Post any interesting links in the comment section.
Local
National
- Protecting your bike from bandits
- Classic city politics foist bike lane on us
- Fullilove Calls Madison Bike Lanes ‘Disaster’
- San Francisco is Halfway to Becoming a Bicycle Utopia
- On Bikes Being Bikes
- Bike Lanes Become Runways For Fashion Week Designer Bicycles
- Kid’s Adorable Stolen Bike Letter Should Be a Wake-Up Call
- Bike Brooklyn Beer Blitz Offers Six-Mile Tour Of Borough’s Brewing History
International
- Mini Cargo Bikes for Kids by Winther
- Keep your head when riding a bike
- Wooden bike sets a speed record
- What’s British Cycling Doing for Bike Commuters?
- Island tour best done on a bike and with a hungry eye
Another nail in the coffin of the greatest bicycle ripoff, the cable lock…
“Bicycle Security: how to protect your green commuting investment”
at:
http://gabe-greencross.blogspot.com/2011/07/bicycle-security-how-to-protect-your.html
(excerpts from an email by John Brandt at U MD)
As an aside, unlike U of A transpo, U MD transpo seems to be making use of social media (Facebook, twitter):
http://www.facebook.com/dotsumd?sk=wall
On Bikes Being Bikes, make sure to follow the link to the real story.Alex Baca’s Sometimes a Bike is Just a Bike. Very long well written article regarding the politics of bicycle lanes. Good Andy Clarke quotes, interesting perspectives and it deals with so much of the class stuff and the perception that white (pink) elites are the only people riding bicycles. The comments following the article are worth reading (not just for the laughs) Amazingly a moderator weighs in mid discussion and asks people to just drop the bikes run stop signs detour. There is the obligatory if you ride a bike take a shower comment but other than that it’s actually dialogue. This some of the more sophisticated writing I’ve ever seen on this topic. It’s worth taking the time to read it. Another reason to love Tucson Velo, the hidden gems. Click a link and follow it to another one and boom you are amazed. It happens for me on an almost daily basis. Thanks Mike!
“This Is Therapy: Couple Fashions Tricycles for Children With Disabilities”
at:
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Family/therapy-couple-fashions-tricycles-children-disabilities/story?id=14282607
Re: Mini cargo bikes for kids; here’s a video of a couple of kids having fun riding a different type of mini cargo bike:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C40KBTeKF_Q