Cordonnet - Cycling Cap
Updated: 2012-04-30 17:33:40
Some plumbing issues at the house sent me out on my bicycle to a hardware store in search of washers on Saturday. It was no longer a "plumbing emergency," however, giving me a chance to explore a little bit on the way home.
I started by heading east on Highway 900, part of the old Sunset Highway, between Renton and Issaquah.
This is part of the first automobile highway over Snoqualmie Pass that was dedicated in 1915. It ran through North Bend and Issaquah and around Lake Washington to Seattle.
Whenever I used to come across a bollard in a bike trail, I'd get the righteous feeling of ownership that this was my trail; cars cannot get in.
Now I worry that a bicyclist might hit the bollard and suffer an injury. Are bollards safe?
Not always. Experienced bicyclist Giuseppe Maino, 53, died from injuries he suffered when he struck a bollard on the Richland B&O trail in Bellville, Ohio, this week.
Maino was riding at the rear of a group of cyclists ...
: 24 April 2012 Launching Copenhagens Bicycle Superhighways Last week , on April 14, 2012, the first stretch of Copenhagen's new and long-awaited Bicycle Superhighway network opened and Copenhagenize was there for the bike . ride It was back in 2009 that we first wrote about the plans for these bicycle superhighways The boys at Trunk films made this cool film that includes the Superhigways project The project has taken time to develop but now the routes are getting ready for use . In addition , when we first wrote about it , there were plans for 13 routes . That has now been increased to 26. 300 km of dedicated superhighway routes when the project is . complete The 17.5 km Albertslund Route is the first one to launch . The route runs through a number of municipalities , including
A 75-year-old man who repairs and sells used bicycles from his home in Portsmouth, N.H., is fighting a cease and desist order from City Hall.
Tony Tzortzakis has been ordered to shut down the bicycle business after a neighbor complained about him storing and selling bicycles outside his home. ....
: 15 April 2012 Cargo Bikes Delivered What a lovely sight that greeted us at Lulu-Sophia's kindergarten last week . A long row of cargo bikes for kids delivered and ready for use in the playground . They're from the Danish company Tress , who produce many kids of cargo bikes for schools and kindergartens Lulu hopped up on one right away . Lovin' . it Add these to the many bikes in the educational institution armada in Denmark as written about in the Cargo Bike Early Learning article here on the blog Put here by Mikael Colville-Andersen at 14:27 tags : biking with children cargo bike danish cargo bike brands kids lulu school tress 1 thinking out louds : shuichi said . Wow , she has grown up 15:36 Post a Comment Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom Kilometres cycled by
: 11 April 2012 Multi-faith Bicycles in Antwerp What IS it about Antwerp Like I've been blogging about , it's quite a suprising city on so many levels . Here's another . example While many bicycle enthusiasts get all neo-sanctimonious about bicycles , let's see how religious enthusiasts use the bicycle . Oh , wait . they use it just like any other Citizen Cyclist . nbsp The Muslim community in the Borgerhout neighourhood of Antwerp arranged a bike ride . Participants paid 2 to take part and the proceeds went to a school project in Kebdana , a village in Northern Morocco . They also hoped to promote better bicycle facilities and parking , as well as bringing all the different people in the community . together The Fietsersbond donated two bikes to Kebdana and two others to teach new
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: 10 April 2012 Antwerp Bicycle Infrastructure I was on a whirlwind Tour de Benelux last week and one of the stops was Antwerp , Belgium . The occasion was the opening of my Monumental Motion exhibition and a keynote talk about Bicycle Culture by Design While I could find Antwerp on a map , it was one of those cities that I knew little about . Arriving by high-speed rail from Rotterdam , however , I was astounded at the sight of the most beautiful train station I've ever seen . From then on in , the city continued to surprise me in the most pleasant fashion . I was guided around the city by the charming Stef , from the Belgian Fietsersbond.be and while most of our conversations were about art and architecture , I was shown the city's bicycle infrastructure . Antwerp has a modal share of
Home FAQ Contact Fun Stuff Rants Video Charts Buy Stuff RSS How to Succeed in Bike Racing Without Really Trying Apr 4 2012 Boonen didn't perform well in the national colors Cindy Trossaert , cc-by-nc In 2005, Tom Boonen’s ascendancy was nothing short of meteoric , and his failure to maintain that level of success since has prompted no shortage of discussion . While I was one of the first to suggest that the Belgian might just be the first of a new generation rather than the next Merckx , I’ve also been pretty stalwart in Tommeke’s defense . Few riders with his palmares have ever had to endure quite as much criticism , and fewer still have been able to bounce back with such aplomb . There have been plenty pieces chronicling Boonen’s return this year , but few have really focused what I see