and fundraising program. Now in its 20th year, TNT participants have raised more than $850 million for lifesaving cancer research and to help […]
This is Leah Buechley. She’s a PhD candidate in Computer Science at the University of Colorado in Boulder, where she “explores the intersection of computational and physical media, focusing on computational textiles or electronic textiles … soft, flexible, fabric-based computers.” In this photo, she demonstrates the use of a commercially available LilyPad Arduino system to […]
(I almost wrote “ordnance,” which could either be really good or really bad for cyclists). The City of Chicago passed the Bicycle Safety Ordinance this afternoon. The new law now establishes fines for turning left or right in front of a bicyclist, passing a bicyclist with less than three feet of space, and opening a […]
The Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition, Team Roaring Mouse Cycles and Third Pillar Racing Team are holding a joint memorial ride this Saturday March 15th, to honor the lives of Kristy Gough and Matt Peterson. Friends, family, fellow cyclists and all those whose lives have been touched by Matt and Kristy are invited to the ride, […]
Take this test of your awareness skills, then come back for discussion. Spoilers/hints are below so take the test first before you read any further! A couple of people already mentioned this test in comments elsewhere, and I posted it to CommuteByBike yesterday. I passed the test and saw that “surprise ending”, but I knew […]