Belfast Telegraph: Seventy council stars get on their bikes
Two Belfast councillors are doing their bit for the environment as well as helping City Hall staff to offset their carbon footprint. Sinn Fein’s Tom Hartley and the PUP’s John Kyle were among the first to subscribe to a novel new bike-to-work scheme. And 70 […]

All Hungary News: Growing danger from Hungary’s “political” bicycle paths
While national politicians are devoting ever more attention and money to promoting the use of bicycles in Hungary, representatives of some local governments are warning about the dangers of “political” bike paths and other related developments. Most pressing is the situation around Lake Balaton, where local […]

Bike Europe: Bike Industry Participating in Global Lobby Platform
The international bike industry has taken the first steps for its participation in the Global Alliance for EcoMobility. During the Eurobike Show a meeting was set up with industry leaders where they were briefed on the vision, goals and actions of this all important lobby platform that […]

Bike Belong Media Release: Bikes Belong and Interbike Ink Long-Term Partnership
Bikes Belong Coalition, the bike industry’s advocacy group for the United States, and Nielsen Media, parent company of Interbike, today announced a significant 10-year, multi-million dollar alliance that will boost efforts to get more Americans riding bicycles. Interbike, which has produced one of the world’s […]

Bicycle Retailer & Industry News: Trek Unveils Advocacy Program
John Burke introduced an ambitious advocacy program last night during Trek World. Trek’s president asked retailers to participate in its program, dubbed One World, Two Wheels. Burke said Trek will provide leadership and commitment, as well as ads, brochures, T-shirts, billboards and signage. Trek will donate […]

Register-Guard: Riding a new route - Bicyclists and walkers hope Oregon’s road plan will be first-rate guide
It’s a wish list for cyclists who’d like a better way to get across town for work or errands without confronting a hair-raising intersection or a wheel-bending bike rack. Its title, “The Oregon Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan,” may […]

South Wales Echo: ‘Support our pedal power’
Cyclists are calling on the Welsh Assembly Government to Back the Bikes. Campaigners claim Wales is not putting as much emphasis on cycling as England. They believe the only way to increase the numbers using bikes is to put in place a proper strategy and enough funding. […]

Hudson Reporter: Spinning their wheels
282 new signs encourage biking in JC - but there are no bike paths. More than 200 signs were posted last month all over Jersey City with the words “BIKE ROUTE” and “SHARE THE ROAD.” The signs, meant to encourage biking in the city, were posted thanks to a $100,000 state […]

News 8 Austin: Texas State co-op gets students back on bikes
There’s a new way to get around in San Marcos. Bikes are catching on, especially on campus at Texas State University. The credit for helping create that bike culture goes, in part, to the Bike Cave.
“It’s such a niche thing right now if like people […]

Independent Florida Alligator: Students face long waits for Student Government bike repair service
UF students who want to fix a flat or mend faulty brakes might face a wait if they use Student Government’s bicycle-repair program. Service has been erratic while SG tries to hire more mechanics for the overworked program, said Will Dueease, a UF […]

Princeton Packet: Light donations spark bicycle safety program
Cycling at night is about to become safer for some local bicyclists. Starting Monday, the Princeton Township Police Department will be handing all cyclists found without bicycle lights a letter encouraging them to pick up free front and rear bicycle lights at the police department. […]

South Wales Echo: Give cyclists a fairer deal
The Echo today demands a fairer deal for the city’s cyclists with the launch of our Back the Bikes campaign. With Cardiff having one of the lowest rates in the UK for the number of people using bikes, we want to make it easier – and safer […]

Daily Herald : Bicycle federation honors organizations that met the Challenge
Last month, the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation honored participants and winners in the 14th annual Bicycle Commuter Challenge at a luncheon at the Fairmont Chicago hotel. The luncheon, presented by SRAM Corp., brought together bike-commuting advocates from all over the Chicago area.
I was honored to […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Free-Times.com: City Council Approves Bicycle-Friendly Steps - Local Cyclist Wins Over Council with Presentation
It’s all about bicycling for Columbia resident Natalie Britt. “I bike everywhere just about,” says Britt, who lives in the in-town Shandon neighborhood. Spry and sprightly, Britt knows how to give a presentation as well: not too short, not too […]

Sea Coast Online.com: He’s helping to make bicycling connections - Greenway project will tie N.H. to rest of the East Coast
Nels Tyring of Stratham is 76 years old, a cancer survivor, grandfather to five, great-grandfather to another five, and for the last 18 years has been bicycle enthusiast. Tyring is a longtime member of […]