Biking is great for your health. Unless you get hit by a car. And unfortunately, there are lots of cars and biking remains less than completely safe. There were 630 fatalities and 51,000 injuries due to collisions between bikes and motor vehicles in the U.S. in 2009 and many large cities—Los Angeles and New York, [...]
U.S. cities are not known for their bikeability, especially by European standards. However, things have been slowly improving over the last few years, as new infrastructure (and bike-sharing schemes) are added, and the safety-in-numbers effect encourages new cyclists to the road. Last year, the number of protected bike lanes almost doubled, with a similar jump [...]
<!– –> Tweet – A A A + <!– –> ROME, ITALY (CBS) — More than 300 cyclists gathered in Rome on Sunday (December 16) dressed up in Father Christmas costumes to raise money for children’s charities and to make a Guinness World Record attempt. Word spread quickly through the cycling community on social media, [...]
Hundreds of cyclists dressed as Santa Clause make their way around Rome’s famous landmarks in a Guinness World Record bid to the delight of Christmas shoppers. More than 300 cyclists gathered in Rome on Sunday (December 16) dressed up in Father Christmas costumes to raise money for children’s charities and to make a Guinness World [...]
By Jonathan Simmons, Guest Columnist This has been another banner year for biking books: so many good reads, so little time. And if our almost spring-like weather continues, your average cycle-phile will continue to be out riding, not reading. Still, everyone needs a little down time on the sofa with that perfect book in hand. [...]
Images and text courtesy of Sparse With just a few days left in the Kickstarter campaign, Colin Owen, Jerome Daksiewicz and Remy Labesque’s Sparse bicycle light has readily surpassed its funding goal by 30%. The product certainly merits the support of urban cyclists the world over: the clever anti-theft mechanism and sleek aesthetic mark welcome [...]
Bicycle Snob: Systematically Mercilessly Realigning the Entire world of Biking Cycling is exploding in a excellent way. Urbanites almost everywhere, from ironic hipsters to earth-aware commuters, are taking to the bike like aquatic mammals to water. BikeSnobNYC cycling’s most prolific, nicely-recognized, hilarious, and nameless blogger provides a new and humorous standpoint to the most important [...]
Bike lanes in Arlington County are not a parks recreation sideshow — they create transportation options, reduce traffic congestion and promote healthy lifestyles. by James A. Bacon In Arlington County, the board of supervisors takes bicycling very seriously. Every month, one or more supervisors attend a planning staff update on the county’s bicycle program. They [...]
Jose Antonio Hermida (Multivan Merida) loves racing at Mont-Sainte-Anne view thumbnail gallery Two more years for former world champion Spaniard José Hermida has signed for two more years with the Multivan Merida Biking Team. The former cross country mountain bike world champion has been riding with the team since 2004. Since joining the team, Hermida [...]
There’s a reason why you see more cyclists on the road when the sun is out: Biking in rain or and snow can be unpleasant, not to mention dangerous. In bike-crazy European cities like Copenhagen and Amsterdam, few people let the weather get them down, even when it drops to below 0 degrees Fahrenheit. That’s [...]
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