Nov 14, 2011 | Environment, General |
In many cities, there are local ordinances that prohibit using trees as bike racks. Several years ago, I was running some errands, and as there weren’t any official bike racks on the block, I locked to a small tree, and ran into a store for maybe 10 minutes. By the...
Nov 9, 2011 | Environment, General, Lifestyle |
I recently read an article in The Wall Street Journal titled “The Hidden Toll of Traffic Jams”, which examined the effects of prolonged exposure to vehicle emissions on the brain. While it’s too early to draw any direct connections between car exhaust neurological...
Oct 24, 2011 | Commute, Environment, General, Lifestyle, Recreation |
As we’ve been discussing recently, it’s not easy to be a cyclist on the streets of an American city – cars and bikes are too often competing for the same space, bikes are travelling on roads that have not been designed with them in mind (e.g. bike lanes that place...
Aug 11, 2011 | Environment, General, Maintenance, Recreation |
Mountain biking is a great way to enjoy the outdoors. If you’ve got the bike and the skillz, nothing beats a sunny afternoon on the X70 hammering down single track, or working your way through a rock garden. Even if you’re just out cruising on the X50 on something a...
Aug 8, 2011 | Bike Racing, Environment, General, Lifestyle |
Whether you’ve been to college or not, when you think about courses of study, you probably think about subjects such as history, engineering, biology, or communications. But now, thanks to an initiative at Lees-McRae College in Banner Elk, NC, students have the option...
Jul 18, 2011 | Activism, Adventure, Bike Racing, Commute, Environment, General, Lifestyle |
Sure it’s convenient to be able to take your Montague folding bike on a plane, but what if you could get there faster by riding alone? The Amazing Race Is riding a bike faster than flying? This past weekend, with I-405 closed for construction for 10 miles between...
