Posts Tagged ‘bicycle’

I found this video today supporting a bill in the Oregon legislature to legalize rolling stops for cyclists. Under this law, cyclists would be able to treat stop signs as yield signs only being required to come to a complete stop when they must yield the right of way. This legalizes what the vast majority [...]

A great thing for the American cycling community: the Bicycle Hall of Fame has deserved to be in a city like Davis for a long time.
From this morning’s Sacramento Bee:
The city of Davis broke away from a pack of cities Friday to be named the new home of the U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame.
“I’m ecstatic,” [...]

During the East Austin Studio Tour last November I was standing outside some loft condos on sixth street waiting for my wife to get out of a studio and I snapped this shot of some bikes parked just outside:
I had nothing in particular in mind when I shot it (except maybe how glad I was [...]

Electric bicycles were featured in an article in this month’s Bicycling magazine here in the U.S. and just today I came across and article in Bike Europe, an industry publication for cycling showing that e-bikes are also taking off in the Netherlands and Germany. From the article:
AMSTERDAM, the Netherlands – The e-Bike was the driving [...]

I finally got a chance to go see hard court bike polo this weekend! Week after week Elliott and I have been putting this on our list of “must see” cycling events around town but this is the first time it has worked out.
Riding up to Eastwoods Park in the worst headwind since Thursday I [...]

Just received via the Austin Cycling Association list:
The Ride2Recovery riders are coming through Austin today and departing tomorrow on their way to Dallas/Ft Worth.
Join us to cheer these US veterans on and ride with them as they reach Lake Austin Blvd and Exposition Road. See Schedule below. (Times are approximate.)
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
12:00PM -1:00PM
Riders will [...]

Our good friend Karl-Thomas Musselman over at political site Burnt Orange Report lives carfree and recently had his bike stolen. We’re hoping he can still get it back. Description follows.
My blue/black Trek 3700 that I bought back in 2004 and have put a few thousand miles on probably, was stolen from 902 E 5th Street [...]

I came across a fantastic podcast the other day from the blog Portland Transport and I’ve been listening to all the episodes I can since. It’s very much like the ANC Radio show is here in Austin, except this show is ALL ABOUT BIKES! Entertaining and full of event ideas we could try here too [...]

From the Texas Bicycle Coalition:
The 2009 Safe Passing Bill will have a Texas House hearing by the Transportation Committee next Tuesday, March 24 at 8:00am. The room at the capitol is E2.014.
The bill includes the “3-feet clearance” provision for cars passing cyclists. It has also been expanded to address right and left hooks and harassment [...]

Editor’s note: Seattle writer Paul Andrews was kind enough to catch Metrofiets at the Seattle International Bicycle Expo for us and wrote this fantastic article.
by Paul Andrews
You’re thinking about taking the plunge and ditching the car. But you wonder: How will I shop for groceries? What about the toddlers? And what if I need a [...]