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German cycling organization’s comments on cycle tracks
Here are the comments in English. The translation is posted with permission granted by Heinz Brockmann of the ADFC (German Cycling Federation) Bottrop chapter. Many thanks! And here is the same document in the original German. Please note that the … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle facilities, Bicycling, Bike lanes, Cycle tracks, Sidepaths
Tagged ADFC, bicycle, Bicycling, bike lane, bikeway, Bottrop, crash, cycle track, Germany, law, pedestrian, safety, sidepath, sidewalk
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Our hero, Lance Armstrong
Who is the cyclist wearing sunglasses, a white T-shirt and gray cargo shorts in the video? [No longer available to embed but you can watch it on YouTube]. Lance Armstrong, 7 times winner of the Tour de France. Everyone is … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling
Tagged Armstrong, bicycle, Bicycling, collision, couriers, fixed gear, helmet, Lance, Lance Armstrong, laws, Tour de France, traffic signal, vehicle, vehicular
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Audible warnings
Some jurisdictions require a bicyclist to have an audible warning device, commonly a bell or horn. My bicycle has an audible warning device. Well, actually, I have only one warning device which I move to whatever bicycle I happen to … Continue reading
Ciccarelli on cycle tracks
John Ciccarelli is a consultant on bicycling and a League of American Bicyclists-certified cycling instructor who specializes in teaching adults who have never ridden a bicycle before. His comments here are reprinted by permission, and are in response to an … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle facilities, Bicycling, Cycle tracks, Laws, New York City, Sidepaths
Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, bike lane, bikeway, Ciccarelli, Copenhagen, curb, cycle track, cycle tracks, Denmark, Europe, Holland, John Ciccarelli, law, Netherlands, safety, sidepaths, USA, vehicle, vehicular
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Concord Avenue dream and nightmare
(The links below will work better if you first click on the headline above so you are viewing only this single post). Overview | Present Road Diet | Proposed Footprint |Crash Risks | Operational Issues | Suggestions | Details | … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle facilities, Bicycling, Cycle tracks
Tagged Cambridge, Cara Seiderman, Concord Avenue, cycle track, Massachusetts, Seiderman, sidepath
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James Mackay on bike box implementations
Bicycle advance stop line implementations I saw in Europe amounted to a five-legged stool, with resultant stability and functionality.
I get very concerned with American implementations that amount to a two-legged stool. Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle facilities, Bicycling, Bike box, Bike lanes, Laws
Tagged advanced stop line, Bicycling, bike box, cell phone, James Mackay, Mackay, mirror, mobile phone, near side, RTOR, signal phase, traffic signal, Trixi
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Safe separation with the Copenhagen curb?
How does a Copenhagen cycle track make bicycling safer? By putting bicyclists behind a low curb, a curb which a motor vehicle with its big tires can mount, but a bicycle can’t. The curb increases safety for bicyclists the way … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle facilities, Bicycling, Cycle tracks, Sidepaths
Tagged bicycle, Copenhagen, curb, cycle tracks, pedestrians
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Streetcars and bicycles
The rails for the E line branch of the Green Line subway/streetcar in Boston, Massachusetts, USA occupied the middle of two-lane Centre Street for over 20 years after service was discontinued. There had been a proposal to redo the street … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycle facilities, Bicycling, Bike lanes
Tagged Bicycling, Copenhagen, Oregon, Portland, streetcar, streetcars, tracks, tram
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Copenhagen in 1937 — what can it tell us?
I thank Ralph Fertig of the Santa Barbara, California Bicycle Coalition for drawing the attention of the bicycling community to the following fascinating travelogue from Copenhagen, shot in Technicolor in 1937. Not all of the film is about bicycling, but … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling, Cycle tracks, traffic circles
Tagged bicycle, Bicycling, bikeway, Copenhagen, cycle track, Denmark, Europe, vehicular, Vikings
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Drive ratios of bicycle hub gears
My examination of drive ratios of the SRAM S7 hub has led to examination of other hub gears. I now have information on a very large number of hubs posted online in a Web version of a Microsoft Excel workbook … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling, Equipment, gearing
Tagged bicycle, gearing, internal hub gear, ratios, Rohloff, Shimano, Spectro, SRAM, Sturmey-Archer
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