Where are the cyclists in El Paso on this issue? The city council in El Paso, Texas support the idea of repealing a law in which bikes are currently banned from city sidewalks. A neighborhood association representative spoke against the repeal, noting that sidewalks are for walking on. What’s especially ridiculous is this editorial from […]
Wisconsin college to give bikes to incoming freshmen – Additional parking “not an option.” Among the many choices Ripon College’s class of 2012 will face is whether or not to bring a car to campus this fall. Those who pledge not to do so will receive a big incentive: a brand-new mountain bike to keep. […]
Unlike this agency, some governments actually encourage the use of bicycles during the workday by providing loaner fleet of bikes that can be used for travel between government offices. This Tuscon Citizen article lists these U.S. cities with bikes available for city employee use. Ithaca, N.Y.Portland, Ore.Eugene, Ore.Davis, Calif.Madison, Wis.Burlington, Vt.Boulder, Colo.Cambridge, Mass.Toronto, Ont.Redmond, Wash.San […]
Trek and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a recall of about 49,000 MT220 girls bicycles. Trek has received reports of 13 frames breaking in the United States on 2005 through 2007 model year bikes. 2008 bikes are not involved in the recall. Bike Europe reports on this recall and several others that have […]
Wow, my my bag dump post went kind of viral. I posted the contents of my bag (before I cleaned it out) and several people followed in kind. Noah turned this meme into a contest: guess the weight of his bag and win a bike jersey! (I don’t mention the brand of it here…) Cycle […]
Blogged.com is a new blog directory that promises to help you “find better blogs.” Their directory of bicycle blogs looks pretty good — all listed bicycle blogs that I’m familiar with are worthwhile and I intend to check the others out. I might just be writing this because they gave me a favorable mention in […]