Nov 9, 2012 | Activism, Bike Racing, Commute, Events |
Recent News It’s flashed across all the major media this week, especially in the UK. Olympic medalist and Tour de France winner Bradley “Wiggo” Wiggins was struck by a van. Then, not 15 hours later, in a separate incident, Olympic team trainer,...
Nov 9, 2012 | Activism, Commute, Lifestyle |
There’s an infrastructure first in Tuscon now, a bicycle crosswalk, or ‘crossbike’. Tuscon Velo recently explored this new piece of bike safety engineering. Of course we’ve all probably seen, at one point or another, a cyclist using the...
Oct 12, 2012 | Activism, Commute, Lifestyle |
Coming home last week I saw a neighbor with a bandaged wrist and a neck brace. When asked what had occurred he said that he had been struck by a car while he was biking home on his new bike that night. The helmet saved his life he said. (And he was proud to say his...
May 18, 2012 | Commute, Events |
Today is Bike to Work Day – the culmination of National Bike Month (of course, you should still keep riding next week, and the week after, and the week after that…well, you get the idea). It’s been a week of exciting events here in the Boston area – I have personally...
May 17, 2012 | Commute, Events |
Well – it might not mean free breakfast, but it’s definitely one of the perks. Bike to Work Week is about encouraging more people to try bike commuting, and free food is always a good way to get people to turn out, even if the weather isn’t quite as lovely as we have...
