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Velo-tastic!
Velo:
1. Bike to Work Day is this Thursday - and the article reports bicycle activists expect 150,000 people to participate. At first that struck me as a bit high, but given previous years, and looking at the Bay Area as a whole, that is actually quite feasible (and sadly a tiny fraction of average daily commuting traffic). If Sunday Streets ( Read more... ) -
Bicycling in San Francisco
A blogger highlights a real shortcoming in the all-too-common American approach to risk - the small-scale "pilot" which fails to account for the success in the thoughtful, yet radical ( Read more... ) -
My Tumblr experiment
For my love of bicycles.
To add:
Box for all things Environmental-related (calculators, etc.)
Box for all things Landscape (photos, descriptions)
Box for all things Gear Lust (links)
Box for generalized updates
Box for friends
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Bah! How to get any of my preferences to stick, and to change the damn background image! -
Bicycle freebies & events this week
1. FREE chain lubing this Thursday 11 September, 5-7pm, on Market & Octavia.
SFBC Streetside Outreach: Free Lube Jobs ( Read more... ) -
A collection of fuel price effects
1. The resurgence of police foot patrols. Nice, but slightly surprising they haven't opted for more of the bicycle and roller-blade mobility...which seems to indicate a very last-minute economizing, once the fuel budget had already been expended. Frankly, a bicycle patrolmen is the functional equivalent of the old "light horse" or "dismounted ( Read more... ) -
Took my dad cycling today
Got a lot of things done, and traded the inexpensive beer on sale at the 1-year-anniversary celebration of the Sports Basement Bryant St. site, for burger-and-beer at good ol' Red's Java House ( Read more... ) -
Cool local bike news!
Bicycles Outnumbering Cars We're excited to report that this past Thursday, June 12th, the SF MTA announced that cyclists outnumbered cars on Market Street, again! The SF MTA's count on Market Street at Van Ness Avenue showed bicyclists made up 52% of the eastbound traffic, while motorists comprised 41% between 8am and 9am. This count indicates a ( Read more... ) -
Bicycles!
- Velib c'est magnifique! - apparently.
- My fair city's bike plan - alas now locked in delay due to a business & motoring-sponsored lawsuit demanding an Environmental Impact Assessment of the plan. Fair enough, but they won't be happy with the results: any way you slice it, even with occassional motoring traffic slow-downs at some spots (very few, ( Read more... )
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Bike Lust - the extended edition
With offers like these:
- A far-too-pretty Bianchi
- A budget-blowing all-carbon barely-used Giant TCR3
- Offers with all the right parts...though possible sizing problem ( Read more... )