Nuts 'n' Bolts: Product Report "Inline" Offset Pedal Wrench
Not wanting to spend the money for the Park tool or its many knock-offs, the inexpensive "Inline" wrench caught my eye.
"One Mile At a Time" Campaign Hits Streets of Pasadena
A retail store, a bicycle advocacy group, and a city collaborate to promote the ease and joy of car-free transportation.
Cyclists to the Rover Rescue
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.
Tomato Heads! Another Look at Santa Monica's 2 Year CM Ride
When Zack Beatty founded SMCM he chose this starting location because it left ample room for hundreds of riders - a seemingly audacious precaution given that the first mass was either 5, 6, or 7 riders strong.
Portland's Mini-Bike Winter IV: Feb 14 -19
As BikeWinter L.A. 2007 comes into full swing, Portlanders are getting ready to catapult their mini-bikes into action as Mini-Bike Winter IV opening day approaches.
Santa Monica Critical Mass is Two!
On a Friday night when the 405 was shut down- both North and South- all of the major arterials between Westwood and Santa Monica were gridlocked in both directions and our tide of bicycles wove a pattern of liberating whoops and beckoning blinks, reflected of off chrome and mirrors in the sea of automobiles and buses.
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.
••• READ MORE...Car-free Commuting, “One Mile at a Time”
Outdoor gear and apparel retailer Patagonia hosts a month-long series of local events focused on environmentally-friendly commuting
••• READ MORE...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.
••• READ MORE...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.
••• READ MORE...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.
••• READ MORE...The Surprising Risks of Playing It Safe
But does my helmet make me safer? Maybe not, because safety measures often have unintended consequences.
••• READ MORE...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."
••• READ MORE...Journey expands cyclist's horizons
Stevens Point man traverses two continents to help those losing their sight to macular degeneration
••• READ MORE...Bike Paths: Safe or Sorry? Los Angeles City’s Bait and Switch
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.
••• READ MORE...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.”
••• READ MORE...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.
••• READ MORE...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.
••• READ MORE...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).
••• READ MORE...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 14 of them grew up as orphans. A world in which each of them knew they were only expected to live 40 years.
••• READ MORE...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.
••• READ MORE...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.
••• READ MORE...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.
••• READ MORE...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.
••• READ MORE...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.
••• READ MORE...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.
••• READ MORE...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.
••• READ MORE...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.
••• READ MORE...Two wheels good, four wheels bad
ONLY A few decades ago, about 80 per cent of children walked or cycled to school - now the figure stands at just 20 per cent.
••• READ MORE...The constant cyclist: Improving health and the environment are two reasons some locals use pedal power everyday
Ventura is seeing a new breed of bicyclist lately. Not just the occasional pedal pusher or weekend jock, these folks are everyday commuters who prefer to bike instead of drive everywhere — to market, to work and even to entertainment and social events.
••• READ MORE...Pedaling protest takes on car show
Dressed as polar bears and Santa Claus and towing signs that read "True Patriots Don't Burn Oil" and "Be a Hero: Drive Less," a group of bicyclists gathered Saturday in front of McCormick Place to protest the Chicago Auto Show.
••• READ MORE...Bicycle Powered Chocolate!
Choco Sol is a chocolate shop for very serious people. Its owners don't want customers who are just seeking hot chocolate, they want to serve people who want to understand where the cocoa beans come from, and minimize the ecological footprint a chunk of candy leaves behind.
••• READ MORE...The Road Wars: An NBC Video Report
As more of these bicyclists emerge on L.A. City streets, will the battle for road space get bloody?
••• READ MORE...NPR: Cyclists Switch to Single-Speed Bikes
It's the latest, coolest thing in pedal-powered transportation: Bikes with no gears and no brakes. You'll find them on city streets from New York to San Francisco, mostly in the company of young, rugged-looking bicyclists.
••• READ MORE...The future has got three wheels
I've seen the future of short-haul public transport in Oxford, and it's got three wheels.
••• READ MORE...Bike shop puts a spin on helping others: Third Ward bike center teaches youths skills, a sense of community
Sedrick Walker got a lesson of a lifetime when he recently stopped at the Third Ward Community Bike Center to get his vintage bicycle back on the road.
••• READ MORE...You Don't Need a Car in LA: PublicRoutes.com Launches Directions Resource for Los Angeles Public Transportation System
PublicRoutes.com, directions-based Web resource, today announced the launch of a complete navigational resource for public transportation throughout the Los Angeles metropolitan area including: Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura counties.
••• READ MORE...$2 billion plan to revitalize Los Angeles River unveiled
A pricey, decades-long plan to transform 32 miles of the concrete-filled Los Angeles River into a "green ribbon" of parks, pedestrian walkways, bike trails and housing was unveiled by city officials Friday.
••• READ MORE...U.N. says there's no stopping global warming
In the strongest language it has ever used, a United Nations panel says global warming is "very likely" caused by human activities and has become a runaway train that cannot be stopped.
••• READ MORE...Time for New York pedestrians to reclaim city
Lately, though, as far as pedestrian issues go, New York is acting more like the rest of America, and the rest of America is acting more like the once inspiring New York.
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