New Work Gives a Birds Eye View of Amsterdam Cyclists
Artist Laura Domela latest book of
photos FIETSEN is sure to thrill cyclists of all pedals of life. In our interview with
Laura she thoughtfully discusses her views on Amsterdam, the
U.S., and the concept of cycling culture.
Keywords: Amsterdam,Culture,Art
Aussies About to be Blown Up
An interview with Jessica Findley the woman behind the Aeolian Ride and her plans to blow up Melbourne.
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Peace Love and Bikes
Once
a week you will find protesters on street corners throughout Los
Angeles that stand for hours holding placards up above their heads or
against their chests that carry slogans against the war in Iraq. But
this last Sunday there was a new protest in town.
Malcolm BMX: Meet the Boss
5 AM. The Suburbs. Malcolm
BMX, the five-foot-eight revolutionary bicyclist was rolling down
Meadow Haven Avenue on a mission.
One Hell of A Benefit Ride: No Gears Allowed
There has never been a ride quite like this one. A small group of hard core
riders will mount their fixed gear bikes and cycle for 28 days --
no taking one's feet off the pedals... even on the long downhills.
Bicycle Bikini Calendar Contest Winners Announced
We are pleased to announce the 5 calendar contest winners.
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Bikers to Brooklyn Industries: F-U!
Bikers directly respond to the commercialization of the tall bike subculture.
READ MORE...After Judge's Ruling, Fewer Are Arrested in Mass Bike Ride
Jessica Rechtschaffer, who believes she holds or at least shares the unofficial record as the bicycle rider most often arrested at the monthly group rides known as Critical Mass, thought she might be adding to her total Friday night when police officers stopped her near 28th Street and Eighth Avenue.
READ MORE...Fueling the Bicycle Culture
Two coffee shops are keeping gearheads happy with brew, bikes, T-shirts and art shows.
READ MORE...Scottish Paper Gets Report on Bush Bicycle Crash That Injured Constable
It may not have been as serious as Vice President Dick Cheney shooting a friend in the face, but new details that have emerged about President George W. Bush's bicycle accident in Scotland last July show that he, too, might have caused serious damage.
READ MORE...Coming Soon: A Safe Parking Place For SF Bikers
With construction scheduled to begin in early March, Caltrain is holding a special event on Monday to mark the long-awaited creation of a new 1,600-square-foot bicycle parking facility.
READ MORE...Surreal Bicycle Book Rides to Fame on Back of Cult TV Show
Once rejected for publication as too "fantastic", a surreal Irish novel featuring the interchanging of atoms between a man and his beloved bicycle has been racing off the shelves of American bookshops.
READ MORE...Aggressiveness of Bike Chases Stirs Questions for the Police
Article discusses NY Police pursuing cyclist in high speed pursuits. Often driving at dangerous speeds in congested areas, onto sidewalks and against traffic.
READ MORE...Broward rolls out 35 events for Bicycle Week
Some people own bicycles that cost more than $2,000 and they take 50-mile weekend tours. Others have decade-old junkers stashed in their garage, gathering enough dust to write their name in.
READ MORE...Bike Lane Hoax
Toronto cyclists and artists Tino and Rick pulled a lil' fast one on fellow cyclists and city officials
READ MORE...Livable Streets (For People, Not Cars)
The simplest way city officials can improve the quality of life for every New Yorker is to start thinking about the city's streets and sidewalks in a different way.
READ MORE...The Portland: a bike made just for you
It was quite the coming-out party. Congressmen, city commissioners, hors d'oeuvres, wine, music, the works. All to introduce . . . a bike.
READ MORE...Brooklyn Industries Collaborates with Recycle-A-Bicycle to Promote Better Urban Transportation
Brooklyn Industries is joining forces with Recycle-A-Bicycle to educate the community about the benefits of recycling and bicycling as a better form of urban transportation.
READ MORE...Critical Impasse
With arrests growing and two cops hurt, Critical Mass gets messy.
READ MORE...Assemblyman Pedro Nava Announces New Bill on Bicycle Safety
In the wake of the January death of UCSB student Kendra Payne, who was killed in a bicycling accident, Assemblyman Pedro Nava proposed a new state law on Monday that would require motor vehicles to leave at least three feet of space when passing bicyclists on the road.
READ MORE...Bicycle Commuting
Getting fit on the way to work - and saving gas - is increasingly popular.
READ MORE...A Bike Life
Like a subtle soundtrack to life in Northern California, a million stainless-steel bicycle spokes slice the winter air.
READ MORE...Vicious Cycling
Every second Friday night of the month, a kinetic storm gathers at the corner of Echo Park St. and Sunset Blvd.
READ MORE...World's Best Cyclists Kick off 8-day, 600-mile Road Race Sunday in S.F.
The guys with shaved legs are coming, and Bay Area cyclists are more pumped up than their skinny tires.
READ MORE...S.D. Legalizes Drinking and Riding
Brrrr, that'd be one cold ride back from the bar on a long Winter's night.
READ MORE...City Rebuffed in Trying to Bar Mass Bike Rides
For 18 months, the city has spared few efforts on the street or in courts to clamp down on a group bicycle ride in Manhattan called Critical Mass that the authorities say causes havoc by blocking traffic.
READ MORE...Classes Teach City Riders How to Thrive and Stay Alive
Bicycling is largely a soothing and pleasurable approach to the outdoors and fitness -- but also can be a nerve-jarring spin through the cell-jabbering, fume-spewing, gritty urban madness.
READ MORE...Pedalling Against Pollution
Avijit Chakraborty is circling the world on his bike, hoping to raise environmental awareness.
READ MORE...Bike Messengers Really Earn Pay After Big Storm
After three hours riding in the sludge, Ken Moody was giving up on his bicycle for the day.
