15 Minute Neighborhoods
Destinations Within Reach How many useful or interesting things can you walk to within 15 minutes of where you live or work? In the early…
Biking
These are the Olympics of terrifying, body-maiming bike crashes
By Hannah Withiam Wouldn’t you know it: yet another Rio Olympic venue is under fire for dangerous terrain that received inadequate attention. “I’m surprised someone…
Thursday Comic Fix, on Friday
You might get hurt, but feel that breeze. Doesn’t that make it worth the risk?
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…
The Surprising Health Benefits of an Electric Bike
In the Tour de France, equipping your bike with a small electric motor is called mechanical doping, and is considered cheating. But for the rest…
Spectator sparks high-speed crash at the Tour of Qinghai Lake
The opening stage of the Tour of Qinghai Lake in China was affected by a huge crash after a spectator walked across the road just…
How Bikes Can Help Save the Cities of the Future
“An engineer designing from scratch could hardly concoct a better device to unclog modern roads – cheap, nonpolluting, small and silent…” Rick Smith, International Herald…
Rookie Commuter: Snot, Rain, and Naps
As a break from addressing all the essentials for commuting, I thought I’d give an update on my experience thus far cruising around Boulder on…
San Diego is Ready to Go Big on Biking and Walking
The city of San Diego has big ideas for downtown streets. Their draftDowntown Mobility Plan outlines a network laden with protected bike lanes, pedestrian greenways,…
5 Ways to be a More Bike Friendly Business
National Bike Summit & Women’s Forum Sponsor Performance Bicycle offers these tips to help you create a more Bicycle Friendly Business. Did you know that making…
70% of US Mayors Would Prefer Bike Lanes Over More Parking or Car Lanes
Photo by Paul Kruger US cities are undergoing rapid changes. The rising costs of road building and maintenance, combined with out-of-control congestion and urban pollution…
Chicago Commits to More Progress on Vision Zero
Since adopting a Vision Zero goal in 2012 to eliminate all traffic fatalities by 2022, the City of Chicago has taken many steps to make…
How Biking Can Help with ADHD in Kids
A great story run on the Today show about how biking can help children with ADHD stay more focused in school and feel better about…
Changing Habits to Travel Via Two Wheels Instead of Four
Climate change, fitness and the price of gas are good reasons to transition from car to bike, but the best reason is that using a…
Isoride Is Working to Make Energy Food for Bicycling Simple
For 24 years, Sebastien Hebbelinck has worked in the food supplement industry on products for weight loss and for active types, and vitamins. A weekend…