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Fixie or track bicycle?
From Bicycling Magazine, June 2014, page 28: “A fixie (or fixed gear) is a singlespeed without brakes and without the mechanism that allows the bike to coast when you’re not pedaling.” That is a description of a track racing bicycle, … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling
Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, Bicycling Magazine, brake, brakes, Brown, fixed, fixie, fixied gear, law, magazine, safety, Sheldon, Sheldon Brown, singlespeed, straps, toe clips
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Godzilla’s toothpaste decorates Seattle bikeway
A new bikeway has recently opened on Broadway in Seattle, Washington state, USA. Someone has posted a video of a ride on the newly-opened bikeway. (To get a better view of the video, click on “YouTube” and open it up … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling, Cycle tracks, Sidepaths
Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, bike path, Broadway, cycle track, cycle tracks, Seattle, sidepath, traffic, Washington, Yester
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Children’s abilities — focusing on peripheral vision
My previous post addressed children’s cycling abilities. I’d like to take the discussion a bit further here. A conventional statement about children’s cycling abilities, as expressed on an e-mail list, is: Children also have less than fully developed peripheral vision … Continue reading
All ages?
Bicycle industry lobbyists and populist cycling advocates are marketing an “all ages” vision of cycling to the American public. Consider this photo, which appeared in a Streetsblog post promoting “equity”. The facility shown is a two-way sidepath alongside Prospect Park, … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling
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Is the NACTO Guide a Design Manual?
In cities around the USA, politicians, under pressure from populist bicycling advocates, have pointed to the NACTO (National Association of City Transportation Officials) Urban Street Design Guide and directed their engineering staff to install treatments which it describes. I’ll say … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle facilities, Bicycling, Bike box
Tagged 2STQB, bicycle, Bicycling, bike box, bike lane, bikeway, collision, crash, crosswalk, cycle track, cycle tracks, guidance, law, MUTCD, NACTO, option, safety, sidepath, standard, traffic, traffic signal, Two-step turn queuing box, vehicle
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PeopleforBikes Praises Flawed Figueroa Bikeway Design
The bicycle industry lobby Peopleforbikes has posted the image below, identified as an official rendering, of the proposed bikeway on Figueroa Street in Los Angeles. PeopleforBikes praises the political developments which led to this project and describes it as a … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling
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A Close Encounter on Washington Street
It seems appropriate for me to post this as the City of Boston bicycle program gears up for its annual update presentation Monday night. You do best to click on the “vimeo” icon (lower right in frame below) and run … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling
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Report from a bike-share conference
In September, 2012, the French-language Montreal newspaper Le Devoir published an article, also distributed as a blog post, reporting on a conference in France about bike share systems, and extensively quoting economist Frédéric Héran. The headline, translated in to English, … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling
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A Closer Look at the Momentum Photo
The cyclists in the photo below are riding through piles of leaves where they can’t see the road surface. The man has a shopping bag hanging from the handlebar where it can swing into the spokes of the front wheel. … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling
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Momentum Magazine, Green Lane Project: Hello?
The online blog of Momentum Magazine posted the photo below to illustrate an article titled “Support for Better Biking is Strong.” Warm and fuzzy is clearly the intention — father and young child riding on a magic carpet, car-free and … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling
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