I was just riding along the Guadalupe River Trail in San Jose CA this morning when, silent as death, a monstrous hawk swooped directly in front of me, dropped into the grass next to me, then lifted off with something furry and bloody in its talons. Elsewhere on the path this morning, I encountered a […]
If you live in Silicon Valley and your New Year resolutions included a commitment to civic involvement, here’s your chance to be involved. The Santa Clara County (CA) Roads Department is updating its long term plan for county expressways. A series of community meetings outlining the proposed plans begins tomorrow night in San Jose. If […]
Schwinn demonstrated their new CycleNav app and bike navigation Bluetooth device Sunday evening at the at Consumer Electronics Show Unveiled Media Event last night in Las Vegas, NV. The CycleNav allows the rider to navigate an unfamiliar route without having to look at a phone or cue sheet.
Made you look! That headline is partly a joke, partly an experiment, and partly a commentary on this trend of stupidly hyperbolic click bait. It started with a joke and experiment by Calgary Herald reporter and bike blogger Tom Babin, who tweeted two different headlines for the same story on winter cycling in Calgary. The […]
Yesterday, I linked to Elisa Poteat’s request for bike path traffic reports. I call upon all traffic reporters in major cities in the U.S. and U.K. to make a New Year’s resolution to report conditions for cyclists. We know that that we need to increase the number of bike commuters and diversify the crowd that […]
I hope you all had a great New Year. While riding on New Years Day, I encountered a group of equestrians who celebrated the Year of the Horse with a horseback ride on public roads. Their route included the most heavily traveled stroad in my city. Orange County cycling attorney David Huntsman points out that […]