Appetite for the fight
Updated: 2012-07-31 16:06:00
Appetite For The Fight BikeRadar Skip menu Main content Sub content Home News Bikes Gear Racing Routes Riding Fitness Forum Video Road News Bikes Gear Racing Routes Riding Fitness Forum Video Mountain Biking News Bikes Gear Racing Routes Riding Fitness Forum Video Commuting News Bikes Gear Routes Riding Fitness Forum Video Beginners Family News Bikes Gear Routes Riding Fitness Forum Video Training Events Search Olympics Track Cycling Magazines You are : here Home blog Appetite fight Appetite for the fight 0 comments By John Whitney in Bath , UK Tuesday , Jul 31, 2012 4.06pm Previous : Track cycling : A roadie's voyage into the unknown 600 amateurs will line up on 19 August in Geneva for the second Haute Route www.hauteroute.org Food is a huge part of any road cyclist's life for me , it's
Cascade Bicycle Club’s wish list for safer Seattle streets
Updated: 2012-07-31 15:59:46
Ever since Seattle approved a Bicycle Master Plan in 2007, the Cascade Bicycle Club has issued occasional “report cards” on how well the city is doing in implementing the plan. The latest Seattle Bicycle Report Card issued last week found that the rate of bicycling in the city has increased as the city installs more … Continue reading »Learning the rules of building first-rate bicycle facilities
Updated: 2012-07-30 17:35:47Have you ever been out on a bike ride and seen something that didn't look quite right? Or would you like to advocate for bicycling so your community can have first-rate bicycle facilities? For starters, it takes knowing the rules and guidelines for road development. Those are researched and published by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Recently I heard that AASHTO created the fourth edition of Guide for the Development of Bicycle Facilities. ...A slippery ride to Olympic gold in women’s road race
Updated: 2012-07-29 17:38:38
After creating a four-woman breakaway with about 25 miles to go in the women’s Olympic road race, Marianne Vos took a three-way sprint finish to win a gold medal for The Netherlands on Sunday. The 87-mile course was washed in rain showers several times during the 3-hour 35-minute road race, making for slick riding. American … Continue reading »3 bike travelers hit by truck in Georgia; 1 dead
Updated: 2012-07-28 20:02:33
Sad news from Georgia where three bicycle touring friends in their 60s were hit by a tractor-trailer rig on Thursday morning. The three were nearing the end of a two-year, 6,000-mile bike adventure from Prudhoe Bay to Key West. One, Peter Cornell, 64, of Port Charlotte, Fla., was killed in the collision. He was originally … Continue reading »Communicating Cycle Tracks to Citizens
Updated: 2012-07-28 17:03:00
: 28 July 2012 Communicating Cycle Tracks to Citizens Photo by Jaime Dieppa from Citibici.es This sign is currently positioned along the City Hall in Copenhagen . It's from the City's DoT and Bicycle Office and uses the behavourial communcation template Copenhagenize Consulting developed a few years . back It : reads Hi , Cyclist Soon you'll be able to ride safe and secure along the City Hall Garden on a 2.80 metre wide cycle track with a . curb This stretch along the City Hall is one of the few stretches of main streets left that doesn't have a separated cycle track . It's been a painted lane next to a bus lane , which is next to six lanes of . traffic So now it's getting redone so it adheres to the Best Practice in the rest of the city . And that 2.80 metre width is one way , of . courseNo one could have predicted this finish for Gold in Olympic road race
Updated: 2012-07-28 16:34:13
The pre-race hype was all about the Brits — Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins and multiple stage winner Mark Cavendish — taking the first gold medal at the 2012 Olympics. At the finish of the Olympic road race on their home turf in London, however, it was a 38-year-old flash from the past who … Continue reading »Olympic cycling begins on Saturday; live streaming of cycing events
Updated: 2012-07-27 08:41:56For cycling fans, couch and Internet surfing the London Olympics should be a medal sport. It will take Olympic-sized proportions of skill and stamina to keep up with events over the next two weeks. There are 13 days of cycling events in road cycling, track cycling, BMX and cross-country, and 16 gold medals will be awarded to men and women. NBC and NBCSports is airing many of these events, but you can be assured that many will be delayed until later in the day. For those who want to see the action live, NBC is providing a live, online video stream....Death Race 2000 - Ignoring the Bull
