Background Reading Utility company street patching destroying bike routes (ChainLink) We Made “The Atlantic”… Some Interesting Press (ChainLink) Summary You can never put a genie back in the bottle. When theAtlanticCities article appeared a few days ago there was a tepid recognition of what that might mean for the ChainLink. The group has become over the [...]
Background Reading (UPDATED) “Be right, but not dead right.” – Randy Cohen’s Views Put To The Test (BeezodogsPlace) If Kant Were a New York Cyclist (BeezodogsPlace) SF bicyclist faces manslaughter trial (BeezodogsPlace) Was the cyclist who killed a pedestrian reckless? (BeezodogsPlace) Failure to yield right of way (WisDOT) Summary A fellow in my bike club who should know better [...]
Background Reading Cyclists Aren’t ‘Special,’ and They Shouldn’t Play by Their Own Rules (Atlantic Cities) Summary Sarah Goodyear makes some interesting points in her piece in the Atlantic Cities. But among the ones that caught my eye was this: The cyclist as outsider, maverick, or outlaw – that has been the image. But now, bicycling [...]
Background Reading Idaho Stop (ChainLink) Trigger Green Traffic Lights (WikiHow) IDAHO STOP LAW FOR CYCLISTS (Cyclelicious) Summary The statute reads: 49-720. STOPPING — TURN AND STOP SIGNALS. A person operating a bicycle or human-powered vehicle approaching a stop sign shall slow down and, if required for safety, stop before entering the intersection. After slowing to [...]
By Mary Anderson | Published April 22, 2013 Source: Bicycle Alliance of Washington Reflections from the saddle. Just like riding a bicycle takes balance and practice, so does being a working Mom (or Dad). Life is a balance no matter what stage you are in. I am currently at a point where I have two [...]
Background Reading Fixing a flat on a wheel with an internal hub (ChainLink) Summary Here is an excellent example of why Urban Cycling is bankrupt and has no business being in the business of trying to lead anyone anywhere for anything: Fixing a flat on a wheel with an internal hub Posted by Jamais716 on [...]
Background Reading Separated Cycle Paths – A Summary (OffTheBeatenPath) Summary Another masterful piece from Jan Hein concerning the crop of “bike lanes” being foisted on Americans who lacking any experience with good European design are making all the same mistakes (now discarded) from decades ago. But why? Let’s listen in: When I criticized the new “cycle path” in [...]
Summary Bicycle clubs in the suburbs have begun to have to deal with acknowledged violations of the Rules of the Road much like their urban counterparts. Among the issues that have come up are: Ignoring local municipality rules against riding 2 or more abreast Rolling through stop signs when riding as a peloton on ‘faster’ [...]
By John Blake, CNN updated 1:12 PM EDT, Tue April 16, 2013 Source: CNN (CNN) – By the time Clarence Jones reached him, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was in bad shape. He was unshaven, dirty and dejected. King had spent several days alone in solitary confinement with no mattress in a filthy dark jail [...]
Background Reading Seven Conservative Reasons to Love Bicycling (StreetsBlog) Summary Sometimes Liberals can be incredibly stupid. Angie Schmitt is the poster child for this syndrome. She decides to muse about the fact that what is essentially a cost saving solution to government spending is being pushed aside by the very folks who should be on board: [...]
Background Reading How do you feel about Bike Ambassadors / CPD safety outreach efforts? (ChainLink) Summary It would seem that the ChainLinkers are getting an opportunity to vent about the recent “crackdown” on scofflaw cyclists. Let’s listen in: How do you feel about Bike Ambassadors / CPD safety outreach efforts? Posted by John Greenfield on [...]
Background Reading Videos: What Are the Best Ways to Attract More Women to Biking? (BikeLeague) Summary Just to show how clueless most bicycle advocacy groups really are the League of American Bicyclists had a symposium in which they dealt with the question of “What Are the Best Ways to Attract More Women to Biking?“. I’m gonna [...]
Background Reading Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: A Brief Account (Monticello.org) Summary All around the world road design engineers have been fiddling with automobile shapes to determine just how wide a street needs to be to accommodate cars and trucks along with parking. Not much effort was ever put into thinking about placement for bicycles. [...]
Summary It is has far too long since we rode the “String of Pearls” Ride through the DuPage County Forest Preserve. The preserves included are: Herrick Lake Blackwell Danada You can view just about everything DuPage Country has to offer in this set of preserves that are connected by trails. We found that the grading [...]
Posted by Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor) on April 18th, 2013 at 11:30 am Source: BikePortland Tara Goddard, a PhD candidate in Urban Studies at Portland State University (PSU), is devoting her thesis to a subject that gets a lot of traction in the media but so far has received scant attention in academia: road rage between [...]
Summary It takes very little to remind you of just how dangerous cycling can be when you least expect it: Reply by Jeff Schneider 3 hours ago Even in a PBL you have to be ready for anything. Today a woman driving a Jeep turned SOUTHBOUND onto Dearborn. When she realized what she had done (the honking [...]
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Background Reading Utility company street patching destroying bike routes (ChainLink) We Made “The Atlantic”… Some Interesting Press (ChainLink) Summary You can never put a genie back in the bottle. When theAtlanticCities article appeared a few days ago there was a tepid recognition of what that might mean for the ChainLink. The group has become over the [...]
Background Reading Cyclists Aren’t ‘Special,’ and They Shouldn’t Play by Their Own Rules (Atlantic Cities) Summary Sarah Goodyear makes some interesting points in her piece in the Atlantic Cities. But among the ones that caught my eye was this: The cyclist as outsider, maverick, or outlaw – that has been the image. But now, bicycling [...]
Background Reading Idaho Stop (ChainLink) Trigger Green Traffic Lights (WikiHow) IDAHO STOP LAW FOR CYCLISTS (Cyclelicious) Summary The statute reads: 49-720. STOPPING — TURN AND STOP SIGNALS. A person operating a bicycle or human-powered vehicle approaching a stop sign shall slow down and, if required for safety, stop before entering the intersection. After slowing to [...]
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