That Was the Year That Was
What a year for bicycling in Los Angeles! A virtual explosion of events, activism, and culture crammed into just 365 days. At the end of 2004...
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Happy Merry !@#$%
A special holiday message from us.
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Bike Light on CM :: A Little Night Muzak Please...
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Bike Exchange Burglarized on Christmas
Thousands of dollars of specialty bike tools, bicycles, and cash were stolen from the Kalihi Valley Instructional Bike Exchange. READ MORE...
Polo Goes Populist
On bicycles, that is. Vancouver aficionados say its a hell of a lot of fun on wheels. READ MORE...
Car-Free Life Can Make Life Carefree
This is the story of a woman who did something wild. Not as a favor to society. Not to be a role model. No, she did it because -- OK, let's tell the truth: Nancy Vargo got rid of her car because she wanted more money for travel and clothes. READ MORE...
Bicyclists with Bombs :: Riding with Osama
...such sins together occupied less of this fire-breathing dispatch than the Times stance in favor of the war on the war against bicycles. Specifically, Times reporting on undercover NYPD infiltration of the Critical Mass biking movement. This seemed a strange report to object to, until we saw that the use of such cops is to protect the people of New York. It starts with bicycling, and ends in anarchy and terror, we suppose. READ MORE...
New Video Evidence Shows NYPD Covert Surveillance of Cyclists and Protests
Democracy Now hosts a roundtable discussion on covert police surveillance of demonstrations in New York City. Newly released video tape shows what the New York Times describes as "the robust presence of disguised officers" since the Republican National Convention in August 2004. We speak with the New York Police Department, I-Witness video, and The New York Times. [includes rush transcript - partial] READ MORE...
Critical Mass Bike Rides Face Police Crackdown
Cycling advocates have faced targeted surveillance and policing over the past year. Democracy Now brings you excerpts from the documentary "Still We Ride," which traces the police crackdown on Critical Mass bike rides in New York City since the Republican National Convention. [includes rush transcript] READ MORE...
Tibetan Students Demand Free Tibet through Bicycle Rally to Amravati
A bicycle rally from the city to Amravati in Andhra Pradesh is being organized by Tibetan students in the city, to make the public aware of the violation of human rights in Tibet and also demanding a Free Tibet. READ MORE...
Lowrider Bicycles Remain an Austin Obsession
Terry Rocha's latest creation began life as a demure Schwinn Sting-Ray in 1963 before being mothballed in the backyard of an elderly neighbor. Recently though, the bicycle entered its latest incarnation as "Dub Life." READ MORE...
NYC Cycling Soars but Rule Hamper Riders
Anticipating the transit strike a week ahead, Peter Onghena figured the best way to get to work from his home on the Upper East Side to his job in midtown would be to bike. But when he called up his office's building manager, they told him that the commuting idea was his first strikeout. READ MORE...
New York Police Covertly Join In at Critical Mass and Other Rallies
Undercover New York City police officers have conducted covert
surveillance in the last 16 months of people protesting the Iraq war,
bicycle riders taking part in mass rallies and even mourners at a
street vigil for a cyclist killed in an accident, a series of
videotapes show. READ MORE...
Lib Dems Give TV's Clarkson a Bike
The Top Gear presenter and newspaper columnist - who once told cyclists 'do not cruise through red lights because if I'm coming the other way, I will run you down, for fun' - was presented with the gift in a bid to change his attitudes towards those on two wheels. READ MORE...
Transit Strike Is a Bike Rider's Dream
New York City's Transit strike may have inconvenienced millions of bus, subway and car commuters. But from a bikers perspective, it made the city a dream. READ MORE...
Riding a Bike to Work During the Transit Strike
This morning when we awoke to the transit strike, Gothamist knew
that we were biking to work. READ MORE...
Kids with Good Grades Pedal Off with Free Bikes
Eagerly peering at the bikes from behind Maria was her brother Luis,
10, who said he woke up at 4 a.m. yesterday. "I know it's hers," Luis
said, grinning ear to ear. "But she's going to have to share."
Super Legal: Bikers Obey the Law to Protest the Law
In the bright lights of a tennis court, a dozen of her fellow bikers were assembled, waiting for Blue to kick off the night's "Super Legal Bike Ride." READ MORE...