Updated: 2012-07-27 08:16:00: 27 July 2012 Death Race 2000 Ignoring the Bull Oh goodness me . It was back in 2009 that I started referring to The Sacred Bull in Society's China Shop Yesterday , Tiago and David sent me this film clip from the cult classic Death Race 2000, made in 1975. It's Ignoring the Bull The MOVIE It's corny satire and , indeed , a cult classic , but boy is it ever a great illustration of The . Bull But why do elderly citizens score so high You'd think slow moving targets were easy and score lower on the scale . . Sheesh Here's the full version of the film on YouTube if you fancy a : laugh Put here by Mikael Colville-Andersen at 09:16 tags : car culture film ignoring the bull satire No : comments Post a Comment Newer Post Older Post Home Subscribe to : Post Comments Atom Kilometres cycled byCross-country bike travelers experience horror in theater shooting
Updated: 2012-07-26 15:56:42
Here’s a photo of a couple of college-age bicyclists who don’t appear to have a care in the world as they set out from Virginia Beach in early June on a cross-country bike adventure. Six weeks later they’re sitting in an Aurora, Colorado, movie theater where a man opens fire on the crowd with assault … Continue reading »Small Town Sweden - Big Bicycle Culture
Updated: 2012-07-26 11:56:00
: 26 July 2012 Small Town Sweden Big Bicycle Culture Here's a brief reportage from a short R R trip I made to Sweden earlier this week . The details of which you can read over at Cycle Chic great getaway hotel if you're in Copenhagen or Sweden or are cycling touring in the Skåne . area I took the Øresunds train from Copenhagen Central to Bromölla and from there it was a 7 km ride to the design hotel on the . coast I've written previously about even small towns in Sweden have excellent cycle tracks and even keep them cleared of snow in the winter I've also briefly covered infrastructure between small towns in Denmark as well as the infrastructure connecting cities all over the land While Denmark features over 10,000 km of national bicycle infrastructure connecting much of the nation it isHeat relief for RAGBRAI arrives with torrential thunderstorms
Updated: 2012-07-26 08:12:57
The triple digit heat that plagued the 10,000 bicycle riders in the 40th Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa (RAGBRAI) was erased on Wednesday by overnight thunderstorms.
Although touted as one of the easier RAGBRAI's in terms of terrain, the weather appears to present the biggest challenge on this year's 471-mile bike tour.
Iowa is in the midst of a severe drought that threatens ...Charges filed for law student in bike trailer hit-and-run
Updated: 2012-07-25 15:59:14A Gonzaga University law student is getting a lesson that hit and run is illegal. The motorist is charged with running over a bike trailer carrying a 2-year-old girl in the Millwood suburb of Spokane (WA) on Saturday. She remains in intensive care with a fractured skull. Timmy Nguyen, 22, appeared in court on Monday … Continue reading »Track cycling: A roadie's voyage into the unknown
Updated: 2012-07-25 08:00:00
: Track Cycling : A Roadie's Voyage Into The Unknown BikeRadar Skip menu Main content Sub content Home News Bikes Gear Racing Routes Riding Fitness Forum Video Road News Bikes Gear Racing Routes Riding Fitness Forum Video Mountain Biking News Bikes Gear Racing Routes Riding Fitness Forum Video Commuting News Bikes Gear Routes Riding Fitness Forum Video Beginners Family News Bikes Gear Routes Riding Fitness Forum Video Training Events Search Olympics Track Cycling Magazines You are : here Home blog Track unknown Track cycling : A roadie's voyage into the unknown 3 comments By John Whitney in Bath , UK Wednesday , Jul 25, 2012 8.00am Previous : Can Sky be stopped at this year’s Tour Next : Appetite for the fight Riding in groups makes things more complicated and it'll take some time before14 ways to avoid and treat saddle sores from bicycling
Updated: 2012-07-24 14:00:00July 24, 2012 -- Another project I'm working on has made it challenging to update this blog on a daily basis this summer. So here's a 2007 story from the BikingBis.com vault about saddle sores, and how to prevent and treat them. Good luck staying comfortable in the saddle... Warmer weather and longer bike rides are right around the corner for many of us, which means sore, blistered butts are also around the next bend. It's easier to get an idea how to avoid saddle sores when you understand what causes them. Basically it all starts with logging miles. ...Some Things Never Change
Updated: 2012-07-22 09:35:00
: 22 July 2012 Some Things Never Change Some things never change . Not least the nature of our bicycle culture . We still have trouble finding our bicycles in the bike . racks We still ride in stiff . headwinds We still ride in . snowstorms We still ride into the bright Nordic sun in the . evenings We still carry crazy stuff on our . bicycles We still have . pedicabs And we still ride them in the . winter We still ride across Queen Louise's . Bridge Kids still ride unique . bikes We still have birds on our bicycles . although city workers don't carry dead swans under their arms anymore . Put here by Mikael Colville-Andersen at 10:35 tags : bike history bike racks biking with children cycling in winter history repeating itself parking pedicab snow 3 : comments Anonymous said . Some thingsCan Sky be stopped at this year’s Tour?
