The magazine, Bicycling, publishes their own version of the Top 50 Bicycle Friendly Cities in the US. Most of them aren’t a surprise, but what is surprising is that Portland, Oregon was bumped out of the top seed by Minneapolis, MN. Top 5 Cities #1 Minneapolis, Minnesota *I must note that Minneapolis most likely moved…
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With my trusty MacBook Pro on a fritz, I’ve been keeping web activity on a low.. Well readers, you’ll be happy to know that my new iMac showed up today. Look forward to new post and podcast shortly!
Analysis of Google's Bike-There Feature: Part I
It’s been nearly a month since Google made their game-changing announcement about the addition of a “Bike There” option to Google Maps. Since that time, there have been numerous reviews and assessments about the utility of the new application – some positive, but also many that point out the limitations of Google’s new tool. Many…
Making the Switch to Sport Cycling
In the last few months, we have been building a strong base of information about all aspects of utility cycling – from emergency and patrol bicycle services, to mail delivery by bike, to bike advertising, to bike mapping, and beyond. We have worked hard to define utility cycling, in order to make it more appealing…
Flagstaff's Bike Blogging Scene
I’ve been getting into the wacky world of Twitter lately and I am finding it to be a great tool for interacting with expert and enthusiast cyclists both locally and around the world. Surprisingly, it has been particularly useful tool for staying in touch with local bike bloggers. In fact a recent discussion I was…
Arkel Bike Bags On Closeout
We are closing out all Arkel Panniers, Handlebar Bags and Seat bags. This is a great opportunity to get some great Canadian made bike bags at low prices while supplies last. Arkel is know for great quality sewn bags. I enjoyed testing a set of Arkel GT-54’s mounted on a Thorn Tandem during a bike…
Danny's DIY Conduit Creation
Danny sent in these images of his DIY Bike Trailer. It looks like quite the configuration, specifically the utilization of the the seat post mounted bike rack as a mounting point for the bike trailer’s hitch bracket. While it is tough to say how reliable and safe this setup would be, we would certainly give…
The Popularity of Bicycling is Growing
Every morning I wake up, check email and then quickly go to my Google Reader. It is loaded up with over 200 feeds and I do my best to jog through them in the morning or over lunch, each day. One of the common trends for this morning was that many people think that bicycling…
Civia Carbon Fork Recall
We’ve conducted 3rd party testing and have concluded that the problem we’re seeing is the fork was designe. to b. stiff so that under braking, the legs would not wander around creating a noodly fork feel. An unanticipated by-product of this le. stiffness is that the fork legs aren’t moving at all during regular braking and in turn,…
Burley Travoy – A New Generation of Trailers
While at Frostbike a few weeks back we were introduced to the Burley Travoy. A new cargo trailer from the folks at Burley. This trailer is much different than any trailer you may have seen so make sure to click through all the photos. The trailer is more all than wide, and utilizes different types…
Bike Advertising
Keeping in the theme of retail and commercial services by bike, which we recently posted about, today’s post is dedicated to bike advertising. With the spring and summer months creeping up, many business/bicycle-minded folks might be inspired to think about using bicycles for advertising businesses or services in the coming months. Hopefully this post can…
Active Community Transportation Act
This was found in my email this morning from our local Safe Routes to School Coordinator, Dick Winters. Many of you may already know that 76,000 Americans have been hit by cars while walking or biking in their communities in the last 15 years. That’s because most of America’s roads are designed for cars –…
Indiana residents for Complete Streets: INDOT Petition
Deadline for public comments is TODAY. The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) has drawn up preliminary plans to refurbish a two mile portion of US Highway 27 through Richmond, Indiana in Wayne County. No representatives of non-motorized transportation were consulted in creating these plans. The city has asked INDOT to redo the plans with Complete…
National Bike Summit Roundup
Last week was the National Bike Summit in Washington D.C. . Due to being in rainy Florida, I couldn’t attend. I’ve tried to list the best round up from across the web that I could find for all of you that may not have been keeping up with minute by minute happenings. Round up across…
Bike Mapping, The Hot Topic
With the recent release of Google Map’s Bike directions the cycling word has been buzzing over bike mapping. Having a major global player like Google adding to the bike universe certainly has some large implications. Social media has been a flurry of messages discussing the new Google Mapping system, but have things really changed that…