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- Quest for a Sub-$1000 Steel Bicycle
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- Motor Vehicle Homicide Only Applies When a Cyclist is Prominent
- Understanding Gender Imbalance in Bicycling
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- From Ride To Movie To Community
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- Cycling And Age Discrimination
- It’s No Wonder More Kids Don’t Bike Or Walk To School
- The 2013 Christina Clarke Genco Mother’s Day Memorial Ride
- Another Use For Bicycles: Solving Serious Problems
- New Trends In Cyclist Harassment
- Triumph, Agony and Sorrow
- Separate But Equal Revisited
- Is Consuming Food And Beverages On A Bicycle Part Of Bicycle Infrastructure?
- Building Bicycle Infrastructure Must Be Either Temporary Feel Good Politics Or Permanent Change
- Can Cycling Cure The Obesity Problem?
- Life Inside The Door Zone
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- From Ride To Movie To Community | IsolateCyclist on The Premiere Of Ride Crazy: The Single Man March
- Richard on Bicycle Weight Limits
- Sean on Cycling And Age Discrimination
- A new international scale for measuring involuntary weeping when cycling | Sameer Padania on The Icy Tears of Winter Cycling
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- Peter on Cyclists Thinking The Unthinkable
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Yearly Archives: 2011
Cyclists As Drivers
Driving is both mechanical and analytical. Drivers learn how to operate a vehicle, how to navigate a vehicle through a variety of traffic situations, and how to apply the rules of the road. But, one thing can’t be taught: … Continue reading
Escaping the Jaws of an Angry Dog
A number of years ago, I lived in a semi-rural area with narrow, winding roads lined with acres of fields as far as the eye could see. In those days, my schedule permitted me to ride midday when most … Continue reading
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Tagged Bike Riding Experiences, Dog Attack, Dog Chases Bike, Territorial Dog
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Bicycle Insurance: Pros and Cons
Whoever thought up the concept of insurance was very clever. They offered to take money from a lot of people, on an ongoing basis, in exchange for paying out an unspecified sum of money at the time of a … Continue reading
Bicycles and Imagination
Bicycling is serious business these days. A virtual war is in progress over space and vehicle credibility on the roads. Cyclists win some battles and lose others, but they fight on. In the midst of all of this struggling, we … Continue reading
Some Say the Anti-Bike Backlash Resembles Tea Party Rhetoric
The anti-bike backlash is a topic of concern for all cyclists. Casual cyclists remain in a state of ignorant bliss until an encounter with an anti-bicyclist awakens them from their slumber. Diehard riders, having spent hours on the road, sport … Continue reading
A Chain Wear Indicator Is Your Friend
A year ago, I bought a new hybrid bicycle. It’s hard to believe that an entire year has gone by. And, it’s even harder to believe how many miles I’ve traveled on this bike; by the end of the … Continue reading
Sometimes a Cyclist’s Negligence Results in Manslaughter Charges
A combination of the words “cycling” and “manslaughter” is hard to fathom. So rare is it for a bicycle to do any real damage to anything but its rider and itself, that it’s hard to imagine how it could … Continue reading
Bicycles and Privacy in a Modern Technological World
Privacy is a relatively new concept. Thousands of years ago, when our ancestors roamed the plains in search of food, there was no such thing as privacy. Humans lived out in the open, were few and far between, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Bicycle License, Bicycles And Privacy, Bike Culture, Cyclist Freedom, Privacy Rights
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When Advocacy Becomes Antagonism
Advocacy is necessary in an open society. Whenever people live in large, highly structured societies, divergent groups compete for limited resources. Each group wants the majority to accept its views as a priority and enact an agenda corresponding to … Continue reading
Bicycle Locks: Who is Deterred?
Cyclists have all sorts of ideas about whether, when, and how to lock a bike. On this subject, there are two trains of thought. One side has a casual attitude and thinks that bike theft won’t happen to them. They … Continue reading
