Found on: Senator Boxer Tells Mobility 21 Summit it’s Time to “Craft a New Chapter in U.S. Transportation Policy”

And we should do far more to get people out of their cars.

Found on: Online bicycle store is a fraud

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Found on: Pay now or later for warming, study says

A major study issued Monday concludes that without rapid and substantial spending, global warming will reduce worldwide productivity on the scale of the Great Depression, devastate food sources, cause widespread deaths and create hundreds of millions of refugees.

Found on: Make Your Own Pedal Thread Chasers

Author: Harv As a followup to this month’s Nuts ‘n’ Bolts on French thread bike pedals, here is another pedal/crank problem solving issue. If you are not careful threading pedals into their respective crank arms, damage to the internal threads may result. If the aluminum threads are not actually stripped, they can be repaired using a [...]

Found on: Malcolm BMX in “Gnawing Doubts”

[[image:empanada_mini.jpg::inline:1]]Rabbitboy and Goliath met Malcolm BMX atop an abandoned dumpster behind a decaying office building off Massachusetts Avenue, very near the secret headquarters of BMX. They had a bag full of Julia’s Empanadas.

Found on: Cyclist ready to challenge the Malone tractors

These vehicles give, the feeling of safety, but are really designed to show off the prosperity of the driver.

Found on: Freewheeling into the future

“Safe bike lanes are going to require the removal of car lanes,” says Brindley. “No one has been prepared to sacrifice car space on the roads for bike space. But we now need to take road space away from cars for bikes.”

Found on: On The Path To Co-Existence

… If bicycling is ever to become a real alternative to cars for trips around town, it has to feel comfortable and safe to cowards like me.

Found on: Professors discuss what local residents can do to help prevent global warming

By limiting the amount of time that commuters use their cars, the reduction of carbon dioxide released into the environment would drastically decline.

Found on: Pedal pushers

Errand bikes are one of several promotions being considered to encourage non-motorized transportation in Columbia.

Found on: Andrea Echeverri “A Eme O”

Found on: Safer streets coming for cyclists

In an effort to increase bicycle safety, one of several new laws fines drivers who maim or kill cyclists.

Found on: Planners see a truly open road

Make room, motorists, your reign over the roads in Sacramento is about to end.

Found on: Bicycle Pedals Recalled by Time Sport International Due to Fall Hazard

Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed: Time RXS Titan Carbon, RXS Carbon, RXS and RXE Bicycle Pedals

Found on: It’s cool to cycle, kids – not to assault cyclists

Kids today clearly think that adult cyclists are nerds, losers, geeks – it just isn’t cool to ride a bike unless you use it for pulling wheelies and not much else.

Found on: Who Wants a Mustache Ride? I Do, I Do!

Among some very serious bike nerds, a “mustache ride” isn’t a sexual act (you perverts!) but actually just another name for riding a bike.

Found on: Recyclery Provides Wheels, Teaches Easy Repairs To Bikers

Recycling doesn’t always involve paper and plastic. As the staff of The Recyclery proves, part of recycling is cycle – bicycle, that is.

Found on: Nuts N’ Bolts :: Pedals for French-threaded Bicycles

Contributed by Harv Old French bikes (Peugeot, Motobecane, Gitane) may have several components with threads that are incompatible with modern parts. Say you want to replace those clunky old pedals with a modern pair and don’t want to permanently alter the threads in the crank arms. Or maybe you would, but don’t have the expensive [...]

Found on: Nuts N’ Bolts :: Pedals for French-threaded Bicycles

[[image:frenchpedals_mini.jpg::inline:1]]French to English pedal translation for those on a budget

Found on: Videotape Cops At Own Peril

On Aug. 25 Critical Mass bicycle protestors pedaled up Third Avenue near 40th Street. Police stopped the protestors, including Jacob Redding, who had a video camera.

Found on: Plans afoot for national car-free day

China is planning to stage an annual car-free day across the country, an official with the Ministry of Construction said on Thursday.

Found on: Humans will need two Earths, report claims

Humans are stripping nature at an unprecedented rate and will need two planets’ worth of natural resources every year by 2050 if current trends continue, according to a report published Tuesday by the World Wildlife Fund and the Global Footprint Network.

Found on: Strolls, not Rolls on Rodeo Drive

Beverly Hills officials are considering banning cars on part of the famous street to create a pedestrian attraction.

Found on: Wheeler Dealers

Seeing a shift in opportunity, cyclists are riding a spurt of political power.

Found on: R106m Ahead of 2010 for Non-Motorised Transport

The Department of Transport has set aside R106 million for non-motorised transport as part of the public transport infrastructure fund for the FIFA 2010 Soccer World Cup.