Week in Review

- The Tour Divide race, featured most recently in the independent documentary Ride the Divide, started on June 8th and is going on now. The completely self-supported 2800 mile race from Banff, Canada to the Mexican border that stays mostly on trails and fire roads and lasts nearly three weeks. You can now track the Tour Divide racers live with this online tracking system.

(Photo: Charity D'Amato)

- With a ton of highway/roadway construction going on in Cleveland, thankfully the Ohio Department of Transportation has been extremely kind to people on bikes. Because construction is only taking place at times along these routes, contractors have installed these signs (pictured at right) to allow bicyclist to ride in the otherwise off-limits area, allowing bicyclists to continue their commutes along normal routes without fear of high speed traffic.

- A 36 year old San Francisco cyclist faces up to six years in prison is found guilty of "gross negligence" in the death of 71 year old Sutchi Hui. Charges stem from an incident on March 29 in which Bucchere allegedly ran a red light, hitting Hui as he was crossing the street in the city’s Castro District. Witnesses report seeing Bucchere run red lights and stop signs on his bicycle just before the accident. Hui died from his injuries on April 2.

- Remember the elation you felt when you learned how to ride a bike, watched or taught someone else how to ride, or recently rediscovered bicycling yourself? This kid does.

- The National Bike Challenge organized by the League of American Bicyclists, Bikes Belong, and Kimberly-Clark is a several month long program that encourages Americans to burn calories by riding a bike instead of driving. And what a start we've had! Americans have burned more than 122 million calories in Challenge to date.

- Two years after William Flint died while riding his bike at more than 40 mph in Oakland Hills, California, his family has filed suit against popular social bicycling website and company Strava. Strava is much like a virtual race, where participants can use GPS devices and even phones to clock times on popular segments, like climbs, straightaways, and virtually and sections of road or trail. The family sues on the basis that Strava created a dangerous environment where participants became overly competitive and would break laws, including speed limits. Read more on the story here.

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