From the Executive Director’s Saddle: C.I.C.L.E. Welcomes Joe Linton to our Team!

I’d like to welcome a friend, and fellow advocate, Joe Linton to the C.I.C.L.E. staff.

LADOT's Implausible Deniability: The Sad Saga of the Reseda Boulevard Bike Lanes

LADOT's false claims seem to imply that maybe some of those crazy unreliable bicyclists might have just made up this rumor.

Tour da Arts Happens Saturday, August 22

Join us on Saturday, August 22 for a special hands-on art-making workshop and cultural bike tour in Santa Monica.

It's time for cyclists and motorists to reconcile

You know the dispute. No doubt you’ve encountered it during your commute to work or in the middle of your morning ride. The bikers think drivers are aggressive and self-centered. The drivers think bikers are bottleneck-inducing traffic-law violators.

Bicycle Dreams screening and BBQ at the Encino Velodrome, Saturday, August 29th

by Mary Raffety Looking for a great evening of cycling entertainment, one the whole family can enjoy?

Bicycle Film Festival Rolls Into Town This Week

Four Los Angeles Bicycle Film Festivals ago I answered their call for submissions by transferring this meaningless trifle of a 2004 mountainbiking short of mine to VHS tape and shipping it off to their NYC selection committee HQ.

TOUR PASADENA ON ANY OF SIX “MOVEABOUTS”

Everyone who lives or works in Pasadena is encouraged to take the MoveAbout Tours from Aug. 22 through Sept. 27 to experience the city in a different way and share their thoughts with city planners.

6 Communting Tips to Help You Survive Terrible Traffic Tuesday

With back-to-school-sales in full zenith, you know that Terrible Traffic Tuesday can't be far away.

Surge in cycle commuting in USA

Trek president John Burke says bicycle commuting and recreational cycling have surged in the United States in recent years, and he has the numbers to prove it.

Breaking the rage cycle

If you spend much time perusing the comments sections of mainstream media articles about bicycling, you'll likely notice that such forums tend to fill with those who identify themselves as "cyclists" and "motorists" who sling surprisingly vitriolic and mean-spirited rhetoric at one another.

For Busy Sidewalk Bike Mechanics, the Fix Is In

Heat blazed down from the sky and radiated up from the sidewalk, but Natividad Zirate, hard at work truing a bicycle wheel beneath an oversized umbrella more appropriate to a hot dog cart, seemed not to notice.

What Would Get Americans Biking to Work?

When we talk about transportation, we tend to talk about things in motion. What is often left unremarked upon, in conversations about crowded highways, is something without which those crowds would not exist: parking.

Bicycle Inflation in Paradise?

Portland, Oregon, the current darling of America’s food and environmental writers, is arguably the county’s most bicycle-obsessed city.

Drive-Thru Discrimination: Bicycles Are Vehicles, Too

It's not the first time, nor likely the last, but when Sarah Gilbert was refused service at the drive-thru counter of a Burgerville fast-food restaurant on 25th & SE Powell in Portland, Oregon last week, she was astounded.

Bike-in movies: Drive-in gets enlightened update

The long, foggy nights of summer make me wistfully yearn for the drive-in movies of my youth.

Bike 'convoys' into London begin

Under the BikeTube project, experienced riders will lead six convoys of beginners from outer to inner London.

LADOT Says They're Caught in Rumor Mill about Eliminating Bicycle Lanes

It's been a trying few days for the Los Angeles Department of Transportation as strong emotions from bicyclists and other complete streets activists rallied to save the elimination of bicycle lanes on Reseda Blvd. to make room for peak hour traffic.

Gator draped over man's shoulders attracts cops' attention in Boutte

Alligators are a common sight in St. Charles Parish waterways, but they rarely travel by bicycle.

Designer Uses LEGO Bricks to Prototype Unique Bicycles

Neal Fegan was busy building kinetic structures that were powered by wind and water when he realized he was in over his head (and his abilities)

Urban cybertale: Facebook found the bicycle thief

Kids who live in the city learn their streetsmarts early. Not just, "Don't talk to strangers," but also, "Keep your hand on your wallet."

Best bicycle rentals in Los Angeles: How about a ride along the ocean?

Have you ever wondered where to rent a reliable bicycle for a family bike ride along the Pacific Coast?

Boston Tries to Shed Longtime Reputation as Cyclists’ Minefield

In a city known for its aggressive drivers, flummoxing street layout, confusing rotaries and overall rudeness on the road, what is a cyclist to do?

The power of the Pedal

The exhilaration thousands of bikers experience during the Providence Bridge Pedal persuades some to try commuting

How about tossing cars off the road?

I was walking on Huron Avenue just now and a person in a four-door passenger car illegally crossed the white lines that identify the pedestrian crosswalk.

Interview: Brendt Barbur of the Bicycle Film Festival

It has been said that the bicycle is the world's most perfect machine: it creates no waste (beyond expired tubes, which can be repurposed) and no emissions, if well maintained it can last indefinitely and can be a lot of fun to ride (unless you are going up that hill at 12th and Lamar, which is our own personal hurt locker).

A bike-friendly S.F.? Don't hold your breath

To understand the bicycle controversy in San Francisco, consider the concept of bike sharing.

On Running (or Bicycling) with the Herd

I admit that for a long time I resisted riding a bike in New York, for all the usual fears: arriving sweaty, having my bike stolen, and getting killed.

What is Amtrak's bicycle policy?

Cyclists who want to take their bicycles aboard Amtrak trains without dealing with a considerable amount of hassle shouldn't get their hopes up.

Bicycling: easy riding for rocky times

Want to strike a blow against rising transit fares, costly oil, global warming and obesity at one fell swoop?

The Autobahn versus the bicycle

Many people in Hamburg are like me. They simply do not own cars. Instead, they walk, ride bikes or take public transportation.