Joy Covey RIP in Woodside, CA

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That cyclist fatality on SKyline Boulevard in the hills of San Mateo County yesterday afternoon was reportedly Joy Covey, former Amazon CFO and treasurer for the Natural Resources Defense Council. I’ve met her (very briefly), and her family and her extended circle of friends and colleagues have my most sincere condolences.

2×4 electric cargo bike live on Kickstarter

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NTS Works just went live with their Kickstarter campaign for the 2×4 electric cargo bike. The goal is $100,000. The first 100 bikes are deeply discounted on Kickstarter at $3,600. Other incentives for supporting NTS Works include a cargo bike parking sign (shown above) at the $50 level, and a desk sized scale model with […]

Amgen renews Tour of California title sponsorship

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[Posting this from my phone so just a cut and paste of the press release, but this wasn’t a sure thing and is kind of a  big deal for California race fans.] LOS ANGELES (September 18, 2013) – Amgen, the world’s largest independent biotechnology company, and AEG, owner/operator of the Amgen Tour of California, announced […]

The dangerisation of cycling?

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Several years ago, Jonathan Maus of Bike Portland began his crusade to excise labels such as “cyclist” from the vocabulary of cycling advocates. Earlier today, he discovered this paper on the “Language of Promoting Cycling from New Zealand transportation researcher Glen Koorey at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch. Maus is obviously delighted to find […]