Benjamin Damm submitted this photo to the Caltrain board today showing the load on the bike car and a regular passenger car on a couple of morning trains out of San Francisco. This photo posted by Murph to Holier Than You. Cyclists planned to attend today’s Caltrain Joint Powers Board meeting en masse to call […]
“Skijoring” is is a winter sport where a person on skis is pulled by a dog or dog team. Bikejoring, then, is getting pulled by a dog while you ride a bicycle. SKijoring enthusiasts also call this dryland skijoring, since snow isn’t usually involved. It’s what them crazy skijoring Alaskans do when there’s no snow […]
Dutch Bike Company Chicago announced the location of their new Chicago shop at 651 W Armitage Ave #1E at Lincoln Park in Chicago’s north side, where they’ll open for business on October 18. View Larger Map According to Henry of WorkCycles, “they’ll be unpacking a 40′ high-cube container stuffed full of WorkCycles-Azor Dutch city bikes […]
Governor Schwarzenegger signed AB 1358, the California Complete Streets Act of 2008, last night. This bill has been the number one legislative priority of the California Bicycle Coalition. The Complete Streets Act codifies policy that all streets be designed to accommodate all users including bicyclists. The bill states: It is the intent of the Legislature […]
Tomorrow (Thursday, October 2 2008) is the Fall Bike To Work Day for Santa Cruz County in California. Bike to one of the Breakfast stations and register to win $500 in cash.
Xtracycle is using Media Wiki software for their open source long tail standard. The Long Tail frame standard and dimensions are now available as PDF downloads, with a design checklist document also available. There’s also room for discussion on product ideas, with a reminder that “while Xtracycle isn’t here to steal your ideas, anything you […]