Drive 25 to Save Lives
Safer Speeds Can Save Lives It’s simple: Lower speed limits save lives. The faster you are driving, the more likely a crash involving a pedestrian could…
Safety
Knee Pain? Start Walking!
What Seems Counterintuitive Actually Works! It started as a mild ache in the front of Sarah’s knee. Though barely noticeable at first, the pain got…
Mountain Bike Etiquette
A Few Simple Rules for How to Share the Trails The International Mountain Bike Association’s (IMBA) “Rules of the Trail” help mountain bikers share multi-use…
What’s New to Denver’s Streets
Denver Public Works is Paving the Way to Better Biking 2015 and 2016 were great years for bicycling in Denver. The City opened its first…
Why Helmets Are Bike Shares Achilles Heel
What Cities Can Do to Keep Their Riders Safe Bike shares are here in a big way. Worldwide there are now over 650 cities with…
To Be Car Crash-Proof, We Would All Be Very Ugly
Scientists have modeled what a car-crash proof person would have to look like. It’s awful. Meet Graham. Graham is specifically designed to be able to…
Hitch a Ride With Your Ride
Bikes and Mass Transit Make a Great Team. Biking to work is a lot of fun and great exercise. If you live far away from the…
Be Your Own Crossing Guard
Keep Eyes and Ears Open! Large, busy city streets can be intimidating to cross. Thanks to Vision Zero, many streets around the country are getting…
Be Safe, Be Aware
Trust your instincts! People make mistakes. Being aware when you travel will help keep you and others safe when mistakes happen. Whether you walk, bike,…
Necessity of Handlebar Plugs
At the end of your handlebars there are, or should be, tiny pieces of rubber or metal to blunt the jagged metal ends of your…
Report: As cities add bike lanes, more people bike, and biking gets safer
Cities adding bike infrastructure are seeing a “safety in numbers” — more people on bikes plus lower risk of severe or fatal injury. Graphs: NACTO…
Everyone Wants Protected Bike Lanes
Why Both Cars and Bicyclists Want Their Space In the battle for the roads, bicyclists and motorists rarely see eye to eye. For cyclists, the…
A Touch Up on Hand Signals
Several letters-to-the-editor in the Boulder newspaper have addressed cyclists not using proper hand signaling. Bikers need to be especially cognizant of letting cars know their…
Comic Fix Thursdays: Calvin and Hobbes (For the Foreseeable Future)
Getting started isn’t always easy, but you’re not the only one.
What You Can Expect to Learn From a Bike Fit
Have you ever spent 2.5 hours being touched and recorded by a fully grown man in a polo and slacks? Turns out it’s not as…