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http://www.newstatesman.com/2013/07/mysteries-bicycle

Aug 06, 2013 at 07:22 PM

This is magnificent

Aug 07, 2013 at 02:24 PM

I'm about one week away from changing my first-news site of the day over to http://www.cxmagazine.com/

(so excited)

Myles

Aug 07, 2013 at 03:34 PM

Likely a better place than

Www.kittycannon.net
On Aug 7, 2013 10:25 AM, "Jules" <

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080903112034.htm

Aug 07, 2013 at 03:51 PM

International research reveals that as cycling participation increases, a cyclist is far less likely to collide with a motor vehicle or suffer injury and death - and what's true for cyclists is true for pedestrians. And it's not simply because there are fewer cars on the roads, but because motorists seem to change their behaviour and drive more safely when they see more cyclists and pedestrians around.

Studies in many countries have shown consistently that the number of motorists colliding with walkers or cyclists doesn't increase equally with the number of people walking or bicycling. For example, a community that doubles its cycling numbers can expect a one-third drop in the per-cyclist frequency of a crash with a motor vehicle.

"It's a virtuous cycle," says Dr Julie Hatfield, an injury expert from UNSW who address a cycling safety seminar in Sydney, Australia, on September 5. "The likelihood that an individual cyclist will be struck by a motorist falls with increasing rate of bicycling in a community. And the safer cycling is perceived to be, the more people are prepared to cycle."

dstokes

Aug 07, 2013 at 05:08 PM

Well then, given all the bloody citibikes in my neighborhood, I guess the crash statistics will soon become less than zero.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23587916

Aug 08, 2013 at 02:41 PM

Why is cycling so popular in the Netherlands?

old news to me, but good intro to the topic.

I also came across a hard to believe stat in a Village Voice article: it reports a third of all daily public transit trips in the US are taken in NYC--10 million a day.Another 20 million for the rest of the country seems small to be because metro areas like Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, Chicago all have trains.

http://www.villagevoice.com/2013-08-07/news/watching-the-wheels/

Aug 09, 2013 at 05:39 PM

THOR-THOR-THOR-THOR

mperlberg

Aug 09, 2013 at 07:14 PM

http://ireader.olivesoftware.com/Olive/iReader/AustinAmericanStatesman/SharedArticle.ashx?document=AAS\2013\08\05&article=Ar02304

My mom posted this on Facebook. Interesting to see alternative policing strategies.

Aug 10, 2013 at 02:50 AM

http://cyclingreporter.com/2013/06/23/phil-gaimon-interview-the-long-way-to-europe-and-the-worldtour-garmin-racing-clean-and-writing-a-book/ 430-450 watts for 20 minutes... For a 135 pound guy

Marc Bertucco

Aug 10, 2013 at 11:04 AM

Jules said:

http://cyclingreporter.com/2013/06/23/phil-gaimon-interview-the-long-way-to-europe-and-the-worldtour-garmin-racing-clean-and-writing-a-book/ 430-450 watts for 20 minutes... For a 135 pound guy

I found this a refreshingly, minimally edited interview. The one thing that doesn't quite track in my mind, however, is how he can say 'he's never been around drugs' but then also says a team doctor tried to prescribe him asthma meds. (JP will love that part)

For many of us now, 27 seems so young, so when he talks about being too old and "missing the boat" at 27, it's like "really? you've missed the boat at 27, even after riding for pro teams for a few years?" But I do being asked by another team manager at a race in Belgium how old I was, and feeling utterly deflated and defeated when I had to tell him I was 27.

alyoshas

Aug 10, 2013 at 02:34 PM

145 pounds- yep that's 6.8 W/kg...he should be racing in europe!

http://www.sportpursuit.com/blog/random-cool-stuff/127mph-with-the-forks-back-to-front-jose-meiffrets-record-attempt/#

Aug 12, 2013 at 12:25 PM

Aug 12, 2013 at 06:12 PM

Marc Bertucco said:

Jules said:

http://cyclingreporter.com/2013/06/23/phil-gaimon-interview-the-long-way-to-europe-and-the-worldtour-garmin-racing-clean-and-writing-a-book/ 430-450 watts for 20 minutes... For a 135 pound guy

I found this a refreshingly, minimally edited interview. The one thing that doesn't quite track in my mind, however, is how he can say 'he's never been around drugs' but then also says a team doctor tried to prescribe him asthma meds. (JP will love that part)

For many of us now, 27 seems so young, so when he talks about being too old and "missing the boat" at 27, it's like "really? you've missed the boat at 27, even after riding for pro teams for a few years?" But I do being asked by another team manager at a race in Belgium how old I was, and feeling utterly deflated and defeated when I had to tell him I was 27.