'You've Gotta Believe that You Can' - Winter Bikers Defy Weather
Just how crazy is it to commute by bicycle in Minnesota in winter? To Pete Saunders, it makes perfect sense - despite what his wife thinks. READ MORE...
Send in the Clowns: Bicycle Clown Brigade to Shame Cars out of Bike Lanes
The Clown Bicycle Brigade prepares for possible transit strike by clearing cars from bike lanes. Nothing can shame a driver into moving out of the bike lane more than a pack of cheerful clowns on bikes. All drivers refusing to move will be ticketed for violating Section 4-08(e), which explicitly prohibits stopping in the bike lanes. READ MORE...
Los Angeles at Ground Level
You could say that Los Angeles has a love/hate relationship with the bicycle, but (in the manner of all things LA) it's a rather eccentric one. READ MORE...
Pedal Power
Groups win new federal funding for bike-related projects across America. READ MORE...
Mandatory Helmets for NYC Cyclists?
The city of New York is currently considering a mandatory helmet law for all cyclists. Learn why this is not a good idea. READ MORE...
Money Pours In To Replace Stolen Bikes
Disabled children and their advocates rejoiced Wednesday as more than $42,000 in donations flooded in to replace 30 specially crafted bicycles stolen last week from a Berkeley storeroom. READ MORE...
Best Bet in Case of Transit Strike is to Pedal a Bike
If 34,000 members of the Transport Workers Union strike at 12:01 a.m. Friday, the best way to get to work may be by bicycle, and the city's Office of Emergency Management is working to create and expand bike lanes in the five boroughs. READ MORE...
Helping Out Santa
Inmates rebuild bicycles for needy Rahway children. READ MORE...
Theft Of Disabled Children's Customized Bikes Discovered
Dozens of disabled kids lost an exhilarating link to freedom -- and a hallmark of childhood -- when thieves stole about 30 of their specially-crafted bicycles from a locked storage room in Berkeley. READ MORE...
The Bicycle Thieves of Oxbridge
Like many university towns, Oxford and Cambridge are predominantly bike friendly. Almost every student here will have a story of a bicycle theft to tell. READ MORE...
Bicycles in Downhill Battle with Motorists on Maui
One of the biggest traffic problems on Maui is coming down to a downhill battle between bicycles and motor vehicles. READ MORE...
Police: Orange Park Man Seen Riding Bicycle With No Pants
A 40-year-old Orange Park man was arrested Friday afternoon after several residents along Doctors Lake Drive reported seeing him riding a bicycle naked from the waist down. READ MORE...
Along for the Ride
While certainly I'm a long-winded advocate for cycling as an
alternate commute option, it could be argued that I come up short in
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Cold Comfort for Bicycle Couriers
Bicycle messengers the Green Couriers risk turning blue as they whir through the citys streets this winter, as their employers disagree on who should see to it that they are dressed properly.
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An Oregonian Thanks Don Stathos for Bicycle Bill
A s I crumpled up the newspaper to assist igniting my first wood stove fire of the fall, an obituary headline caught my eye: "Bicycle Bill author Don Stathos, 81." READ MORE...
Bicycle Man ready to hand out bikes
Moses Mathis is getting ready to hand out hundreds of
bikes to needy children. Mathis says he's right on target for this
year's event. Whether a child wants to be a glamour girl or just rock
it, refurbished bikes of all sizes are geared up and ready to go.
In exhaust-choked Jakarta, maverick cyclists take a stand
Every workday morning, a small but expanding community in the traffic-clogged megacity of Jakarta brave fume-belching buses, aggressively driven cars and steamy heat to indulge in an unlikely passion: bike riding. READ MORE...
Google Gets on Board with Transit Trip Planner
For you multi-modals out there, and right now specifically you Portland multi-modals.... Google launches the Google Transit Planner. READ MORE...
The StreetSurfer: Like a bicycle, except very different
The bicycle has effectively been the same since the safety bicycle evolved from the Penny farthing more than a century ago, says Mark Palmer, chief evangelist of the StreetSurfer, and we figured it was about time to take the next step. READ MORE...Off Yer Bike - For The Sake Of All Of Us On The Roads
As a mainstream form of transport, the bicycle has proved itself the equivalent of communism: a lovely idea that failed dismally in practice.Get ready to fume again on your 'commie/pinko/faggot bike', here's another block head for ya!
