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Found on: Nuts ‘n’ Bolts: Product Report “Inline” Offset Pedal Wrench
[[image:inline_mini.jpg::inline:1]]Not wanting to spend the money for the Park tool or its many knock-offs, the inexpensive "Inline" wrench caught my eye. •••
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Found on: Prokop Appeal Today at 1PM in Los Angeles
LA Area bicyclists, To especially those of you who use and want more Bike Paths and, along with John Forester, those of you who want Bike Paths that are designed, built and maintained as real transportation facilities to, at least, minimum standards. •••
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Found on: Car-free Commuting,
Outdoor gear and apparel retailer Patagonia hosts a month-long series of local events focused on environmentally-friendly commuting •••
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Found on: The Cycling Evolution
When the bicycle was first invented and distributed in Europe around 1885, it was hailed as a technological revolutionary breakthrough that would free women from patriarchy and liberate the poor. •••
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Found on: Wheel Problem Prompts Mirraco Bicycle Recall
Mirraco LLC, of Carlsbad, Calif., is recalling about 11,000 bicycles because the front wheel forks could have been welded improperly. •••
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Found on: Bike committee proposes millions in trail improvements
A county commission that had $25 million to spend on biking trails has come up with a list of projects costing $220 million. •••
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Found on: The Surprising Risks of Playing It Safe
But does my helmet make me safer? Maybe not, because safety measures often have unintended consequences. •••
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Found on: Car free and carefree
Not buying into the car culture gives Kaye and Singh more money for other things, including weekend trips. Kaye loves dropping off the keys and never having to worry about "the funny noise." •••
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Found on: Journey expands cyclist’s horizons
Stevens Point man traverses two continents to help those losing their sight to macular degeneration •••
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Found on: Bike Paths: Safe or Sorry? Los Angeles City
People injured on Bike Paths are being cheated out of the protections available to all Californians who are hurt on a public road, sidewalk or bike lane due to the negligence of a municipality. •••
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Found on: If only it were a bike that was stolen
The phone rang last Thursday at 3, the time my 14-year-old son usually appears rosy-cheeked at the door after his ride home up the West Side bike path from Stuyvesant High School. “Hi Mom,” he said in such a flat voice that I guessed what was coming next. “My bike was stolen.” •••
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Found on: “One Mile At a Time” Campaign Hits Streets of Pasadena
[[image:pat_front.jpg::left:1]] A retail store, a bicycle advocacy group, and a city collaborate to promote the ease and joy of car-free transportation. •••
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Found on: Cycling case challenges suit shield: Cities now have immunity
With a lawsuit filed by a North Hollywood man who was injured on the L.A. River bike path, cycling advocates are hoping to overturn a state law that prevents riders from suing cities when they've had crashes on public bikeways. •••
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Found on: Drivers can learn ways of sharing the road
While Memphis isn't the worst place to ride a bike, it certainly isn't the best. We definitely have our share of road rage, rough streets and chronic speed demons. •••
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Found on: Adventure Cycling’s Innovative Underground Railroad Bicycle Route is Ready to Ride
After three years of research and planning, Adventure Cycling Association, North America's largest bicycling organization, and the University of Pittsburgh's Center for Minority Health are pleased to unveil the newly completed 2,058 mile Underground Railroad Bicycle Route (UGRR). •••
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Found on: World Bicycle Relief Spreads the Power of Bicycles Far Beyond the Race
Watching 144 of the best athletes in the world speed their way to the finish line of the Amgen Tour of California is an amazing sight. It is hard to imagine a world in which 24 of those athletes — more than one on each team — are infected with HIV/AIDS. Or one in which [...]
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Found on: The Ghost Bike Project
They seem to appear out of nowhere. As you turn a corner, or step aside to avoid a stranger, or coast your bike to a pause in order to time the next stoplight, there in your peripheral vision you catch a glimpse. •••
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Found on: One-car family? That’s so 1959
Now, it's more likely that Dad, Mom and each kid will have one. Oh, the upkeep, never mind the environment. •••
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Found on: Cyclists to the Rover Rescue
[[image:rileyfront_mini.jpg::inline:1]]If you live in the Los Angeles area, love animals and want to do something fun and rewarding, join Team Rover Rescue at the Acura Bike Tour. Raise money, awareness, your heart rate and the spirits of a pound puppy. •••
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Found on: A Bicycle Valentine
A sweet lil' bike valentine landed in our email box this morning, and now we'll share the bike love with you. •••
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Found on: To prevent crashes, a new push to improve driver behavior
Despite the human and financial toll of traffic fatalities annually in the United States – 43,000 deaths and 2.7 million injuries at a cost of about $230 billion – such accidents are often viewed as an inevitable, if tragic, byproduct of driving. •••
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Found on: Blacksburg bicycle co-op preaches power of the pedal
After timidly peeking their heads out front doors, a few children in baggy shorts and ski boots scurried from their homes, across the courtyard, toward the beacon of light glowing in the far left corner of the community. •••
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Found on: Bike cabs to rally for a Midtown pedi-cure
Pedicab drivers are expected to ride to City Hall this afternoon to call attention to closed-door negotiations between the Bloomberg administration and the City Council to regulate their industry. •••
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Found on: Looking Back: Advocacy Awareness (Readings)
2007 sees a major swing towards a tipping point in the level of interest and involvement from regional and national cycling communities. •••
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Found on: Cars Stop, Bikes Yield – Editorial
Riding a bike everyday can change your perspective on things. Going to the gym becomes less of a priority, conversations about gas prices aren't very interesting, and certain traffic laws start to make less sense – Stop signs in particular strike me as absurd. •••
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