does the owner of a Mountain Bike manufacturing company ride to get around town? He can afford to buy any bike he wants. His company even manufactures “street bikes.” A. What else? A Dutch bike. Made by a elderly fellow who makes three bikes a week in his garage. He says that Americans want...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 87% of Americans commit to bicycle commuting. Bike path to be built. RUBY SLIPPERS, KS— Results are in for America’s most comprehensive survey of bicycle transportation. Almost nine of ten adult Americans say they definitely might occasionally be likely to bicycle to work once in a while given a government-provided bicycle...
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An article in today’s Detroit Free Press shows how some companies (and even one federal agency) have decided not to wait for Congress to figure out how to reward bicyclists for improving their health, cutting greenhouse gas emissions and other air pollutants, and reducing congestion. At the National Institutes of Health, workers can get...
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I’ve seen a lot of discussion lately about the Idaho law. Basically, it allows human-powered vehicles to treat stop signs like yield signs and red lights like stop signs. Same Roads, Same Rights, Different Rules… sorta like how a lot of cyclists behave now. I can see pros and cons. It is true that...
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On my commute home last night, I had two separate instances where fellow cyclists rode up next to me at a red light.  In both cases, the cyclist came to a stop, waited for a break in the traffic, and then proceeded to cross the intersection.
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It’s a cute little feel-good video. Their cultural goal and sense of community are very appealing. Their “solution” is both a fantasy and a failure of imagination. Imagine… If anyone could hop on a bike and go anywhere because cyclists are an accepted part of an integrated traffic culture on the roads we already...
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This time it’s about the cab in Miami plowing into a group of cyclists. It happened on a causeway that has four lanes in each direction. The speed limit is 50 MPH. The group was taking up the rightmost lane at 8 AM on a Sunday morning. No traffic to speak of at that...
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Right after Tropical Storm Fay, maybe this is timely … In Florida, if you commute in the summer, you stand an excellent chance of getting caught in the rain. You may want to keep yourself dry as well as what you are carrying on your bike. There are several different methods for dealing with...
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From Dutch Bikes Seattle: Here at Dutch Bike Seattle we sell appliances. Most bike shops sell sporting goods. This partially explains our curious look and lack of precise answer when you ask one of us “how much does this bike weigh?” In the world of appliances weight isn’t so important. Durability, utility, ease of...
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There was a time when cycling was totally different from what it is today. Honest! It was in my lifetime and I am not that old! I have found proof of this on the web. I truly was beginning to wonder if my memory was failing. Perhaps it was always this way, but I...
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