The Hindu: The latest French revolution
The bicycle’s comeback in France represents a willingness to make environmentally and socially sensitive choices. After creating the world’s fastest mode of transport the TGV, the French are now returning to something much more simple — the bicycle (vélo in French). On July 15, 2007, 10,000 public [...]

Sacbee.com: Doctor pushes kids to exercise – Pediatrician’s healthy habits led her to start a riverside bike ride
Victoria Akins became a pediatrician because she loved kids and wanted to help them lead healthy lives. She eventually realized there was only so much she could do within traditional boundaries of her profession. Kids were getting [...]

Swindon Advertiser: Top marks for cycling teachers
Teacher Geraldine King was determined not to let age stop her cycling 1,000 miles to help a project close to her heart. Geraldine, of Sunnyside Avenue, Swindon, and her colleague from Nylands School, Fiona Chappell, are having a well-earned break after riding their bikes from Land’s End to [...]

Duke News: Let’s Ride – Making Duke and Durham more bike friendly
For seven years, Bob Clemen has been commuting to Duke’s Fuqua School of Business – a five-mile trek in heavy traffic through major intersections. Not that unusual, except that Clemen makes this trip by bicycle.“The scariest thing in the world is to have a [...]

Mt Shasta Herald: A two-wheeled wonder that benefits the planet
“Nothing compares to the simple pleasure of a bike ride.” -John F. Kennedy
How often can a simple, routine, daily activity be transformed into something that benefits the planet, the health of both the individual and others, and the economy- and be fun at the same [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

CBS News: Berlin’s Bicycle Boom: CBSNews.com’s Lagorio On The Prevalence Of Bikers In Berlin
One of the first lessons a visitor to Berlin learns is to stay out of the red. This isn’t a lesson in accounting; it has nothing to do with the exchange rate. It is about walking down the sidewalk. Strolling through [...]

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 [...]