Posted by admin on 09/1/07 in Bicycle Culture
Dominion Post: Cycling church takes sermon on mount to extreme
A Wellington church will soon be praising the Lord and passing the bike pump as it takes worship to the wilderness. As if to prove that the Lord does indeed move in mysterious ways, St Andrew’s on The Terrace will start its Sunday afternoon cycling […]
Posted by admin on 09/1/07 in Bicycle Culture
Kingman Daily Miner: Biking opportunities abound in backyard
The Cerbat Foothills recreation area trail system may not be as well known as the Hualapai Mountain Park system, which is why it’s a gem to the cycling community. Ran Hanks, owner of Bicycle Outfitters, described riding on the Cook Canyon Loop Trails as immaculate. The […]
Posted by admin on 09/1/07 in Bicycle Culture
Amherst Daily News: Artist making statement with bicycle repair
Michael Flaherty is not your average cross-Canada traveller. Not only is he bicyling from coast to coast, but he is also fixing bicycles along the way encouraging to ride more often and lessen their dependence on automobiles. Flaherty will stop at Struts Gallery & Faucet […]
Posted by admin on 08/26/07 in Bicycle Culture
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 & […]
Posted by admin on 08/26/07 in Bicycle Culture
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 […]
Posted by admin on 08/26/07 in Share the Road, Bicycle Culture
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. […]
Posted by admin on 08/11/07 in Bicycle Culture
SMH: The Flying Scotsman
The stirring, largely true story of a Scottish cyclist who broke the world one-hour distance record on a bike he built himself. Jonny Lee Miller as cyclist Graeme Obree. The Flying Scotsman is the stirring, largely true story of Graeme Obree, a Scottish amateur cyclist who broke the world one-hour […]
Posted by admin on 08/9/07 in Positive Spin, Bicycle Culture
The Age: Profile: Kate Leeming
Pedal power pushes this athlete across continents and to her limits. Ask Kate Leeming about the biggest challenge of her nine-month, 25,000-kilometre bike ride through Australia and she initially talks of Western Australia’s Canning Stock Route. The route crosses four deserts and about 1000 sand dunes, some as high as 16 […]
Posted by admin on 08/3/07 in Positive Spin, Bicycle Culture
Post-Crescent: Gloria West On the Move column: Many just want to ride their bicycle
How can anyone forget the lyrics, “I Want to Ride My Bicycle” from the old song “Bicycle” by Queen? The song may be old, as a matter of fact it came out in 1978. However, the lyrics seem to have become […]
Posted by admin on 07/20/07 in Opinion Pieces/Articles, Sustainable Transport Issues, Bicycle Culture
Bicycle Tips Commute Blog: Josh Switzky: Cycling planner
Joshua Switzky is a city planner and urban designer working in the City Design section of the Citywide Policy (Long-Range Planning) division of the San Francisco Planning Department. Born and raised in the suburban San Fernando Valley, Switzky graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in business/marketing and […]
Posted by admin on 07/20/07 in Positive Spin, Bicycle Culture
SMH: On your bike - join the happy throng
The Tour de France is no longer a late-night gimmick for Australian Francophiles to watch on television in search of inspiration for their next European vacation. Neither is cycling a sport that Australian fans take up for one month a year to “experience” the pain the Tour […]
Posted by admin on 07/19/07 in Bicycle Culture
ABC Online: King Street painting wins Sydney art prize
King Street Newtown by Jessica Geron has taken out the City of Villages art prize run by the City of Sydney Council.
A painting depicting a stationary bicycle standing on Newtown’s busy King Street, in Sydney’s south-west, has won the City of Sydney Council’s City of Villages art […]
Posted by admin on 07/18/07 in Opinion Pieces/Articles, Bicycle Culture
San Francisco Chronicle: Bicycle messengers are pedaling uphill against the Internet
Bicycle messengers are not quite an endangered species, but their business is certainly going downhill, yet another victim of the Internet. Like many other companies, including newspapers, messenger services are finding it hard to complete with free and instant. Anyone with a computer, […]
Posted by admin on 07/1/07 in Bicycle Culture
San Francisco Chronicle: The Zen of Bicycle Maintenance - Can wrenching on bikes and doing good deeds go together?
Everything at the Bike Hut is in flux, everything, it seems, is awaiting a rebirth, a transformation: The red Centurion, with no seat, dangling from a hook along the front wall; the used bikes lined […]
Posted by admin on 06/16/07 in Cycling Advocacy News, Bicycle Culture
Spiegel Online: Paris à Bicyclette - Rediscovering the Romance of the Bicycle
The French may love their bicycles, but in Paris, only a courageous minority braves traffic on two wheels. Mayor Bertrand Delanoe wants Parisians to consider looking backward. Yves Montand has a song called “À Bicyclette,” a love song to a woman whose name (”Paulette”) […]
Posted by admin on 06/14/07 in Bicycle Culture
Vueweekly.com: Local Cyclists Gear up for Bicycle Month - Edmonton’s festival of ‘velo-love’ will set you free on the streets
All around the world, cyclists unite in June. In Edmonton, it’s no different—except we tend to keep our clothes on. Across Europe and South America, in Australia, Japan, Mexico, the US and some Canadian cities—including Vancouver, […]
Posted by admin on 06/11/07 in Bicycle Culture
The Argus: Brave cyclists get naked to promote greener transport
Cyclists bared all for a naked bike ride through the streets of Brighton and Hove. Almost 200 people threw caution to the wind to ride in various states of undress. A daring 30 or so people cycled as naked as the day they were born. Others […]
Posted by admin on 06/11/07 in Bicycle Culture
Torontoist: More Ass, Less GasThe World Naked Bike Ride wants to make a point that there are many things more offensive than a bare bum. The indecent exposure is not to some guy’s twig n’ berries, but to our polluted environment.
On Saturday, Toronto was among 70 cities around the world that took a spin au […]
Posted by admin on 06/6/07 in Bicycle Culture
Diocese of New Westminster: Blessing of the Bicycles and Bicyclists - Friday, June 29, 5pm on the steps of Christ Church Cathedral
The month of June is Bike Month throughout the Lower Mainland. Organized by Better Environmentally Sound Transportation, Bike Month is an opportunity to celebrate the bicycle, the benefits of using it, and the opportunities […]
Posted by admin on 03/12/07 in Bicycle Culture
Nelson Mail: Naked cyclists decry a bum rap
The vulnerability of cyclists on the road was highlighted in one of the world’s “oldest forms of protest” when 70 riders bared their bodies in Golden Bay on Saturday. Unlike last year, when 200 people signed a petition to try to stop the event, there was no […]