READ MORE...Passion Abounds for Cycling
It's sport, recreation, exercise and transportation for the young and old.
READ MORE...Seminar on "Extreme Advocacy" Scheduled for Frostbike
Wilderness Trail Bikes (WTB) will present a detailed Extreme Advocacy seminar during QBPs annual Frostbike tradeshow on the weekend of Feb. 1819. READ MORE...
Recumbent Bicycle Devotees Sing Praises of the Low Riders
The reclining cyclists on their low-riding bicycles may look a little strange. But those who've switched from the upright to the recumbent bicycle say they'll never go back. READ MORE...
Midnite Ridazz: RIDE ON!
Friday night, I learned that, apparently, it takes a helicopter for the City of Glendale to be able to track a thousand whooping, yelling cyclists, most in costume, all with flashing lights on their bikes. READ MORE...
Commuters All at Sea as Governments Lose the Plot
Against the tide: governments must consider alternative forms of transport to combat global climate change. READ MORE...
Jole Rider Bicycle Project Kicks Off in Jambanjelly
About 16 members of the Jole Rider Foundation, a UK based charity, and students from St Laurence Secondary School in the UK recently launched a bicycle project at the Jambanjelly Basic Cycle School. READ MORE...
A Different Spin on the Street
I had already in my past tasted the fresh and potent flavors of car fumes and felt my thigh muscles burn with gratitude given the chance to prove their worth. READ MORE...
A Modest Proposal
A University of Montana graduate responds to the recent resolution to ban bikes on campus. READ MORE...
`The Fattest City' a Heavyweight in Pro-Bike Ratings
Recently voted the second-best place in the country to bike among cities with more than 1 million people, Chicago has now been crowned "the fattest city in the nation." READ MORE...
Bike Shop Promotes Revolutionary Idea
Stepping into Revolution Cycles, reggae music flows through the air between scents of bicycle tires and grease. Hard at work is shop owner Jeff Fitzgerald, who fixes and cleans bikes on repair stands. READ MORE...
Timbuk2 Fields Artists for Messenger Bag Charity Auction
As part of a charitable cause, Timbuk2 engaged 45 artists from New York to San Francisco to each design an Artist Canvas bag of their own. READ MORE...
Bicycle As Means of Transport
Bicycle is today the cheapest, affordable, safest and reliably means of movements of goods, service and people. It is extensively in use in developed countries for sports as well as for routine movement of goods and service. READ MORE...
A Drive Toward Fewer Cars
There are other ways to get from A to B. READ MORE...
Bikes, the Police, and You
The New York City Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild and FreeWheels are pleased to announce a panel on the last 17 months of police repression of Critical Mass in New York City. READ MORE...
Eliminate Private Cars: New Democracy & Sustainable Economic Systems
There is a global energy war sweeping the planet at the same time that private vehicle ownership is booming. Something wrong with this picture read on. READ MORE...
Two Against Four: The War of the Wheels
The tension between motorists and cyclists was highlighted recently when photographs of an altercation in Toronto were posted on the Web. READ MORE...
City Bikes Crank Forward
American bicycle sales have skyrocketed in the wake of Lance Armstrong's multiple wins at the Tour de France, but not everyone wants a 15-pound racing bike with a tiny little seat. READ MORE...
Bike and Horse DUI Bill Advances
Senator Lee Schoenbeck says it doesn't make sense to charge people with drunken driving when they're on horses or bikes. READ MORE...
San Diegans Participate in 'Low Car Diet'
Last Wednesday, the participants of the San Diego 'low-car diet' started using transit, a car-sharing service, walking, and biking to get around. READ MORE...
Canadian Company Helping to Get 200 Bikes to African Aid Workers to Fight HIV
"It was brought to our attention that a bicycle could enable an African health worker to travel farther and faster than they currently can by foot," said Bill Scullion, national sales manager for Shimano Canada. READ MORE...
Honest, Offisher, the Horsh Hazzen Had a Drop to Drink!
South Dakota's Supreme Court is taking a dim view of the S.D. legislature that recently exempted bicyclists from its drunk driving laws by declaring a bicycle to not be a vehicle. READ MORE...
The World is Your Velodrome
One L.A. rocker says to all the disaffected in the underworld: Get on your bikes and ride! READ MORE...
Planet Bike to Make $100,000 Donation to Thunderhead Alliance
Planet Bike has announced plans to donate $100,000 to the Thunderhead Alliance for 2006. READ MORE...
Repair Work Spurs Bike Interest
Helping fix up old two-wheelers in program encourages cycling for young and old. READ MORE...
Make Roads Friendly for Bicycles, Official Says
"We have to totally change our thinking" about accommodating bicycles, he said. "When you build a street, you have to build it for everybody." READ MORE...
No War for Oil - Ride a Bike
Recap of the LA bike contingent at the protest against Bush's State of the Union Misaddress READ MORE...
Bush's Mideast Oil Pledge Purely an Example
An administration official told Knight Ridder the President used the words the Middle East only so he could illustrate the issue in a way that "every American sitting out there listening to the speech understands." READ MORE...
Chrome Introduces New Line of Urban Bicycle Riding Clothing
Chrome has returned to the technical clothing arena with its launch of a line of bike related clothing with a raw urban edge. READ MORE...
Why Bike To Work?
Read what San Louis Obispo County Bicycle Coalition's essay contest winners had to say. READ MORE...
Women are like Sugarcane
Straight from the BLC (Bicycle Leadership Conference) comes a new revelation. READ MORE...
Prez Says: "America is Addicted to Oil"
The prez says that "we have a serious problem. We need to address and cope with our addiction to oil. READ MORE...
Going for Platinum
Tucson hopes to get top status in most bike-friendly city rankings. READ MORE...
