Scotsman.com: Weak links’ in public transport criticised
Public transport has too many “weak links” with people finding it difficult to switch from one mode to another, a watchdog said yesterday. Rail passengers cited buses that do not connect with train times, insecure cycle parking and poorly-lit footpaths as barriers to using local train services. Yesterday, cyclist […]

Galway News: Cyclists furious over road design
The group representing city cyclists are in fresh conflict with the City Council over complaints made about the engineers involved in the design of proposed new roads. Earlier this year, Shane Foran, Chairman of the Galway Cycle Campaign, confirmed that he had lodged a written complaint to the Irish […]

Santa Cruz Sentinel: Ken Layne - Ban bikes on Mission, put a lane on King
The continuing letters to the Sentinel about the recent bicycle vs. truck accidents on Mission Street prompt me to add my two cents’ worth. The tragic death of one young person and the serious injuries to another, both within the space […]

Central Leader: 800m cycleway costs $2.6m
Elected officials are backing a plan to build cyclists a $2.6 million shortcut.The 800-metre link would be between Great South Rd and Hugo Johnston Drive, at the end of the Waikaraka cycleway and walkway. Rough estimates put the cost at $3250 a metre. The extension will save cyclists a 2.5km […]

South Florida Sun-Sentinel: Activists call for Palm Beach County to mark bike lanes
Miles and miles of bike lanes crisscross Palm Beach County. But many people wouldn’t know it. That’s because the county doesn’t label the 4-foot paved shoulders along major roads as bike lanes even though they are set aside specifically for bikes. It’s a […]

Press Release: Over 40% of Cyclists Expose Themselves
A recent survey conducted by Cycleguard, the online bicycle insurance provider revealed that over 40% of cyclists exposed themselves to unnecessary risk by not having suitable bicycle insurance. Coventry, United Kingdom, August 26, 2007 –(PR.com)– These figures are all the more surprising in light of recent […]

Washington Post: As Web Fuels Bike Thefts, Victims Turn Vigilantes
By the time he got the call last month, Martin Moulton had given up on his stolen $3,000 bike. The caller, a friend, had been browsing through bike ads on Craigslist when he spotted Moulton’s 2005 Cannondale with its unmistakable, custom-ordered Spiderflex saddle. “Adam,” as the […]

BBC Online: Cyclist hurt in hit-and-run crash
The 28-year-old man was cycling along Elphinstone Road A cyclist is being treated in hospital after he was injured in a hit-and-run incident in East Lothian. The 28-year-old man was cycling along Elphinstone Road, Tranent, at 0235 BST when he was hit by a car. Lothian and […]

Times Online: Four wheels bad, two wheels good as Beijing aims for smog-free Olympics
Wang Yong wants to see bicycles massed on the streets of Beijing but many in the Chinese capital think that his ideas are ahead of his time. The city fabled as the “Kingdom of the Bicycle” has fallen out of love […]

Adelaide Now: On yer (company) bike
While a company car is coveted by many employees, Centacare is setting a benchmark by offering one of its staff a bicycle. The company bicycle was provided as part of a wage package to Richard Bentley, who works for Centacare’s ASK Employment and Training Services at Gilles Plains, and is […]

Cooma Monaro Express: The missing diary

Further article on Leszek Wereszka

From the outside it is nothing special - a non-descript exercise book like the ones children write in at school. But inside is a precious gift: some of the last words of Polish-born German cyclist Leszek Wereszka. Mr Wereszka, 49, lost his journal in […]

USA Today: Lance Armstrong on why many candidates are snubbing his cancer forums
Why are only five presidential candidates planning to appear at nationally televised cancer forums early next week, even though retired cyclist Lance Armstrong says he “spoke to almost every single one of them personally”? In an interview Thursday, he offered several possible reasons:
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Vancouver Sun: Move on to make city more bike friendly - Vancouver could lead the way in North America to switch to trend that has swept Europe
It is a well-known fact that where we live is directly related to how we get around. While most North Americans drive cars, people living on other continents use […]

The Durham News: Get off the gas pedal and try a foot pedal; you’ll love it
Whenever I see joggers pounding their joints on the side of the road, I have to resist the temptation to cup my hands and shout: “Get a bike!” But that probably won’t convert many people. So how about answering some […]

York Region.com: Have bike, will travel
Reporter Caroline Grech risks life and limb to cycle to work on York’s mean streets
“The bicycle is the most efficient machine ever created: converting calories into gas, a bicycle gets the equivalent of 3,000 miles per gallon.” — Bill Strickland, The Quotable Cyclist.
I left Gloria at home today. Gloria is […]

WDEF News12: Jogger Takes Issue with Bicyclists
Don Lastine is an avid jogger who insists he is not anti-bicycle. He’s just upset because bicyclists have almost run him over. Don Lastine “I’m a big guy, if they’re gonna hit me, it’s gonna be a shared pain,” he says. Lastine says he and his friends […]

Columbia Missourian: Bike shop owner can’t stop collecting
The most precious bikes in Karl Kimbel’s collection are not for sale. “There’s a few that I’ll probably die with,” Kimbel said. “I can’t sell them. Someone else will have to sell them.” Kimbel is an avid antique bike collector and the man behind Columbia’s Klunk Bicycles & […]

Abbotsford News: Easing into bike lanes
The second of three bicycle lane projects planned for Abbotsford is expected to be complete by September. Surveyors from the city started chalking out bike lanes on Old Clayburn Road earlier this week. Contractors will soon start painting the lanes, said Elvis Riou, manager of the city’s engineering services, […]

Road Cycling UK: CTC Phil and Friends Challenge Ride
Now in its 7th year, the ‘Phil and Friends’, which took place on Sunday 12th August over either 150km or 100km routes, bridges that gap between old style audax ride and new age sportive, weaving a beautiful and tough course through the Derbyshire countryside from the outskirts […]

WBNG: Thater Memorial Races Kick Off

More details about the Chris Thater Memorial

Races get underway for the 24th annual Chris Thater Memorial. Some people took to the shade to watch, while many others braved the heat and lined the streets of Binghamton. Here, fans enjoyed some of the older riders, who competed in a masters event. […]