I wasn’t able to make it to the Titus mountain bike demo last weekend in Santa Cruz. When I got hit by the car the other week, my eyeglasses were smashed to bits. I haven’t been able to find my backup specs, so I went up to San Francisco to visit Optical Underground. My buddy […]

There are some common factors in the sentencings mentioned below. Many of the drivers claim their wreckless driving was just “an accident,” and judgement and sentencing seems to be helped by factors beyond just inattentive driving: the drivers were drunk or texting. I’m not sure what to think of adding rules prohibiting every possible scenario […]

I was going to look for the Watsonville Brown Berets “Bike Shack” when I rode through town on my bicycle the other week but go distracted by the strawberries. The Brown Berets have historically been known for their political activism, but about a year ago they decided to promote bicycle use as a means of […]

An opinion piece published in the Orlando Sentinel asking that we all get along. One thing I’ve heard from cyclists and non-cyclists, alike, is: “That road is too dangerous for bikes.” Of course, the roads themselves are not dangerous. It’s the behavior of impatient and distracted motorists that creates danger. And most of us are […]