- Local pro cyclist Nate King, who appeared in our "Twenty-somethings doing something" feature in March was featured in Manual for Speed, a very popular site with a cult following, featuring photo essays and interviews with some of the top names in the sport. Congrats to Nate on the story. We wish you the best in your recovery.
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- A story from BikePortland.org about a mom with six kids and no car has gone viral with more than 300 comments on the story, thousands of hits, and offers from cargo bike companies, national bike conferences, and the like to highlight what she considered fairly normal just weeks ago. Even a national news outlet covered the story. Check it out for yourself here, or follow her on Twitter (
- John Prolly of ProllyisnotProbably.com has been taking some really great pictures of good looking bikes lately. Here's the latest.
- Marianne Vos wins the overall victory in this year's Giro D'Italia Internazionale Femminile, dominating most of the stages and proving (once again for all non-believers) that women's racing is just as fun to watch.
- Stage 6 of the Tour de France yesterday (7/6) saw two-thirds of the peloton (main group) involved in a crash at 70 kph (43 mph) just 25 km from the finish line. Many were injured, several could not finish the stage, and many more abandoned the race later in the day due to injuries sustained in the crash. Team Garmin-Sharp-Cervelo seemed to be the team with the worst luck, losing riders Tom Danielson (pictured) and Ryder Hesjedal (who won the Giro earlier this year). All I can say is, "Ow."
- More tour news. With so many crashes in this year's tour, veteran cyclist and current Tour rider Jens Voigt offers his fellow cyclists three tips to follow during the tour to keep everyone safe.
- San Francisco's new separated bike lanes (cycle tracks) are making front page news, even in the Bay Area. The SF Examiner featured the city's newest cycle track on the front page of the paper last week.
- San Francisco's new separated bike lanes (cycle tracks) are making front page news, even in the Bay Area. The SF Examiner featured the city's newest cycle track on the front page of the paper last week.
- AAA, a prominent auto insurance company in the western US announced this week that it will extend roadside service to bicyclists in Southern Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. Unfortunately, Utah is not on the list. So much for being a loyal AAA customer since forever.
- Since beginning their on-street bike corral program, San Francisco has converted 27 parking spots into bike parking. And don't just think that that means 27 more bikes. The City has repurposed the same space that would be used for twenty-sevem cars to provide 335 bicycle parking spaces. San Fran, unlike Salt Lake City, can leave their bike corrals in year round, and continue to install them every season. Blasted snow, or else perhaps we too would have 300+ more parking spaces in SLC.
- President Obama signed the new Federal Transportation Bill into law yesterday, which will take effect on October 1st, 2012 and expire September 30, 2014. A post on the DC Streetsblog offers a positive spin on the bill that many saw as a huge step backwards for bicycling and walking progress in the US.
"Here is the bottom line — what we lost was the right to guaranteed funding. What we won was the right to demand more transparency, accountability and performance out of all transportation investments. In short, we have traded guaranteed access to small pots of set-aside funds for the opportunity to demand better outcomes from the overall program. While this is going to be hand-to-hand combat, we now have the “boots on the ground” to prevail. That’s our new campaign."
That's the news for this week. If you find anything you'd like to have on the blog, email us!
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