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- James of Bicycle Design sent me a link to this story about the etiquette of bike parking.
With more and more cyclists taking to the roads and designated bike racks in short supply, where they park has tremendous capacity to annoy.
So how can those on two wheels avoid winding up officialdom, pedestrians and even fellow [...] - President Bush signed the Bicycle Commuter Benefits Act into law today.
Congressman Blumenauer of Oregon included a bike commuter benefit provision in the $700 billion Wall Street bailout package that passed both houses of Congress this week.
“We are delighted that the bicycle commuter benefits act has passed after a lengthy and persistent campaign spearheaded by Congressman [...] - Seen at Interibike at the Koolstop booth.
This is one of Bobike’s child carriers. Koolstop distributes them in the United States, so any bike shop that carries Koolstop products should be able to order this for you.
Photo by me.
- Governor Schwarzenegger signed AB 1358, the California Complete Streets Act of 2008, into law Tuesday night. The Complete Streets Law has been the number one legislative priority of the California Bicycle Coalition.
The Complete Streets Act codifies policy that all streets be designed to accommodate all users including bicyclists. According to San Francisco Assemblyman Mark [...] - Reporter James Kanter of the New York Times writes about his experience with Brompton folding bikes.
- As promised, Xtracycle put their longtail bike frame specifications online as part of their project to open source their longtail frame design. They’ve created a Longtail Standard and logoing to allow vendors to design their products to fit in the Xtracycle Free Radical ecosystem. The Longtail Logo can be used on bikes, accessories or [...] - Xtracycle is a an amazing product that has changed a lot of people’s lives for the better. Their system allows you to take any bike and convert it into long bike to carry a big load.
However, there have been some gaping holes in their offerings.
Thankfully they’ve addressed many of these concerns with their newest [...] - Last Thursday night the 2008 Interbike Mobile Social kicked off at the Sands Expo center where about fifty of us met to ride down Las Vegas Blvd to the Criterium races at Mandalay Bay, about a two mile trip down the craziest street I’ve ever ridden.
It was a great time.
I was riding a Dahon folder [...] - I was browsing through Xtracycle’s 2009 catalog and saw a familiar bike — Anthony Stout’s Surly Big Dummy equipped with his custom rain cover. I profiled the Stouts family and their Sport Utility Bike here at Commute By Bike last August.
If you take a look at Xtracycle’s new catalog, you can see Anthony and his [...] - Although Lake markets their clipless winter compatible cycling boots for competition mountain bike and cyclocross use, the venerable Lake MXZ/CXZ has been a favorite among year round commuters for about the past ten years, mostly because they’ve usually been the only cycling shoes available that’s appropriate for winter use. Lakes are very pricey, with the [...]
