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Local
National
- Peter Sagan Parks His Bike
- ‘Bike Fun Finder’ app aims to make cycling more social
- Has America Already Hit “Peak Car”?
- A reckless rider pleads guilty to assault with a deadly weapon. But does that say more about the city that charged him than the cyclists that ride there?
- Bike Commuting Basics Video
- The case of the missing penny-farthing
- CicLAvia fills Wilshire Boulevard with bicycles
- Company to give 250 bicycles to tornado victims
- Pedalling recycler told: On your bike
- Bike beats car, bus in Dump the Pump Challenge
- Taunting Craigslist Post About Bicycle Crash Strikes Nerve With Biking Community
- New food bike provides Lexington kids with healthier options
- More than 1M miles logged by NYC bike share users
International
http://azstarnet.com/news/local/crime/road-runner-strewn-tacks-create-cycling-hazard-on-popular-routes/article_cc2eba2b-35c1-5f7d-bcea-cd29d1d60bfc.html
Arizona Daily Star (AZSTARNET) – Road runner: Strewn tacks create cycling hazard on popular routes
An interesting item from New York, New York relating cyclists, peds, crazy motorists and a change in police behavior:
Police Unit Taking Closer Look at Deadly Crashes
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/24/nyregion/police-unit-taking-closer-look-at-deadly-crashes.html?ref=nyregion&_r=0
You may be aware that a veritable stampede of water and muck has overrun Calgary. Little did the Old Pueblo’s former bike coordinator know he would soon be harbormaster…
http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/304542/slide_304542_2601928_free.jpg?1371911052867
(Keep in mind that these “bikes in a flood” and “bikes on a blizzard” are usually staged, but still…)
Just to clarify, that’s probably not your Tom Thivener in the above image. No doubt the guy is busy with serious things up there…
If you are interested you might ponder:
Epic Flooding in Calgary, By the Numbers
http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2013/06/epic-flooding-calgary-numbers/6002/
Once you get past the suddenly homeless and plaintive gophers (image, pause as you tear and dab) you will scroll to the Calgary cyclist who, for some reason that would delight the Arizona Daily Star, is…well, yes, is wearing a helmet…