Updated: 2012-07-12 10:35:00
Can Sky Be Stopped At This Year’s Tour BikeRadar Skip menu Main content Sub content Home News Bikes Gear Racing Routes Riding Fitness Forum Video Road News Bikes Gear Racing Routes Riding Fitness Forum Video Mountain Biking News Bikes Gear Racing Routes Riding Fitness Forum Video Commuting News Bikes Gear Routes Riding Fitness Forum Video Beginners Family News Bikes Gear Routes Riding Fitness Forum Video Training Events Search Olympics Track Cycling Magazines You are : here Home blog Can Tour Le Tour de France 2012 Can Sky be stopped at this year’s Tour 0 comments By Cycling News HD Thursday , Jul 12, 2012 10.35am Previous : Opinion : The future is Sagan Next : Track cycling : A roadie's voyage into the unknown Can Wiggins be stopped Cycling News HD View Thumbnail Gallery Popular opinionOpen Letter to Danish MPs Against Helmet Law Proposal
Updated: 2012-07-07 14:46:00
: 07 July 2012 Open Letter to Danish MPs Against Helmet Law Proposal Copenhagenize Consulting and Bicycle Innovation Lab have gathered a list of experts who have sent an open letter to all the members of the Danish parliament . The letter is also online here , on the Copenhagenize Consulting website At the moment it is only in Danish because we're a bit busy fighting this helmet law proposal , but the letter was emailed to all the MPs . today One of our colleagues who signed the letter is Prof . Lars Bo Andersen from the University of Southern Denmark . He added a letter of his own to the open letter . The pdf of his letter , in Danish , is viewable here But we thought it relevant to translate his text Recommendation of a No vote on the bicycle helmet law proposal By Professor Lars BoEvery Bonus Second Counts
Updated: 2012-07-05 22:32:48
We’re nearly a week into the Tour de France, and yet the race’s most obvious prize remains awarded based on a handful of seconds’ from the event’s first seven minutes. Is this any way to encourage quality racing on the sport’s biggest stage? I understand the arguments against bonus seconds—the best example is probably Levi [...]
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Updated: 2012-07-05 09:50:00
: Opinion : The Future Is Sagan BikeRadar Skip menu Main content Sub content Home News Bikes Gear Racing Routes Riding Fitness Forum Video Road News Bikes Gear Racing Routes Riding Fitness Forum Video Mountain Biking News Bikes Gear Racing Routes Riding Fitness Forum Video Commuting News Bikes Gear Routes Riding Fitness Forum Video Beginners Family News Bikes Gear Routes Riding Fitness Forum Video Training Events Search Olympics Track Cycling Magazines You are : here Home blog Opinion : Sagan Opinion : The future is Sagan 1 comment By Daniel Friebe , Cycling News HD Thursday , Jul 5, 2012 9.50am Previous : 1,000 mountain bike test 2012 redux Next : Can Sky be stopped at this year’s Tour The future is Sagan Cycling News HD View Thumbnail Gallery There are few things in sport more thrillingToyota's New Prius Solution
Updated: 2012-07-05 08:45:00New Prius Helps Environment By Killing Its OwnerToyota remains at the forefront of green technology with the launch of it's new Prius Solution. The most environmentally-friendly car in history. Call now. Operators are standing by. Se habla espanol.Copenhagenize the planet. And have a lovely day.Crown Princess Cargo
Updated: 2012-07-05 08:29:00: 05 July 2012 Crown Princess Cargo Something one might expect to see at Cycle Chic , but here is the Crown Princess of Tasmania . uh . Denmark on her Nihola cargo bike riding across the palace square outside Amalienborg , where the royal types . live The tabloid's headline reads , Mary on a bike ride . The Princess takes a day off Actually , it's the family's cargo bike . The Crown Prince often drops off his kids at kindergarten in it One can question whether or not everyday is a day off for a royal . Someone produced this website that tracks the work schedule of Mary's husband , Crown Prince Frederik . Arbejder kronprinsen idag Is the Crown Prince working today But hey , at least Mary is living the dream and a bicycle is under her Aussie ass while she is doing it . . Nice Put here byHelmet Law Proposed in Denmark
Updated: 2012-07-04 10:25:00
: 04 July 2012 Helmet Law Proposed in Denmark And so the nightmare that summarises the Culture of Fear reaches the shores of Denmark . Two political parties announced yesterday that they will push for a bicycle helmet law for under . 16s A proposal was defeated in the Danish Parliament back in 2009 when rationality was still something politicians possessed , apparently . Danish readers can check out Cykelhjelm.org for a crash course in knowledge The Radical Left and the Socialist Peoples' Party are behind the proposal . The traffic safety spokesman for The Radical Left Jan Johansen said to Danish : Broadcasting We are of the opinion that we must make our children as safe as possible when they are in the traffic What the Radical Left and the Socialist Peoples' Party AREN'T doing is making