REI and the US CPSC announced a recall of about 260 Novara Trionfo road bicycles. The fork can separate from the steerer tube which can cause the rider to lose control, posing a fall hazard. Ouch. REI as received two reports of forks separating causing riders to fall. Injuries reported include a fractured clavicle, broken […]

The Register: Bike kiosk grumbleflick shocks Spaniards – “Better than the funny feeling from riding over cobbles.” A hacked display in a public bicycle kiosk treated passers-by to a dose of porn last week. Instead of displaying software connected with its role of managing bike lending the display in a kiosk in Zamora, Spain displayed […]

The Italian government has provided €18.75 million (about US$27M) to encourage people to buy bicycles and ebikes. The government incentives are having a huge positive impact on bike sales, resulting in a doubling of bike sales. Read more at Bike Europe.

Happy June 1, everybody! How about a huge balloon for head protection? Model Lydia Hearst rides a bicycle during a shoot for Vanity Fair Magazine. (Confidential to Ben: Since this is a photoshoot, is this a reasonable compromise?) The ultra cool and effective “Freiker” incentives arrives in Wisconsin. McFarland, WI is a suburb of Madison, […]

In the San Francisco Bay Area, I’m seeing more and more people wearing ‘normal’ and even stylish clothing for their rides as they use their bicycles for short trips. You already know that what you wear for this sort of riding does not have to be the standard Lycra gear – instead make it fashionable […]

Football player Tom Brady rides his bicycle in Boston, Massachusetts, carrying his son John Edward on the back rack and Gisele Bundchen’s dog Gia in the front basket. Brady is married to supermodel Gisele Bundchen, who promotes bicycling for transportation in New York City. “I go every day to work on my bike,” says Bundchen. […]