Found on: Hipster bikes don’t have a brake and can’t get a break

A Multnomah County judge has thrown fans of “fixies” for a loop by ruling that the Portland police were correct in giving Holland a traffic ticket last month for riding downtown without a brake.

Found on: Cops ask for help, bicyclists comply

The last time hundreds of bicyclists took to the streets of downtown Seattle for the monthly Critical Mass demonstration, they were stymied by law enforcement.

Found on: Superbikes Ordered Off Philadelphia Streets

No more Superbikes in Philadelphia. The strange-looking bicycles built for seven are being banned, just days after making their appearance in the city’s historic district.

Found on: Review of Documentary Video “Contested Streets”

[[image:rock_rose_front_copy.jpg::inline:1]]TA’s video starts with the first auto’s chugging along NYC streets, sharing the road with the then indigenous conveyance — the horse. Since horse exhaust products were deemed extremely obnoxious, the “clean” auto was welcomed with open arms (and wallets).

Found on: Tense mood may prevail at downtown bike event

Cyclists, many of whom were enraged by the arrests, are predicting the largest demonstration in years.

Found on: People Powered Festival

A celebration of heels and wheels took over downtown Eugene on Thursday.

Found on: Fuson: RAGBRAI’s a G movie, with some XXX scenes

My mission was to answer the question: Is there sex on RAGBRAI? And, if so, who steers the bike?

Found on: Bicyclist won’t be charged with felony for assaulting deputies

A bicyclist arrested last month by King County sheriff’s deputies during a Critical Mass ride will not face felony charges.

Found on: Artist hopes to accelerate transit thinking

Doug Retzler wants people to think of ways to get past the wheel, not behind it.

Found on: City opens new bike staging area

“Facilities like this are not just recreational resources, but signs of encouragement to the community to come out on their bike and ride and engage in an active lifestyle… “

Found on: Leave your car(e)s behind on vacation

Dreaming of getting away in August? How about getting away from your car?

Found on: A bicycle built for woo

Cycling makes your heart grow stronger. But did you know it could make your heart grow fonder?

Found on: Breaking the Vicious Cycle

But suddenly you’re noticing all those people who are commuting to work on their bikes these days

Found on: ‘Car-free’ homes: the wheel deal?

As concerns about the environmental impact of cars continue, a new breed of housing developments are appearing in cities across the UK.

Found on: Magazine Review: The Rivendell Reader

Bicycles are the subject of today’s report. I’ve been leafing through a recent issue of The Rivendell Reader, a quirky but very serious quarterly on the subject from The Rivendell Bicycle Works in Walnut Creek, California.

Found on: Biking saved this first-time RAGBRAI rider’s health

A year and a half ago, 65-year-old Dick Whittington couldn’t walk a mile. Now he’s riding RAGBRAI, having already biked from Oregon.

Found on: Nuns Go On Bicycle Pursuit Of Suspected Thief

According to Amsterdam police on Monday, two Dutch nuns chased a suspected thief through Amsterdam on bikes.

Found on: Without a Car in the World

[[image:jane_mini.jpg::inline:1]]…I knew I had to sell my private chariot. I realized that to explore the options or preach the message of car-free living, it was incumbent on me to be carless (or, in the vernacular of the activists) “de-vehicularized.”

Found on: Corinne Bailey Rae- Put Your Records On

Found on: Are Cyclists Destroying the Earth?

Traveling by bicycle, he argued in a recent paper, may cause more environmental harm than driving around in pollution-spewing, fossil-fuel-swallowing cars and sport utility vehicles.

Found on: The Incredible Folding Bicycle

Considered toys just a decade ago, folding bicycles now come in sleek road, racing and touring versions with multiple wheel sizes and gear ratios, even tandems.

Found on: Bicycle Activists Criticize New Police Permit Rules

The New York City police department released amendments to regulations regarding permits last Monday. The rules, which include making it illegal for groups of people to walk together on the sidewalk or for groups of vehicles to drive together on the streets, have come under sharp criticism from bicycle activists and Manhattan Councilman Allen Gerson.

Found on: Cycle Killer

Why is the city putting the brakes on the Derailer Bike Collective?

Found on: Wheeling and Dealing: Critical Mass is a mess to handle

On June 30, she’d had a drink with co-workers in LoDo and was just heading home when she saw about sixty bicyclists riding up Wynkoop Street. It was the monthly Critical Mass ride.

Found on: The Fall and Rise of The Bicycle

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