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Cycling Is A Healthy Way to Break the Iron Grip of The Car
It was rather amazing for a United States professor of transport
and urban planning to come to Sydney and read the bike-bashing
article by Michael Duffy in the Saturday Herald.
Cyclists Score Important Victory in Kentucky
In an important victory for cyclists everywhere, the Kentucky Supreme Court struck down a decision blaming a cyclist for being on the road when a passing vehicle hit her. READ MORE...
Wheels and Deals in Silicon Valley
"You'll see some of the most influential people in the valley out there on bikes on the weekends...Cycling," he added, "is the new golf." READ MORE...
Busted: Beer Burglar On a Bicycle?
A burglar, apparently with a powerful thirst for beer, allegedly broke into the walk-in cooler of Crown Beverages on Norton Street early this morning and took off with four cases of beer, possibly on a bicycle, city police said. READ MORE...
Cyclists Gain Clout - And Funding
Federal money: Big bucks are going toward development of cycling and walking in cities.
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Church Plans 2,000-Bike Giveaway
For needy children in Tucson this holiday season, hope has wheels. READ MORE...
Troopers delay bike-race cap until 2007
The Colorado State Patrol will delay until 2007 a cap on cycling events it announced last week after recognizing the need for additional conversations between event organizers, state legislators and the state patrol said. READ MORE...
Fuel Cell Bicycle Artist, Winner of this Year's Turner Prize
"It's an attempt to make an artwork, which is very ergonomic and
easy on the environment. It's a very simple idea."
Global Warming Protest Stretches Around World
More than 100,000 people took to the streets in more than 30 countries yesterday, in the first world-wide demonstration to press for action to combat global warming. READ MORE...
Pomp and Ceremony Launch New Bicycle Megaplex
More than 250 people seated in metal chairs on several hundred square yards of red carpet laid out in a dirt field attended a groundbreaking ceremony Saturday for the proposed Shenzhen Bicycle Industry Park. READ MORE...
Power your iPod by Pedal Power
Convert power from your bike to a charge for your iPod with this iPod charger hack. READ MORE...
Mettle to the Pedal
Bowen recently came home to Powell County after 9,937 miles on the road. The retired construction worker made the trip to honor his literary heroes and to help schoolchildren in Eastern Kentucky, and because Joe Bowen is a man who acts on his dreams. READ MORE...
AFMC Leads the Way in Eco-Friendly Transportation
The Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), which made bicycles compulsory for first and second year students as an eco friendly measure, will be replicating the go green experiment at all the armed forces medical establishments in the country. READ MORE...Wal-Mart Teams With Salvation Army For Bike Ride Across Three States
Gentlemen, lift your kickstands. About 70 managers from Wal-Mart stores in Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama plan to bicycle along coastal U.S. 90 starting Saturday to raise money to give 100,000 bikes to children affected by Hurricane Katrina. READ MORE...
Save the Bicycle's Biggest Day
We're natural-born optimists and want to believe that organizers of the Elephant Rock bicycle tour can work out a deal with the Colorado State Patrol that enables it to remain the state's largest. READ MORE...
Seed Company to Help Maine Bicycle Coalition
Johnny's Selected Seeds, based in Albion and Winslow, is teaming with the Bicycle Coalition of Maine to make bicycling around Maine more beautiful next spring with a little extra effort now. READ MORE...
Bikes Can Help Heal On World AIDS Day
On this World AIDS Day, we're bringing hope to millions suffering from HIV and AIDS by taking the Biketown program to Botswana, South Africa. READ MORE...
Bike Rentals Now Using Contactless RFID Cards
JCDecaux said Monday it will add 100 Cyclocity self-checkout kiosks for the city of Lyon, France and the surrounding suburbs where cyclists can rent bicycles with a swipe of a contactless, pre-paid card with radio frequency identification technology RFID inside. While this sounds hyper cool and convenient, RFID technology can be scary. Learn why... READ MORE...
