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- Humans Creating Divisions Among Themselves And Drawing Comparisons
- When Is Being Seated Not Sitting?
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- Designing Affordable Bicycle Components For Transportation And Practicality
- Everyday People Thinking Up New Uses For Bicycles
- Knowledge, Technology And Social Networking Converge To Recover A Stolen Bicycle
- A Cyclist Who Should Give Thanks On Days Other Than Thanksgiving Day
- Misinterpreting Statistics To Show Cyclists As Causing More Bike-Car Crashes Than Drivers
- Capitalizing On The Death Of Cyclists
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Yearly Archives: 2011
What Do Faux Brick Crosswalks Have to Do With Scofflaw Cyclists?
To cyclists, faux brick crosswalks have nothing to do with scofflaw cyclists. To motorists, not only is there a connection between these two things, but when looking at a photo of a faux brick crosswalk, they see cyclists doing … Continue reading
Warmth In the Wind
Summer offers few excuses not to ride, and heat is not one of them. When temperatures soar, motivation must come from within. The body feels lethargic, the legs weak, and the heart faint from pumping over-warmed blood through a … Continue reading
Posted in Rides
Tagged Cycling Life, Solitary Cycling, Summer Cycling, Weather
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Bicycles Are Everywhere
Drivers beware: bicycles are everywhere. There is no escaping it. When you least expect it, bicycles will appear, somewhere near. They will stalk you in the daytime. They will haunt you in the night. They will populate your daydreams – … Continue reading
Posted in Cycling
Tagged Cycling Life, Cycling Safety, Cyclist Rights, Flashing Bicycle Safety Signs, Traffic Laws
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Illegal Bicycle Instruction Road Signs
The other day, I was browsing through the Bostonbiker.org blogs when I saw a link on the Street Smarts blog to a post about the “railroad crossout in Lincoln (Massachusetts).” I didn’t even have to click on the link … Continue reading
Posted in Cycling
Tagged Bicycle Accomodations, Bicycles Crossing Train Tracks, Cyclist Rights, Railroad Crossing
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What Is a Speed Limit?
In driver’s education courses, many facts about driving are covered. These include instruction on operating a motor vehicle, safety, and rules of the road. The average student takes driver’s education either because it is compulsory or to save on … Continue reading
Posted in Cycling
Tagged Cars Sharing The Road With Bicycles, Cyclist Rights, Speed Limit, Traffic Laws
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Silence Isn’t a Solution
With the increase in cycling infrastructure in American cities and towns there has been an increase in resistance to this infrastructure in the form of ridicule. Cyclists were never popular with motorists and have grown increasingly unpopular among pedestrians. … Continue reading
Compassion Is On Our Side
Every cyclist knows about the negative stereotypes attributed to them. Newspapers, blogs and online comment sections are filled with the same sentiment in the form of acrid accusations. Cyclists are characterized as either scrawny or overweight Lycra-wearing morons, as … Continue reading
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Tagged Cyclist Compassion, Cyclists Assisting Cyclists, Roadkill
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Cyclists, Inflammatory Journalism and Post-Prejudice Societies
Once a profession, Journalism has become a breeding ground for narrow-minded intolerance and personal bias conveyed in the guise of impartial observation. For example, journalists who launch into screeds against bicyclists present themselves as morally superior to those they … Continue reading
Race Against The Clouds
It’s mid-summer and a gelatinous atmosphere blocks my progress as I wheel my bike out to the street. Looking upward, a clear sky greets me, marred only by a smattering of puffy white wisps of cotton. Through torrid heat, … Continue reading
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Tagged Cycling Life, Impressions, Solitary Cycling, Weather
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Police Excuses For Blaming Cyclists
A few days ago, I was returning home from a recreational ride when I came upon an accident scene. I was about to turn off onto a side street, thinking it was none of my business, when I noticed … Continue reading
Posted in Cycling
Tagged Bicycle Accident, Cyclist Rights, Police Bias Against Cyclists, Traffic Laws
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