There's no way Gaimon is 135lbs. 145 is more likely.

Aug 12, 2013 at 09:54 PM

I mis-quoted the article. He claims he's 145 pounds and that 15lbs heavier than Danielson.

I'm concerned with other men's weight. What has my life come to?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cAN4mfY2vM

Aug 13, 2013 at 01:44 AM

NEVER.SAY.DIE.

http://velonews.competitor.com/2013/08/news/domestic-intel-jamis-launches-cyclocross-team_299173

Aug 14, 2013 at 05:19 PM

Jamis backing a CX team

http://www.northjersey.com/alpine/NJ_slow_to_make_fixes_for_bike_traffic_on_Route_9W.html

Aug 14, 2013 at 06:59 PM

N.J. slow to make fixes for bike traffic on Route 9W

"Boosting arguments that bicycle traffic already has reached critical mass and needs its own lane, the DOT’s own statistics for 2011 showed a volume around 3,000 cyclists per day Saturdays and Sundays — about a quarter of all vehicles on those days. Additionally, the Port Authority reports that 800 pedestrians trek along Route 9W on a summer’s weekend day."

and "“The fact that Route 9W is the second-highest road used by bikers in the nation and there’s no protection for cyclists is a big problem,” said Cyndi Steiner, executive director of the New Jersey Bike & Walk Coalition. “It’s a high-speed highway with two fast lanes in both directions. The DOT should have been on this years ago.”"

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323477604579000754174497362.html?mod=WSJ_article_comments#articleTabs=article

Aug 14, 2013 at 08:20 PM

Yowza. Some new perspective in which to evaluate $100 Battenkill entry fees....

Aug 16, 2013 at 02:17 PM

Every time I read about another incident with McQuaid I feel like I'm watching Strictly Ballroom...

Aug 18, 2013 at 06:13 PM

Heh, Porte/Froome riding for Joe D.

http://velonews.competitor.com/2013/08/news/usa-pro-challenge-is-a-training-race-for-chris-froome-richie-porte_299431

Anyone else hear the interview where Froome said he'd consider riding for Wiggins in another Tour if every other stage was a flat time trial? SNAP.

Aug 18, 2013 at 06:15 PM

Stybar! Cross misses you, but damn:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/eneco-tour-2013/stage-7/results

Aug 18, 2013 at 11:38 PM

Jeff Owens said:

Stybar! Cross misses you, but damn:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/eneco-tour-2013/stage-7/results

Apparently you can ONLY put on tag on a post. So I'm unable to "awesome" and "like" and "agree" at the same time. So I'll just repost. Boom.

Aug 21, 2013 at 12:53 AM

WTF? WHAT THE FUCK? I hate this city I'm leaving it:

http://www.streetsblog.org/2013/08/20/update-cabbie-rammed-cyclist-severed-womans-leg-wont-be-charged/

Aug 21, 2013 at 01:23 AM

I say this on top of a cyclist at the hospital today who got run over by a truck on Houston and had his heel and two toes amputated. Good job NYC.

Aug 21, 2013 at 01:23 AM

Jeff Owens said:

WTF? WHAT THE FUCK? I hate this city I'm leaving it: http://www.streetsblog.org/2013/08/20/update-cabbie-rammed-cyclist-severed-womans-leg-wont-be-charged/

I agree.

Aug 21, 2013 at 01:41 AM

Jeff Owens said:

WTF? WHAT THE FUCK? I hate this city I'm leaving it: http://www.streetsblog.org/2013/08/20/update-cabbie-rammed-cyclist-severed-womans-leg-wont-be-charged/

Hate to point this out, but where would you go?

One of your previous residences was one Memphis, TN, where a guy got into an argument in a parking lot, got pissed off at the other guy, went to his car, pulled a gun out of the glove box, returned to the site of the argument, shot the guy. And he was acquitted.